How to build Perl on Android 4.4
A step by step guide to installing Perl 5.20 on Android KitKat
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Perl distributions, modules, packages explained
Learn which files are in a distribution, the difference between a module and a package etc.
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Easy application dependency management with Stratopan
Get the right modules and versions everytime
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Shazam! Use Image::Magick with Perlbrew in minutes
How to get a local non-root install of Image::Magick working with Perlbrew
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A Stratopan quick start user guide
Learn how to manage your Perl modules in the cloud with Stratopan
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Get detailed Perl version configuration information
Most Perl programmers know they can find out the current Perl version by typing “perl -v” as the command line:
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Run local Perl as root
This is a simple trick for conveniently running local Perl as a root user on UNIX-based systems.
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Use Module::Version to get the version of an installed Perl module
Another cool way to get the version of a module
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3 quick ways to find out the version number of an installed Perl module from the terminal
Perl module features and behaviour can change from version to version and so knowing the version number of an installed Perl module can be useful in several scenarios. Below are three different command line methods for finding out the version number of an installed module that work on Bash and Windows Powershell. So fire up the terminal and get typing!
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Testing Perl 5.12.0 RC 1 with App::perlbrew
I’m working on a project with Curtis “Ovid” Poe and Adrian Howard. We use Perl 5.10.1, but because we control which version of Perl 5 we use, there’s no reason not to test with Perl 5.12.0 - and if we…
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More Code, Less Cruft: Managing Distributions with Dist::Zilla
Every software distribution is a bunch of files written and maintained by programmers. The files are of three types: code, documentation, and crap—though this distinction is too subtle. Much of the documentation and code is crap, too. It’s pointless. It’s…
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Reverse Callback Templating
Programmers have long recognized that separating code logic from presentation is good. The Perl community has produced many fine systems for doing just this. While there are many systems, they largely fall within two execution models, pipeline and callback…
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A Timely Start
This article is a follow-up to the lightning talk I delivered at the recent YAPC::Europe 2005 that took place in Braga, Portugal: “Perl Vs. Korn Shell: 1-1.” I presented two case studies taken from my experience as Perl expert…
