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- How to script git with perl and Git::Wrapper
- Are you ready for CPAN Testers 2.0?
- If Perl were smarter about references
- Thoughts on Perl 6 hype and backlash
- Creating new distributions with Dist::Zilla
- Parallel map with Parallel::Iterator
- perlprogramming.org looking for a nice home
- My OSCON talks are online
- Perl 5.13.3 is released
- How to join the CPAN Testers 2.0 Public Beta
- My life as mini-pumpking, week 2
- Downloading RT patches from the command line
- Capture-Tiny 0.08
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- brian d foy: Don’t forget tests for the cases where the hash value is a non-reference, or a reference of a...
- aero: Assuming $data->{$key1}{$key2} is hashref. my ($k,$v) = each %{ $data->{$key1}{$key2} } also should be...
- Darko: This would be a great benefit to perl source code readability imho. I hope it will make its way to the core...
- aero: Rather confusing. Assuming $data->{$key1}{$key2} = [] push @{ $data->{$key1}{$key2} }, @stuff; What about...
- Tom Davis: I think Ron’s reaction might have been somewhat similar to my own, as a result of the example: push...
Shared Items
- No More Excuses
- CPAN Testers email submission interface going away September 1st
- A Matrix Worthy of Perl 6
- Why so puzzled?
- Sebastian Riedel (sri): Perl is ready for HTML5
- Jesse Thompson (zjt): Perl 12
- chromatic: A Checklist for Writing Maintainable Perl
- Curtis Jewell: Strawberry Perl Professional Alpha 2 is now out...
- For speakers at Perl conferences...
- Salve J. Nilsen (sjn): Moving Perl up the value chain
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Category Archives: toolchain
Do you use Perl and C++?
Some work has started on adding better C++ support to ExtUtils::CBuilder. There is a branch called "cplusplus" in the EU::CB repository on github. (See the branches dropdown.) Work is loosely coordinated on the #toolchain IRC channel on irc.perl.org. Ask for user "Sno|Laptop" if you would like to contribute in any way.
How to look like an idiot with Dist::Zilla
Several people who watch CPAN recent upload feeds may have noticed an interesting sounding tarball by yours truly: Foo-1.23. Here's the story: I'm a recent convert to Dist::Zilla. I really like it -- if I had more time I'd write a longer post about how easy it makes your life as a developer. The problem [...]
The past is not a blast
Debugging things on an older version of Perl can be a pain. I like to be able to replicate bug reports whenever I can and verify that my fixes resolve the problem. That means that first, you have to build them if you don't have them and many or most of the older perl tarballs [...]
The power of not being all things to all people
The Perl community seems abuzz about the cool new cpanminus client by Tatsuhiko Miyagawa. After about two weeks of development, this is a reasonably functional CPAN client with just a fraction of the overhead, complexity and verbosity of the CPAN and CPANPLUS clients that come with the Perl core. It's a remarkable achievement, not only [...]
Module::Build repository migrated to git