Save time with compile tests

Jan 5, 2016 by David Farrell

testing

module

require

class_load

Checking everything compiles should be the first test

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How to get Perl 6 now

Dec 31, 2015 by David Farrell

perl-6

linux

windows

rakudo

osx

panda

Installation instructions for Linux, OSX and Windows

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Quick tip: git push origin hamster?

Dec 24, 2015 by David Farrell

apps

git

symbolic

ref

master

branch

Making git do you what mean with symbolic references

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Modern Perl 4th edition, a review

Dec 21, 2015 by David Farrell

community

cpan

chromatic

pragmatic_bookshelf

book-review

It gets better and better

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Kitchen coding nightmares: JavaScript scope

Dec 17, 2015 by David Farrell

development

perl

javascript

js

var

es6

strict

requirejs

jshint

Some JavaScript gotchas and solutions

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Create GitHub files automatically with Dist::Zilla

Dec 9, 2015 by David Farrell

development

cpan

module

config

pause

dzil

Automate the boring stuff, help others

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What's new on CPAN - November 2015

Dec 8, 2015 by David Farrell

cpan

phantomjs

dynamodb

zendesk

lz4

handlebars

consul

tvmaze

A curated look at November’s new CPAN uploads

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Making the Larry Wall shirt

Dec 3, 2015 by David Farrell

community

gimp

inkscape

stencil

How to create your own pop art images

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How to install any* Perl module

Nov 28, 2015 by David Farrell

tooling

cpan

creative_commons

toolchain

4 techniques for fixing failing installations

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Run only one instance of a program at a time

Nov 4, 2015 by David Farrell

apps

lockfile

process

race_condition

Lockfiles can provide race condition-free solutions

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What's new on CPAN - October 2015

Nov 3, 2015 by David Farrell

cpan

airbrake

slack

jira

fnv

linkedin

A curated look at October’s new CPAN uploads

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Professional scripts are a snap with Getopt::Long

Oct 21, 2015 by David Farrell

development

app

terminal

type_check

This core module makes it easy to write programs

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Understanding Haskell types

Oct 14, 2015 by David Farrell

development

types

oreilly

cis194

lyas

ghci

The basics

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What's new on CPAN - September 2015

Oct 1, 2015 by David Farrell

cpan

json

libpuzzle

http_headers

rgb

oauth

diachronic

neovim

A curated look at September’s new CPAN uploads

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Activating Perl 6 syntax highlighting in Vim

Sep 22, 2015 by David Farrell

tooling

config

perl-6

productivity

vim

vimscript

Four tricks to get the highlighting you want

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What's new on CPAN - August 2015

Sep 3, 2015 by David Farrell

cpan

hadoop

webmaster_tools

cloudfront

swagger

hilbert

php

A curated look at August’s new CPAN uploads

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How to choose a DuckDuckGo cheatsheet topic

Aug 29, 2015 by David Farrell

community

seo

goodie

duckduckhack

Some sources of inspiration

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Check your DuckDuckGo cheatsheets with Perl

Aug 28, 2015 by David Farrell

testing

syntax

json

cheatsheet

Zero-in on any defects with this Perl script

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Simple, secure backups with Perl

Aug 27, 2015 by David Farrell

apps

stasis

gpg

tar

dropbox

aes

encryption

security

privacy

Creating encrypted, compressed archives

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Writing DuckDuckGo plugins just got easier

Aug 22, 2015 by David Farrell

community

community

search

json

All you need is JSON

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