Author Archives: Dave Cross

Modern Perl at OpenTech

July 6, 2010 – 9:13 AM
I mentioned a few months ago that I'd be running an "Introduction to Modern Perl" training course at YAPC::Europe this year. But in the interests of speaking outside of the Perl community as much as possible, I'm also going to... Read More »
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YAPC::Europe Talks Accepted

June 23, 2010 – 8:49 AM
The YAPC::Europe organisers said that they would tell speakers which talks had been accepted on July 1st. Well, it seems that the excitement was too much for them and they decided to do it a week earlier. Yesterday I got... Read More »
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YAPC::Europe Talks

June 11, 2010 – 4:05 PM
The Call for Papers for YAPC::Europe closes in four days. If you're thinking of giving a talk in Pisa then this weekend would be a very good time to give it some serious thought. I proposed four talks last night.... Read More »
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How Not to Ask a Question

June 10, 2010 – 1:34 PM
I received this email last week. I often get random email from people I don't know asking for help with Perl problems and I'm happy to help whenever I can (although I always point our that Perl Monks is going... Read More »
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Ironman and XML::Feed

April 26, 2010 – 9:02 AM
Sam Graham complains that since the Ironman feed switched to using Perlanet, the entries have been "mangled". By that he means that in some cases any HTML in feed entries is lost.I think they're running up against this bug in... Read More »
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More RPM Stuff

April 25, 2010 – 5:02 PM
It's been a while since I wrote anything here. if anyone is keeping score I've probably failed the Iron Man challenge of posting something every ten days.Don't have much to add here either but I thought some of you might... Read More »
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Training Update

April 1, 2010 – 11:14 AM
The training courses for this summer's YAPC in Pisa have been announced. And my course on Modern Perl has been chosen. It's a one-day course on August 2th (just before the conference). It costs € 180. You'll be able to... Read More »
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Perl Books

March 30, 2010 – 8:27 AM
Those of you who have been following my work for some time might remember that many years ago I took some interest in Perl books. I don't mean the kind of books that we all read (or, even write) with... Read More »
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Training in Pisa

March 21, 2010 – 4:16 PM
The YAPC::Europe organisers have put out a call for training courses. They want a number of courses to offer to attendees in the couple of days before the conference. The call closed yesterday and I expect they'll be announcing the... Read More »
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Crufty Old Perl

March 11, 2010 – 6:05 PM
It's eighteen months since I wrote "Why Corporates Hate Perl" and it's worth pointing out that the company I discussed in that article which was dropping Perl in favour of PHP and Java is still employing as many good Perl... Read More »
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