Identify slow code with Devel::Timer
How timing statements can help you pinpoint bottlenecks
Profiling Perl
Update: Perl Profiling has evolved since this article was written, please see http://www.perl.org/about/whitepapers/perl-profiling.html for the latest information. Everyone wants their Perl code to run faster. Unfortunately, without understanding why the code is taking so long to start with, it’s impossible…
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A Refactoring Example
About a year ago, a person asked the Fun With Perl mailing list about some code they had written to do database queries. It’s important to note that this person was posting from an .it address; why will become…
