What's new on CPAN - May 2024

Jun 27, 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::NutrientUtils (PERLANCAR) collects command-line utilities that access nutrient data
• Use App::htidx (GBROWN) to generate static HTML directory listings
• Access OpenSearch services using OpenSearch (LHRST)
• Version::libversion::XS (GDT) is a wrapper for the libversion library
• Couch::DB (MARKOV) is a CouchDB database client

Config & Devops

• You can now find or build/download the following non-Perl dependencies via Alien:
  • NLopt library with Alien::NLopt (DJERIUS)
  • Cue configuration language tool with Alien::cue (PLICEASE)
• Log::Log4perl::Config::YamlConfigurator (SVW) lets the Log::Log4perl logging framework to read YAML configurations

Data

• Data::Message::Board (SKIM) encapsulates a message board
• Data::Person (SKIM) encapsulates a person
• Collect color data according to the HashData specification from various sources:
  • HashData::ColorCode::CMYK::JohnDecemberCom (PERLANCAR)
  • HashData::ColorCode::CMYK::Pantone (PERLANCAR)
  • HashData::ColorCode::CMYK::ToutesLesCouleursCom (PERLANCAR)
• Collect color data in plain hashes from various sources:
  • Graphics::ColorNamesCMYK::BannersCom (PERLANCAR)
  • Graphics::ColorNamesCMYK::JohnDecemberCom (PERLANCAR)
  • Graphics::ColorNamesCMYK::Pantone (PERLANCAR)
  • Graphics::ColorNamesCMYK::ToutesLesCouleursCom (PERLANCAR)
  • Graphics::ColorNamesCMYK (PERLANCAR)
  • Graphics::ColorNamesLite (PERLANCAR)
• Some new Sah-based schemas this month:
  • Sah::SchemaBundle::Business::ID::NKK (PERLANCAR) for Indonesian family card numbers (NKK)
  • Sah::SchemaBundle::Business::ID::NOPPBB (PERLANCAR) for Indonesian property tax numbers (NOP PBB)
  • Sah::SchemaBundle::Business::ID::NPWP (PERLANCAR) for Indonesian taxpayer registration numbers (NPWP)
  • Sah::SchemaBundle::Business::ID::SIM (PERLANCAR) for Indonesian driving license numbers (nomor SIM)
• Create checksummed CSV files with Salus (LNATION)
• Some new Feed::Data-based dynamic data feeds:
  • Feed::Data::AlJazeera (LNATION) for Al Jazeera
  • Feed::Data::BBC (LNATION) for BBC
  • Feed::Data::CNN (LNATION) for CNN
• Access data that conforms to the TableData specification:
  • from DBI with TableDataRole::Source::DBI (PERLANCAR)
  • from DBI (using the SQLite driver) with TableDataRole::Source::SQLite (PERLANCAR)
• Use Jaccard coefficients to create sort key strings with SortKey::Num::similarity_jaccard (PERLANCAR)
• Shorten URIs with URI::Shortener (TEODESIAN)

Development & Version Control

• Import data into Request Tracker (RT) from a CSV file with RT::Extension::Import::CSV (BPS)
• A couple of Dist::Zilla plugins:
  • Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Sorter (PERLANCAR) for distributions meeting the Sorter specification
  • Dist::Zilla::Stash::OnePasswordLogin (RJBS) for getting 1Password login credentials
• Handle optional modules in your code with optional (EXODIST)
• Access 1Password services from your code with Password::OnePassword::OPCLI (RJBS)
• New scenarios for the Bencher benchmarking framework:
  • Bencher::ScenarioBundle::Accessors (PERLANCAR) to benchmark class accessors
  • Bencher::ScenarioBundle::Algorithm::Diff (PERLANCAR) to benchmark Algorithm::Diff
  • Bencher::ScenarioBundle::Graphics::ColorNames (PERLANCAR) to benchmark Graphics::ColorNames and related modules
  • Bencher::ScenarioBundle::Log::Any (PERLANCAR) to benchmark Log::Any
  • Bencher::ScenarioBundle::Log::ger (PERLANCAR) to benchmark Log::ger
• Complete::Nutrient (PERLANCAR) provides nutrient-related completion routines
• Combine RBAC and ABAC access control with Authorization::AccessControl (TYRRMINAL)
• Output UTF-8 to the Win32 console with PerlIO::win32console (TONYC)
• QRCode::Any (PERLANCAR) aims to become a common interface to QRCode-related functions provided by other modules

Language & International

• Locale::Unicode (JDEGUEST) implements the Unicode BCP 47 U Extension

Science & Mathematics

• Access the NLopt library with Math::NLopt (DJERIUS)

Web

• Amon2::Plugin::Web::Flash (YOSHIMASA) provides Ruby on Rails-style flash functionality to the Amon2 web framework
• Data::HTML::Footer (SKIM) encapsulates an HTML footer
• New Mojolicious plugins:
  • Mojolicious::Plugin::Authorization::AccessControl (TYRRMINAL) to integrate with Authorization::AccessControl
  • Mojolicious::Plugin::Config::Structured::Bootstrap (TYRRMINAL) to configure your application in an opinionated way
  • Mojolicious::Plugin::Data::Transfigure (TYRRMINAL) for access to Data::Transfigure
• Compress the body of your Plack applications’s response with Plack::Middleware::Zstandard (PLICEASE)
• Generate HTML tags for:
  • definition lists with Tags::HTML::DefinitionList (SKIM)
  • navigation grids with Tags::HTML::Navigation::Grid (SKIM)
  • tree structures with Tags::HTML::Tree (SKIM)

Other

• Game::Cribbage (LNATION) provides a cribbage game engine