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Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-12-19

Andy Lester — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:12:29 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

Building telephony apps with Perl and TwiML (perl.com)
brian d foy is overhauling perldoc (blogs.perl.org)
Booking.com donates €100,000 to the Perl Foundation. That's FIVE zeroes! (perlnews.org)
Don't open files the old, clunky, unsafe way (szabgab.com)
Design patterns for command line utilities (reddit.com)
YAPC::NA's keynote speaker will be the Schwern (blog.yapcna.org)
When print debugging fails (modernperlbooks.com)
RT @DEVOPS_BORAT 5 essential tool you are need in devops: Perl.
Better password security (pal-blog.de)
Alternative Dancer templating engines (blogs.perl.org)
Defining grammars with regular expressions (effectiveperlprogramming.com)
MetaCPAN has a contest to find a logo (contest.metacpan.org)
Learning music notes with Perl (showmetheco.de)
Text::Xslate wants to replace Template::Toolkit (xslate.org)

Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-10-03

Andy Lester — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:26:34 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

(learn.perl.org) has been relaunched
learn.perl.org has been relaunched
If you use EBCDIC in Perl, better speak up now (nntp.perl.org)
Modules to spell out numbers in English (blogs.perl.org)
How to learn Perl (modernperlbooks.com)
Hooray for @github's new Issues Dashboard. Issues aggregated across all your projects. (github.com)
Net-a-Porter adds $10,000 to the Perl 5 CMF (news.perlfoundation.org)
See twelve lightning talks from @mjdominus at #pghpw (pghpw.org)
Implementing WWW::LastFM (blog.robin.smidsrod.no)
RT @schwern Ever written eval "require $module"? Congratulations! You have a SECURITY HOLE! Replace it with eval {require $module}.

Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-09-19

Andy Lester — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:41:17 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

Haha: "Been there, done that, have the broken coffee mug" (radar.oreilly.com) #perl6
jobs.perl.org now location-searchable. (jobs.perl.org) Old postings not geocoded yet, but future ones will be.
ack 1.96 released, ignores minified Javascript (groups.google.com)
prisk is a Perl-based version of the board game Risk. (jquelin.blogspot.com)
Path::Class::Rule is another rules-based file finder (dagolden.com)
Why is taint mode so slow? (martin-evans.me.uk)
Devel::Comments looks like Smart::Comments (blogs.perl.org)
What's an author? What's a contributor? (blogs.perl.org)

Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-09-12

Andy Lester — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:14:10 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

Introduction to Perl using the Padre editor (i-programmer.info)
Mark Keating introduces us to $foo magazine and Renée Bäcker (news.perlfoundation.org)
What did attendees think of YAPC::NA 2011? (yapc-surveys.org)
Marketing YAPC::Asia 2011 (blogs.perl.org)
August has been busy for metacpan (blogs.perl.org)
Which IP geolocation module should you use? (blogs.perl.org)
Pitfalls with Jenkins+Perl (blogs.perl.org)

Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-08-29

Andy Lester — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:48:09 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

Recap of day one of YAPC::Europe 2011 (blogs.perl.org)
Productivity tips for working with remote servers via SSH (blogs.perl.org)
Using Task:: distributions, both on CPAN and not (effectiveperlprogramming.com)
Using DBI effectively: the bind_columns() method (blog.bluefeet.net)
White Camel 2011 winners: @ranguard, @lestrrat and Andrew Shitov (perlnews.org)
Rakudo 2011.08 delayed, but 3x speed will be worth it (rakudo.org)
ack mini-hackathon online Sunday morning: (groups.google.com)
How to install your own Perl with Perlbrew (kevinspencer.org)
Python gets into the obfuscation game http://preshing.com/20110822/penrose-tiling-in-obfuscated-python (via (@wnodom)%22>)

On civility, code of conduct and YAPC::NA 2012 (blog.yapcna.org)
Perl Module Monday: Carp::Always (dereferenced.com)
Initial estimate from @usgs of eastern US earthquake was 5.8, later revised to 5.9. Should have gone current with 5.14.1.
Live webcast about Google+ with @timoreilly in a @bestpractical T-shirt (strataconf.com)
Some of Dave Rolsky's modules need lovin'. See if you can help. (blog.urth.org)
Giving little gifts as thanks, by @rjbs (rjbs.manxome.org)
Serving a local directory with Plack (modernperlbooks.com)
@dominos Pizza is looking for Perl programmers. (Insert 30-minutes-or-less joke here.) (jobs.perl.org)
Using Devel::DProf to find speed bottlenecks in your code? Use Devel::NYTProf instead. (Thanks to @chromatic_x for the reminder)
"Run your applications in the cloud in less than 15 minutes"? @rjbs puts Stackato to the test (rjbs.manxome.org)

Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-07-31

Andy Lester — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:47:19 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

Hello, World in Place 2: InteractiveDebugger (blogs.perl.org)
Giving ack a little bit extra do-what-I-mean (shuttlethread.com)
Reducing documentation's technical debt (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::NA attendees, please respond to survey (blogs.perl.org)
File::UStore, a UUID-based file storage abstractor (blogs.perl.org)
Protecting against cross-site scripting attacks with Template::AutoFilter (blogs.perl.org)
Screencast: How to contribute to a Perl module using vim and Github (szabgab.com)
Avoid unwanted bitwise operators with Perl::Critic (szabgab.com)
Just discovered rjray's Perl Module Monday feature: (dereferenced.com)
Booking.com donates $10K to support Perl 5 maintenance (news.perlfoundation.org)
Expect a flurry of Rakudo releases soon (rakudo.org)
cPanel is also sponsoring Perl 5 Maintenance Fund (news.perlfoundation.org)
YAPC::NA 2012 gets away from RTFM marketing (perlbuzz.com)
About the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund (perlfoundation.org)
Upgrading from Perl 5.8 to a less-than-newest version (blog.timbunce.org)
Using Acme::CPANAuthors::India to link with other authors (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 call for papers now open (yapcasia.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 and the webapps behind it (blogs.perl.org)
Going to OSCON next week? Here are six tips for making the most of it with the least amount of hassle (petdance.com)
Portuguese Perl Workshop is Sep 22-23, 2011 (workshop.perl.pt)
Tool to move tickets from RT to Github (pythian.com)
Now you need LWP::Protocol::https (blogs.perl.org)
Perl program to back up Google contacts/calendar (preshweb.co.uk)
"What is MetaCPAN" screencast http://youtu.be/7N1lZY5E5gg (now with English subtitles)
Can't let #oscon pass without getting the scoop on cpangloss.com from (@schwern.%22>)

"Perl isn't a programming language. It's a life-support system for CPAN." Damian at #oscon

"Perl 6 is solid enough now. Start thinking about porting modules. Start thinking about reinventing modules." -- Damian at #oscon

RT @pghphw @mjdominus will be teaching a course and giving a talk at PPW 2011. Watch for details.
Notes on Morphing Graph::Easy into Graph::Easy::Marpa (savage.net.au)
A new vim plugin to work with ack and iTerm: (vim.org)
Holy cow does a lot get done on MetaCPAN in a week (blogs.perl.org)
MetaCPAN::API gets updated (blogs.perl.org)
Rakudo Star 2011.07 released (rakudo.org)
Would you bring your kids to YAPC? (blog.yapcna.org)
Recollections of YAPC::NA 2011 (activestate.com)
Understanding autovivification (effectiveperlprogramming.com)

Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-07-31

Andy Lester — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:47:19 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

Hello, World in Place 2: InteractiveDebugger (blogs.perl.org)
Giving ack a little bit extra do-what-I-mean (shuttlethread.com)
Reducing documentation's technical debt (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::NA attendees, please respond to survey (blogs.perl.org)
File::UStore, a UUID-based file storage abstractor (blogs.perl.org)
Protecting against cross-site scripting attacks with Template::AutoFilter (blogs.perl.org)
Screencast: How to contribute to a Perl module using vim and Github (szabgab.com)
Avoid unwanted bitwise operators with Perl::Critic (szabgab.com)
Just discovered rjray's Perl Module Monday feature: (dereferenced.com)
Booking.com donates $10K to support Perl 5 maintenance (news.perlfoundation.org)
Expect a flurry of Rakudo releases soon (rakudo.org)
cPanel is also sponsoring Perl 5 Maintenance Fund (news.perlfoundation.org)
YAPC::NA 2012 gets away from RTFM marketing (perlbuzz.com)
About the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund (perlfoundation.org)
Upgrading from Perl 5.8 to a less-than-newest version (blog.timbunce.org)
Using Acme::CPANAuthors::India to link with other authors (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 call for papers now open (yapcasia.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 and the webapps behind it (blogs.perl.org)
Going to OSCON next week? Here are six tips for making the most of it with the least amount of hassle (petdance.com)
Portuguese Perl Workshop is Sep 22-23, 2011 (workshop.perl.pt)
Tool to move tickets from RT to Github (pythian.com)
Now you need LWP::Protocol::https (blogs.perl.org)
Perl program to back up Google contacts/calendar (preshweb.co.uk)
"What is MetaCPAN" screencast http://youtu.be/7N1lZY5E5gg (now with English subtitles)
Can't let #oscon pass without getting the scoop on cpangloss.com from (@schwern.%22>)

