Year: 2013
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Just Build Something
About a month ago, JT Smith suggested that we should all stop talking about Perl and just build something. And, purely coincidentally, over the last few weeks I resurrected a project that I have been poking at for about five years and have finally turned it into something that I’m happy to show the world.…
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Pebble and Perl
I’ve been wearing a Pebble watch for a couple of months now. I really like it but, to be honest, it’s the potential that has me most excited. The number of apps currently available is a bit disappointing and the API is taking its time appearing. But even when the API is published, I wonder…
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Removing Modules from Core
I was on holiday last week and missed most of the discussions about removing Module::Build and CGI from the Perl core in the next few years. I hope you won’t mind if I chime in a little late with my thoughts. Module::Build I’m a little bemused by the Module::Build story. Well, perhaps “bemused” isn’t quite…
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Perl School: DBIx::Class
Update: I’m sorry to have to announce that this course has been cancelled. I hope to reschedule for later in the year. Tempus fugit and another Perl School rolls around. Next Saturday (June 8th) I’ll be running my one-day course on Database Programming with Perl and DBIx::Class. As always the course will take place at…
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What New(ish) Perl features Do You Use?
Over on LinkedIn, someone asked me “What core PERL[sic] features do you use regularly that are new since 95?” It’s hard to be sure as the perldelta files only seem to go back to 1997 (for example, when were qw(…), q(…) and qq(…) added?), but here’s a quick list off the top of my head.…