Perl module names are filepaths - and that's all

Dec 14, 2016 by David Farrell

development

cpan

pause

cuckoo

module

package

perlmod

Understand how Perl loads code

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What is the Perl Core?

Mar 9, 2016 by David Farrell

managing-perl

perl

core

standard_library

module

cpan

perldoc

osx

ubuntu

fedora

Unfortunately there’s more than one way to package it

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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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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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Celebrate CPAN day on August 16th

Aug 13, 2014 by David Farrell

community

cpan

module

github

distribution

cpanday

pause

celebration

Give back to the community on CPAN day

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Rescue legacy code with modulinos

Aug 7, 2014 by brian d foy

development

module

package

modulino

caller

main

test_more

How the modules-as-programs pattern provides a development path for scripts

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What's new on CPAN - June 2014

Jul 3, 2014 by David Farrell

cpan

module

stratopan

dancer

mojolicious

amazon

raygun

css

go

rabbitmq

oeis

cgi

dist_zilla

paypal

jenkins

Our curated guide to June’s new CPAN uploads

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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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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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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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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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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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Simple web framework FastCGI caching with nginx - part 2

Mar 17, 2014 by David Farrell

web

module

nginx

dancer

mojolicious

cache

Safely purge individually cached upstream responses

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What's new on CPAN - February 2014

Mar 3, 2014 by David Farrell

cpan

module

news

A curated look at last month’s new CPAN uploads

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3 ways to include data with your Perl distribution

Feb 7, 2014 by David Farrell

data

configuration

module

__data__

TIMTOWDI

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What's new on CPAN - January 2014

Feb 3, 2014 by David Farrell

cpan

module

news

A curated look at the last month’s new CPAN uploads

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Make your code run faster with Perl's secret turbo module

Jan 21, 2014 by David Farrell

development

module

multicore

optimization

multithreading

Multi-core programming is a breeze with MCE

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Display beautiful Perl code in HTML without JavaScript

Jan 13, 2014 by David Farrell

web

module

syntax

html

javascript

PPI::Prettify makes pretty-printing Perl code as HTML easy

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Solve almost any datetime need with Time::Piece

Jan 10, 2014 by David Farrell

data

module

date

time

datetime

strptime

strftime

How to parse, print, format, compare and do math with datetimes in Perl

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Use roles in object oriented Perl with Role::Tiny

Nov 11, 2013 by David Farrell

development

module

object_oriented

object

role

Get roles / traits with minimal overhead

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