"Perl isn't a programming language. It's a life-support system for CPAN." Damian at #oscon

"Perl 6 is solid enough now. Start thinking about porting modules. Start thinking about reinventing modules." -- Damian at #oscon

RT @pghphw @mjdominus will be teaching a course and giving a talk at PPW 2011. Watch for details.
Notes on Morphing Graph::Easy into Graph::Easy::Marpa (savage.net.au)
A new vim plugin to work with ack and iTerm: (vim.org)
Holy cow does a lot get done on MetaCPAN in a week (blogs.perl.org)
MetaCPAN::API gets updated (blogs.perl.org)
Rakudo Star 2011.07 released (rakudo.org)
Would you bring your kids to YAPC? (blog.yapcna.org)
Recollections of YAPC::NA 2011 (activestate.com)
Understanding autovivification (effectiveperlprogramming.com)

Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-07-31

Andy Lester — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:47:19 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

Hello, World in Place 2: InteractiveDebugger (blogs.perl.org)
Giving ack a little bit extra do-what-I-mean (shuttlethread.com)
Reducing documentation's technical debt (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::NA attendees, please respond to survey (blogs.perl.org)
File::UStore, a UUID-based file storage abstractor (blogs.perl.org)
Protecting against cross-site scripting attacks with Template::AutoFilter (blogs.perl.org)
Screencast: How to contribute to a Perl module using vim and Github (szabgab.com)
Avoid unwanted bitwise operators with Perl::Critic (szabgab.com)
Just discovered rjray's Perl Module Monday feature: (dereferenced.com)
Booking.com donates $10K to support Perl 5 maintenance (news.perlfoundation.org)
Expect a flurry of Rakudo releases soon (rakudo.org)
cPanel is also sponsoring Perl 5 Maintenance Fund (news.perlfoundation.org)
YAPC::NA 2012 gets away from RTFM marketing (perlbuzz.com)
About the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund (perlfoundation.org)
Upgrading from Perl 5.8 to a less-than-newest version (blog.timbunce.org)
Using Acme::CPANAuthors::India to link with other authors (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 call for papers now open (yapcasia.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 and the webapps behind it (blogs.perl.org)
Going to OSCON next week? Here are six tips for making the most of it with the least amount of hassle (petdance.com)
Portuguese Perl Workshop is Sep 22-23, 2011 (workshop.perl.pt)
Tool to move tickets from RT to Github (pythian.com)
Now you need LWP::Protocol::https (blogs.perl.org)
Perl program to back up Google contacts/calendar (preshweb.co.uk)
"What is MetaCPAN" screencast http://youtu.be/7N1lZY5E5gg (now with English subtitles)
Can't let #oscon pass without getting the scoop on cpangloss.com from (@schwern.%22>)

"Perl isn't a programming language. It's a life-support system for CPAN." Damian at #oscon

"Perl 6 is solid enough now. Start thinking about porting modules. Start thinking about reinventing modules." -- Damian at #oscon

RT @pghphw @mjdominus will be teaching a course and giving a talk at PPW 2011. Watch for details.
Notes on Morphing Graph::Easy into Graph::Easy::Marpa (savage.net.au)
A new vim plugin to work with ack and iTerm: (vim.org)
Holy cow does a lot get done on MetaCPAN in a week (blogs.perl.org)
MetaCPAN::API gets updated (blogs.perl.org)
Rakudo Star 2011.07 released (rakudo.org)
Would you bring your kids to YAPC? (blog.yapcna.org)
Recollections of YAPC::NA 2011 (activestate.com)
Understanding autovivification (effectiveperlprogramming.com)

Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-07-31

Andy Lester — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:47:19 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

Hello, World in Place 2: InteractiveDebugger (blogs.perl.org)
Giving ack a little bit extra do-what-I-mean (shuttlethread.com)
Reducing documentation's technical debt (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::NA attendees, please respond to survey (blogs.perl.org)
File::UStore, a UUID-based file storage abstractor (blogs.perl.org)
Protecting against cross-site scripting attacks with Template::AutoFilter (blogs.perl.org)
Screencast: How to contribute to a Perl module using vim and Github (szabgab.com)
Avoid unwanted bitwise operators with Perl::Critic (szabgab.com)
Just discovered rjray's Perl Module Monday feature: (dereferenced.com)
Booking.com donates $10K to support Perl 5 maintenance (news.perlfoundation.org)
Expect a flurry of Rakudo releases soon (rakudo.org)
cPanel is also sponsoring Perl 5 Maintenance Fund (news.perlfoundation.org)
YAPC::NA 2012 gets away from RTFM marketing (perlbuzz.com)
About the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund (perlfoundation.org)
Upgrading from Perl 5.8 to a less-than-newest version (blog.timbunce.org)
Using Acme::CPANAuthors::India to link with other authors (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 call for papers now open (yapcasia.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 and the webapps behind it (blogs.perl.org)
Going to OSCON next week? Here are six tips for making the most of it with the least amount of hassle (petdance.com)
Portuguese Perl Workshop is Sep 22-23, 2011 (workshop.perl.pt)
Tool to move tickets from RT to Github (pythian.com)
Now you need LWP::Protocol::https (blogs.perl.org)
Perl program to back up Google contacts/calendar (preshweb.co.uk)
"What is MetaCPAN" screencast http://youtu.be/7N1lZY5E5gg (now with English subtitles)
Can't let #oscon pass without getting the scoop on cpangloss.com from (@schwern.%22>)

