[Brisbane-pm] Perl Mongers Meeting Oct 3rd, 6pm Jumbo Interactive

[Ben Kolera]

Mark & Fellow Perl Mongers, 

Did we have any ideas about talks / discussion for the last half of the meetup? I could probably wrangle together enough content to talk about my experiences with testing apps built on DBI & DBIx::Class through a variety of methods:

* Test::MockObject (mocking your DB layer out of your application)
* DBD::Mock
* DBD::SqLite
* Test::{PostgreSQL,MySql}
* Using DBIx::MultiStatementDo for setting up a schema & test data via DBI.
* My opinion of the deficiencies of the current state of play and where we need to move to.

Probably about 10 minutes of talk there, at most. 

Is that interesting to anyone? I have somewhat selfish interests for wanting to do this as it would be really nice to have someone just tell me "you fool, just use CPAN module X as it solves all of your problems already". ;)

I'd be really rushing to get something together for this so it won't be perfect and we'd be better off going with something else if we can; but I'm happy to try and fill the gap at the last minute if needed. 

Cheers,
Ben


On Tuesday, 2 October 2012 at 11:59 AM, Mark Venz wrote:

> G'day All,
> 
> As we have only one speaker,
> Could people provide one-liners (and/or explanations) to provoke discussion?
> 
> Also, if you're not using the meetup site, for attendance indication,
> could you let me know if you're attending,
> (for catering purposes).
> Meetup site: http://www.meetup.com/BrisbanePM/events/82351852/
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Mark Venz <mrkvnz at gmail.com (mailto:mrkvnz at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > G'day All,
> > 
> > Announcing a Perl Mongers Meeting on the 3rd Oct, from 6pm in the
> > Jumbo Interactive Boardroom.
> > 
> > The location is:
> > Level 1, 601 Coronation Drv,
> > Toowong
> > 
> > In the tradition of using long departed landmarks, the building
> > (branded Vodafone) stands in the old Toowong Pool, halfway between
> > The Regatta and the RE, (or the Toowong train station, and Regatta
> > ferry stop.) Map: http://osm.org/go/ueD0y47M4-
> > 
> > As Jumbo Interactive are again providing refreshments, please
> > indicate if you're planning to attend.
> > 
> > For this meeting we have one confirmed speaker, and an available
> > slot.
> > 
> > Fraser Tweedale is talking on Test::Builder::Clutch.
> > https://metacpan.org/module/Test::Builder::Clutch
> > As this is a 20min talk, there is time for a second talk, if anyone
> > is willing to put their hand-up.
> > 
> > 
> > Someone mentioned in passing "I'd love to do a talk, but I don't
> > know what to talk about."
> > 
> > Some thoughts in that direction:
> > 1. Pick a module you're familiar/or not familiar with, study the
> > docs and put together a small tutorial,
> > 2. Find a problem you've solved recently, describe and explain the
> > solution,
> > 3. We all love reinforcement that Perl is the language of choice,
> > say why you think so, with examples,
> > 4. Refactor some code you wrote $PERIOD ago into modern perl --
> > discuss,
> > 5. List some Perl One-liners you use all the time or some rarely
> > used hacks, describe,
> > 6. Produce a tutorial on a subset of tool usage, such as the
> > debugger, REPLs, builders
> > 
> > Don't be concerned that someone might know more about the subject,
> > as there's bound to be someone who knows less and you'll both learn
> > something.
> > 
> > Look forward to seeing you there,
> > 
> > Mark
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