Book review: Mastering Perl 2nd edition
Learn how to bend Perl to your will with brian d foy’s Mastering Perl
Announcing: the Perl Nerd Merit Badge contest
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The Year in Perl 2013 Retrospective
Perl had a great year in 2013. Here are some highlights.
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Get 30% off the new Perl One Liners book
Happy holidays; enjoy this discount on the latest Perl book until 15th January 2014
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An interview with Peteris Krumins
We talk about his favourite Perl one liners, publishing books and Perl on Windows!
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An interview with Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer
Learn about the tools Jeffrey uses to code in Perl, upcoming Stratopan features and more!
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Modern Perl mecca: modernperlbooks.com
Although not precisely defined, Modern Perl programming refers to the use of best practice coding syntax, environment configuration tools, new Perl modules and the general joie de vivre associated with Perl since version 5.10.2. During this time the Perl language and available modules went through an upgrade of several tons of awesome, which resulted in a more concise, idiomatic syntax, and powerful new tools including web frameworks, ORMs and configuration managers.
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Newcomer Experience in the Perl Community Survey
Kevin Carillo asks for assistance surveying newcomers to the Perl community about their experiences, positive and otherwise.
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Show off Perl in Plat_Forms 2012
Thanks to Torsten Raudssus, who wrote in with this announcement. What is Plat_Forms? Plat_Forms is a contest and competition in which top-class teams of three programmers compete to implement the same requirements for a web-based system within two days, using…
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Embrace the Reluctant Perl Programmer
editor’s note: an earlier version of this article appeared at The Reluctant Perl Programmer. Per the suggestion of Ask Bjørn Hansen, this revision appears on Perl.com. Who We Are We all love Perl for different reasons. Some of us are…
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Perl in Plat_Forms 2012 Web Development Contest
Thanks to Lars Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ for coordinating entries into the Plat_Forms 2012 web development contest. This annual contest pits some of the best developers of frameworks and languages against each other to solve real problems. Perl developers have participated for several…
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Perl QA Hackathon 2011: Call to Attention
Lars Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ has sent out a call for attention for the 2011 Perl QA Hackathon: The Perl QA hackathon 2011 is taking place from Saturday, April 16th to Monday, April 18th 2011 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Attendance is gratis. We…
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Perl in Plat_Forms 2011
Thanks to Lars Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ for sending along this notice about the Plat_Forms 2011 web development contest. Unlike other comparisons of programming languages (such as the great unmaintainable speed-tweakers micromeasurement contest and This Is Odiously Bad Empiricism), Plat_Forms features real teams…
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Inside Perl 5.12
Perl 5.12 has just come out. A rejuvenated development process helps ensure a bright future for Perl as it enters its third decade of making easy things easy and hard things possible. Here’s what you can expect when you upgrade…
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How to Tell Your Perl Story (at OSCON)
brian d foy is the author of Mastering Perl, now available in its second edition, as well as several other Perl books. As the founder of Perl mongers, he’s been active in the Perl community for almost 20 years. Ever…
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Memories of 20 Years of Perl
For Perl’s 20th anniversary, several Perl programmers reflect on their experiences with the language.
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The State of the Onion 10
Welcome to the tenth State of the Perl Onion. For those of you who are unfamiliar with my methods, this is the annual speech wherein I ramble on about various things that are only marginally related to the state…