"Perl isn't a programming language. It's a life-support system for CPAN." Damian at #oscon

"Perl 6 is solid enough now. Start thinking about porting modules. Start thinking about reinventing modules." -- Damian at #oscon

RT @pghphw @mjdominus will be teaching a course and giving a talk at PPW 2011. Watch for details.
Notes on Morphing Graph::Easy into Graph::Easy::Marpa (savage.net.au)
A new vim plugin to work with ack and iTerm: (vim.org)
Holy cow does a lot get done on MetaCPAN in a week (blogs.perl.org)
MetaCPAN::API gets updated (blogs.perl.org)
Rakudo Star 2011.07 released (rakudo.org)
Would you bring your kids to YAPC? (blog.yapcna.org)
Recollections of YAPC::NA 2011 (activestate.com)
Understanding autovivification (effectiveperlprogramming.com)

Perlbuzz news roundup for 2011-07-31

Andy Lester — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:47:19 +0000

These links are collected from the Perlbuzz Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@perlbuzz.com.

Hello, World in Place 2: InteractiveDebugger (blogs.perl.org)
Giving ack a little bit extra do-what-I-mean (shuttlethread.com)
Reducing documentation's technical debt (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::NA attendees, please respond to survey (blogs.perl.org)
File::UStore, a UUID-based file storage abstractor (blogs.perl.org)
Protecting against cross-site scripting attacks with Template::AutoFilter (blogs.perl.org)
Screencast: How to contribute to a Perl module using vim and Github (szabgab.com)
Avoid unwanted bitwise operators with Perl::Critic (szabgab.com)
Just discovered rjray's Perl Module Monday feature: (dereferenced.com)
Booking.com donates $10K to support Perl 5 maintenance (news.perlfoundation.org)
Expect a flurry of Rakudo releases soon (rakudo.org)
cPanel is also sponsoring Perl 5 Maintenance Fund (news.perlfoundation.org)
YAPC::NA 2012 gets away from RTFM marketing (perlbuzz.com)
About the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund (perlfoundation.org)
Upgrading from Perl 5.8 to a less-than-newest version (blog.timbunce.org)
Using Acme::CPANAuthors::India to link with other authors (blogs.perl.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 call for papers now open (yapcasia.org)
YAPC::Asia 2011 and the webapps behind it (blogs.perl.org)
Going to OSCON next week? Here are six tips for making the most of it with the least amount of hassle (petdance.com)
Portuguese Perl Workshop is Sep 22-23, 2011 (workshop.perl.pt)
Tool to move tickets from RT to Github (pythian.com)
Now you need LWP::Protocol::https (blogs.perl.org)
Perl program to back up Google contacts/calendar (preshweb.co.uk)
"What is MetaCPAN" screencast http://youtu.be/7N1lZY5E5gg (now with English subtitles)
Can't let #oscon pass without getting the scoop on cpangloss.com from (@schwern.%22>)

"Perl isn't a programming language. It's a life-support system for CPAN." Damian at #oscon

"Perl 6 is solid enough now. Start thinking about porting modules. Start thinking about reinventing modules." -- Damian at #oscon

RT @pghphw @mjdominus will be teaching a course and giving a talk at PPW 2011. Watch for details.
Notes on Morphing Graph::Easy into Graph::Easy::Marpa (savage.net.au)
A new vim plugin to work with ack and iTerm: (vim.org)
Holy cow does a lot get done on MetaCPAN in a week (blogs.perl.org)
MetaCPAN::API gets updated (blogs.perl.org)
Rakudo Star 2011.07 released (rakudo.org)
Would you bring your kids to YAPC? (blog.yapcna.org)
Recollections of YAPC::NA 2011 (activestate.com)
Understanding autovivification (effectiveperlprogramming.com)