This really depends on your familiarity with Object Oriented Database design and coding, and your development goals. Sometimes the primary goal is getting to a Minimum Viable Product done, in order to show investors and potential users. Other times, you have the luxury of time, familiarity with the tools, and the desire to build it right from the ground up.
I have used DBIx::Class on the job, and a few years back, I re-worked the examples in the POD -- but I really can't say that I'm comfortable with the module. If I were going to build a large project using this framework, I'd know ahead of time that I might be a bit slow at the beginning. I might even build a toy CRUD/BREAD application to get my eye in before starting on the real project.
Alex / talexb / Toronto
Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.