[pm-h] Livening up the Group

[Paul Archer]

I like the idea of a group project. Phalanx might be a bit much to jump into 
(or not). It just sounds intimidating.
Maybe we could come up with something a little more local. Maybe something 
that we could end up on a web server somewhere as a resource for Houstonians 
(geeks or general population).

Paul



5:15pm, G. Wade Johnson wrote:

> At different points in time, we have discussed ways to liven up the group a
> bit.
>
> We've suggested social gatherings (in place of or in addition to) our normal
> meetings.
>
> We've talked about changing the time and/or place we meet.
>
> At the latest meeting, we even had suggestions of supplying food or beer to
> convince people.<grin/>
>
> Another idea that I've seen suggested elsewhere is a group project. The group
> works on one or more projects that are of interest to the members. This helps
> keep all of our skills sharp and helps newer Perl programmers learn the
> language through practice.
>
> One project that I've been hearing goo things about is the Phalanx Project.
> (http://qa.perl.org/phalanx/) The idea of the project is to help improve the
> testing of all of the modules on CPAN. The project is currently focusing on
> the top 100 modules (based on rough usage statistics) at the moment.
>
> In addition to the obvious benefits of practicing our Perl skills, this
> project might have several other benefits to each of us.
>
>  * give us all practice in Perl's Testing modules
>  * more in-depth understanding of important Perl modules
>  * giving something to the Perl community
>  * possible credits for work on major modules
>
> In addition, experience with the modules and process associated with CPAN
> might make you think about publishing your own modules on CPAN.
>
> Email the group if you have any opinion (good or bad) about any of these
> ideas.
>
> Later,
> G. Wade
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