[Kochi-pm] [Perlweekly] #187 - The FOSDEM after-effect

Sun Feb 22 22:47:18 PST 2015

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Hi,

We're definitely getting more blog posts about Perl 6 since FOSDEM. I
wonder if that's going to continue for the rest of the year, or if it's
still the after-effect from FOSDEM...

More than anything, participants in the Pull Request challenge seem to want
to fix bugs. Put your buggy dists on github! :-)

Editor #3, Neil

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CPAN News

  NICEPERL's lists
  http://niceperl.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/vii-cpan-great-modules-released-last.html

  Miguel Prz (NICEPERL ("https://metacpan.org/author/NICEPERL"))'s regular
  lists: Great modules released last week
  ("http://niceperl.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/xvi-cpan-great-modules-released-
  last.html"); MetaCPAN weekly report
  ("http://niceperl.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/cxlviii-metacpan-weekly-report-p
  athtiny.html"); StackOverflow Perl report
  ("http://niceperl.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/clxxiii-stackoverflow-perl-repor
  t.html").
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  Syntax highlighting as RTF
  http://rjbs.manxome.org/rubric/entry/2072

  Rik has released a module (RTF::VimColor
  ("https://metacpan.org/pod/RTF::VimColor")) and associated script (synrtf
  ("https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/RTF-VimColor/bin/synrtf") which
  will take some code and produce an RTF file which has syntax highlighting
  on the code.
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  Sometimes, It's the Little Things
  http://techblog.babyl.ca/entry/file-serialize

  Yanick presents File::Serialize
  ("https://metacpan.org/pod/File::Serialize") which will (de)serialise
  YAML, JSON and TOML, using the 'right' module behind the scenes, so you
  don't have to remember which is the right module to use these days.
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  Removing AUTOLOAD from CGI.pm
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/lee_j/2015/02/removing-autoload-from-cgipm.html

  Lee describes a change that he's made to CGI
  ("https://metacpan.org/pod/CGI") which simplifies the code and will mean
  CGI now gets correct test coverage results. It's currently a developer
  release ("https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-4.13_02"), so please
  test it if you use CGI ("https://metacpan.org/pod/CGI").
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Hacking with Perl and CPAN

  Today's bit of black perl
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/aristotle/2015/02/invocant-arg-aliasing.html

  Aristotle presents a small perl script which illustrates a way that the
  unwary, and those new to Perl, can be surprised when playing around with
  subroutine arguments.
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  Using Perl Dancer and Docker to create simple monitoring system
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/ivan_bessarabov/2015/02/using-perl-dancer-and-docker-to-create-simple-monitoring-system.html

  Ivan presents an easy-to-install monitoring system he's created called
  <em>curry</em>, which is built on Docker ("https://www.docker.com") and
  Dancer ("https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer").
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  Always make immutable (unless you have a good reason not to)
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/kd/2015/02/always-make-immutable-unless-you-have-a-very-good-reason-not-to.html

  You often read about the need to call <code>make_immutable</code> on your
  Moose classes, but do you know what the impact can be if you don't? kd
  benchmarked one of his webs after before and after, and found that adding
  <code>make_immutable</code> made it 5 times faster.
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  Analysing CPAN Testers' Reports
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/e_choroba/2015/02/analysing-cpan-testers-reports.html

  For his February assignment, E decided to look into his dist's CPAN Testers
  failures. He describes his approach and how it led in his pull request.
  The comments on his post point out some other tools that can help this
  sort of investigation.
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  CPAN.io, yearly boards and gamification
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/book/2015/02/cpanio-yearly-boards-and-gamification.html

  You may think of him as "BooK", or "the guy in the pink shirt". Philippe
  has added some new pages onto cpan.io ("http://cpan.io") which show
  leaderboards for all years, such as this one
  ("http://cpan.io/board/once-a/week/releases/years.html").
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  A Gentle Introduction to Bread::Board
  https://www.iinteractive.com/notebook/2015/02/18/bread-board.html

  Yanick introduces the <em>inversion of control</em> concept, and presents
  how you can do it with Bread::Board
  ("https://metacpan.org/pod/Bread::Board"). Obviously Canada has multiple
  definitions for the word 'gentle'.
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  Configuration Station
  https://blog.afoolishmanifesto.com/posts/configuration-station/

  Frew shows how his thoughts on handling configuration has evolved via
  various technologies, to his latest approach.
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Misc

  How do you join the conversation?
  http://tinypig2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/how-do-you-join-conversation.html

  David ask what sources of tech news do the rest of you (us) follow, which
  he might find of interest. He means aside from Perl Weekly, of course.
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  Automatic chrome redirect from SCO to MetaCPAN
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/bvierra/2015/02/cpan-to-metacpan-auto-redirect-for-chrome-released.html

  Billy has created a Chrome extension that will automatically redirect you
  from search.cpan.org ("http://search.cpan.org") to MetaCPAN
  ("https://metacpan.org").
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  CPAN dists not on github
  http://neilb.org/2015/02/22/cpan-github-targets.html

  There are several hundred people taking part in the pull request challenge
  who want to fix your bugs. All you need to do is put your distribution on
  github, and make sure the repo is listed in the metadata.
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Perl 6

  Avoid a Common Software Bug By Using Perl 6
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2015/02/avoid-a-common-software-bug-by-using-perl-6.html

  Curtis shows how Perl 6's gradual typing can prevent certain types of bugs
  in your code. He throws some other Perl 6 titbits in as well.
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  Profiling Perl 6 code on IRC
  http://perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-6/2015-profiling-on-irc.html

  Moritz presents the IRC bot <em>camelia</em>, which will run Perl 6 code
  snippets seen in the <code>#perl6</code> IRC channel, and give feedback
  on them. I have to admit that my first thought was wondering what
  naughtiness might be possible, but it's pretty cool!
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  Thoughts on getting Perl 6 for Christmas
  http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/2406/thoughts-on-getting-perl-6-for-christmas/

  David lays out his current thinking on Perl 6. TL;DR: likes some bits, but
  thinks it seems large / complex and under-documented at the moment.
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  I like trains! Fast trains, that is ...
  https://p6weekly.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/2015-07-i-like-trains-fast-trains-that-is/

  The weekly Perl 6 update: performance improvements; the 'long' type, and
  stricter laxness, among other things.
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Grants

  RFC: Limiting grant duration
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/makoto_nozaki/2015/02/rfc-limiting-grant-duration.html

  Nozaki-san has proposed a change to TPF rules for grants, aimed at defining
  a deadline for all grant applications, beyond which projects would be
  deemed to have failed. If you have an opinion, please add a comment.
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  Maintaining the Perl 5 Core: Report, Month 16
  http://news.perlfoundation.org/2015/02/maintaining-the-perl-5-core-re-14.html

  Karen posted Dave Mitchell's latest report for his TPF grant to support
  work on the Perl 5 core.
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Perl Maven Tutorials

  CPAN for older versions of Perl
  http://perlmaven.com/cpan-for-older-versions-of-perl

  Some explanation about the CPAN Testers and about cpXXXan.
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  Don't keep generated files in version control
  http://perlmaven.com/dont-keep-generated-files-in-version-control

  Files generated by the Perl toolchain, by the editor, an even by the
  operating system should usually be excluded from version control system.
  Here is a list of what should be excluded and how to to that.
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Conferences and Meetups

  Looking for YAPC::NA News?
  http://blogs.perl.org/users/dan_wright/2015/02/looking-for-yapcna-news.html

  Dan described all the different ways you can keep up-to-date on news
  related to YAPC::NA ("http://www.yapcna.org/yn2015/").
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