What's new on CPAN - July 2024

Aug 26, 2024 by Mathew Korica

Welcome to “What’s new on CPAN”, a curated look at last month’s new CPAN uploads for your reading and programming pleasure. Enjoy!

APIs & Apps

App::GeometryUtils (PERLANCAR) provides some geometry-related CLI utilities
Gzip your scripts from the command line to reduce their file size with App::PerlGzipScript (SKAJI)
App::YtDlpUtils (PERLANCAR) provides Perl wrappers to yt-dlp CLI utilities
Use an OpenSearch-based searchable store in the Catmandu toolkit with Catmandu::Store::OpenSearch (NJFRANCK)
Access the Exercises API with Exercises::API (NOBUNAGA)
Kanboard::API (BARBARITO) provides an interface to the Kanboard API
Tradestie::WSBetsAPI (NOBUNAGA) gives you access to Tradestie’s stock trading API

CVSS (GDT) implements the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
Bencher::ScenarioBundle::SmartMatch (PERLANCAR) provides benchmarking scenarios for switch & smartmatch implementations
Scan for Dist::Build dependencies with Perl::PrereqScanner::Scanner::DistBuild (LEONT)

Data::LnArray::XS (LNATION) provides arrays as objects with methods to manipulate them implemented in XS
Data::Random::Person (SKIM) generates mock data for person objects
Substitute variables in a string with Text::Template::Tiny (JV)
Acme::CPANModules::ModifiedHashes (PERLANCAR) categorizes CPAN modules that modify the behaviour of Perl hashes
New Sah schemas:
- Sah::SchemaBundle::Country (PERLANCAR) for country codes/names
- Sah::SchemaBundle::Currency (PERLANCAR) for various currencies
- Sah::SchemaBundle::DBI (PERLANCAR) for DBI
Mask sensitive data faster with String::Mask::XS (LNATION)
Number::Iterator::XS (LNATION) implements iterating number objects in XS
Calculate (quickly) the Shannon entropy of a given input string using Shannon::Entropy::XS (LNATION)

Win32::Console::DotNet (BRICKPOOL) gives Win32::Console a .NET compatible API
Access Windows’ API for recently-accessed files with Win32API::RecentFiles (CORION)
Send data between processes without blocking with Consumer::NonBlock (EXODIST)
Dynamically add custom subroutines and methods from other modules to Perl objects with Extender (DOMERO)
OpenMP (OODLER) brings together Perl’s OpenMP-related distributions for your convenenience
Use the Eigen C++ library in SPVM with SPVM::Resource::Eigen (KIMOTO)
Syntax::Operator::Is (PEVANS) provides a match operator using Data::Checks constraints
Run system commands in a Tk::TextANSIColor widget with Tk::Terminal (HANJE)

Astro::MoonPhase::Simple (BLIAKO) wraps the functionality of Astro::MoonPhase, adding some parameter checking
Find and build the GSL shared library with Math::GSL::Alien (HAKONH)

Use Devel::NYTProf in your Dancer2 application with Dancer2::Plugin::NYTProf (GEEKRUTH)
Plack::App::Catmandu::SRU (NJFRANCK) is a drop-in replacement for Dancer::Plugin::Catmandu::SRU
KelpX::Controller (BRTASTIC) makes it more convenient to use a custom controller class in your Kelp app
Create OpenAPI/Swagger API’s with the Whelk (BRTASTIC) framework

Audio::Cuefile::Libcue (GREGK) provides an interface to the libcue cuesheet reading library
Build Slack content using Block Kits with Slack::BlockKit (RJBS)

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