What's new on CPAN - May 2019

Jun 11, 2019 by David Farrell

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

• Parse S3 XML responses with Amazon::S3::Thin::ResponseParser
• Use the Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Service V2 API via Backblaze::B2V2Client
• GRNOC::WebService::Client provides a client for the Global Research NOC webservice testing utility
• Upload and download files from mediafire.com using Mediafire::Api

Data

• App::jl is a recursive JSON decoder
• Use Concise Binary Object Representation in pure Perl with CBOR::PP
• DBIx::Class::ResultDDL is another result class declaration simplifier
• File::Open::NoCache::ReadOnly opens files and flushes the cache to minimize memory use
• Get modern XML signature validation with XML::Sig::OO

Development & Version Control

• Code::Style::Kit builds composable bulk exporters
• Curio is a “Procurer of fine resources and services”
• Data::Dumper::Compact dumps vertically compact width-limited data output
• Get an interpreter for spreadsheet-style function expressions, with security in mind Language::FormulaEngine
• Linux::PacketFilter is a simple interface to Linux packet filtering
• Track nested timing information using Log::Timer
• Test2::Harness::Renderer::JUnit captures Test2::Harness results and emits a junit xml file for integration with services like Jenkins

Web

• Browser::Start opens a URL in a web browser
• Create deep links into mail clients with Mail::URLFor
• Mojolicious::Plugin::AutoRoutePm automatically adds routes declared in Mojo controllers