YAPC::NA 2014 Talks Preview

Jun 23, 2014 by David Farrell

community

community

news

We pick out some of the most promising talks in the schedule

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How to build Perl on Android 4.4

Jun 16, 2014 by David Farrell

tooling

configuration

sysadmin

android

kitkat

A step by step guide to installing Perl 5.20 on Android KitKat

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Perl distributions, modules, packages explained

Jun 13, 2014 by David Farrell

tooling

configuration

cpan

documentation

module

config

distribution

package

Learn which files are in a distribution, the difference between a module and a package etc.

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Get GNOME 3 popup alerts for IRC

Jun 9, 2014 by David Farrell

apps

irssi

irc

gnome3

Don’t miss your IRC chats and messages

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Create professional slideshows in seconds with App::revealup

Jun 6, 2014 by David Farrell

apps

app

javascript

github

reveal_js

App::revealup converts markdown to slick HTML slide shows

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What's new on CPAN - May 2014

Jun 2, 2014 by David Farrell

cpan

news

A curated look at May’s new CPAN uploads

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Perl v5.20 - what you need to know

May 27, 2014 by David Farrell

development

community

news

We review the new features, changes and enhancements of the new Perl release

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How to contribute to the exercism.io Perl 5 repo

May 22, 2014 by David Farrell

community

community

github

open_source

perl-5

perl-6

exercism_io

A step by step guide to porting exercises

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Become a better programmer with exercism.io

May 19, 2014 by David Farrell

community

community

windows

app

open_source

The open source programming puzzler that will level-up your Perl programming

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Debunk Perl's magic with B::Deparse

May 15, 2014 by David Farrell

development

debugging

module

We show you how to peak behind the curtain and inspect Perl code

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Benchmarking subroutine signatures

May 12, 2014 by David Farrell

development

subroutine

method

optimization

We review native subroutine signatures speed and show you how to make them faster

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Parsing data couldn't be easier with XML::Dataset

May 9, 2014 by David Farrell

data

cpan

xml

data

parse

So simple a llama could do it

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Just how much heavier is Catalyst than Dancer2?

May 5, 2014 by David Farrell

web

catalyst

dancer

mvc

We compare the two web frameworks dependencies and test suites

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What's new on CPAN - April 2014

May 1, 2014 by David Farrell

cpan

module

news

A curated look at April’s new CPAN uploads

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Is your login page secure?

Apr 28, 2014 by David Farrell

security

catalyst

mvc

security

authentication

A bumper article on secure web application logins with Catalyst

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Perl hate

Apr 7, 2014 by David Farrell

community

community

other

A collection of anti-Perl quotes, memes and images

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What's new on CPAN - March 2014

Apr 4, 2014 by David Farrell

cpan

module

news

A curated look at March’s new CPAN uploads

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Perl web application security - HTTP headers

Mar 31, 2014 by David Farrell

security

catalyst

dancer

mojolicious

mvc

Instantly upgrade your web application security with these headers

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Perl references: create, dereference and debug with confidence

Mar 27, 2014 by David Farrell

development

variable

scalar

array

hash

reference

Learn enough to be dangerous with one of Perl’s most powerful features

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Secure your passwords with KeePass and Perl

Mar 24, 2014 by David Farrell

apps

database

module

password_manager

File::KeePass makes it easy to work with KeePass database files

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