From gabor at szabgab.com Sun Dec 3 21:21:43 2017 From: gabor at szabgab.com (Gabor Szabo) Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:21:43 -0000 Subject: [Kochi-pm] [Perlweekly] #332 - The holiday season is upon us! Message-ID: <20171204052112.C9640C5D9@s8.hostlocal.com> Perl Weekly http://perlweekly.com/ You can read the newsletter on the web, if you prefer. http://perlweekly.com/archive/332.html 'Tis the season...for Advent calendars, apparently. Take a look at special coverage of those in this week's issue, along with more LPW reports and other goodies! -- Your editor: D Ruth Holloway. Advent Calendars Perl Advent Calendar http://perladvent.org/2017/index.html A holiday tradition since 2000! -------------- Perl 6 Advent Calendar https://perl6advent.wordpress.com/ Every year since 2009--no fancy calendar, just great blog entries every year in the weeks leading up to Christmas. -------------- Mojolicious Advent Calendar https://mojolicious.io/blog/ Joel has started a new blog for Mojolicious, and is kicking it off in grand style, with an Advent calendar. -------------- Dancer Advent Calendar http://advent.perldancer.org/2017 They are a couple of days behind as I write this, but the Dancer team has produced an Advent calendar since 2010. -------------- ============= London Perl Workshop reports My first tech conference: London Perl Workshop 2017 http://eligo.co.uk/london-perl-workshop-2017-my-first-tech-conference/ Thomas attends his first LPW, and writes about it for Eligo's blog. -------------- London Perl Workshop Report https://culturedperl.com/london-perl-workshop-report-c267b69f909a Dave had a great day at the LPW, and tells us all about it. -------------- LPW Time https://shadow.cat/blog/mark-keating/2017/017-LPW-Time/ MDK couldn't be satisified with one post (listed in last week's issue of the Perl Weekly), he had to post on the company blog, too. 'Cuz he's like that. -------------- London Perl Workshop 2017 https://salva.github.io/LPW2017/ Salvador also attended LPW, gave a talk, and had a great time! -------------- ============= Other Events 4 Days in Amsterdam with Porters http://blogs.perl.org/users/todd_rinaldo/2017/11/4-days-in-amsterdam-with-porters.html P5P held a Hackathon October 12-15. Todd reports on some of the key work, and teases us with more blog posts to come. -------------- CPAN Testers at meta::hack v2 http://blogs.perl.org/users/preaction/2017/11/cpan-testers-at-metahack-v2.html Doug continues improving integration of CPAN Testers with MetaCPAN. He attended the second annual MetaCPAN hackathon, and here reports on his work at the event, along with a list of upcoming work. -------------- ============= Non-Code What's In a Name, (or How I Picked my Name-space, and Lived) http://blogs.perl.org/users/byterock/2017/11/whats-in-a-name-or-how-i-picked-my-name-space-and-lived.html Choosing a namespace for a new CPAN module is non-trivial. John gives us some of his though processes for the work he's on. -------------- ============= Perl 5 OpenCage Data, Geocoding in Perl http://blog.builtinperl.com/post/opencage-data-geocoding-in-perl The builtinperl.com folks interview Ed Freyfogle, co-founder of OpenCage Data about the work they're doing in geocoding with Perl. -------------- Perl 5's List-Flattening and Reference-Taking Design Choices http://blogs.perl.org/users/aristotle/2017/11/perl5-refs-flattening.html Aristotle tells us a bit about some of the design considerations in Perl 5. -------------- graphql-perl - Plugin to Make GraphQL 'just work' with OpenAPI http://blogs.perl.org/users/ed_j/2017/11/graphql-perl---plugin-to-make-graphql-just-work-with-openapi.html This new plugin provides conversion from a given OpenAPI specification to a GraphQL schema. -------------- ============= Perl 6 2017.48 Community First https://p6weekly.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/2017-48-community-first/ The weekly roundup of Rakudo news. -------------- I've Written a Small BBC News Scraper in Perl 6 https://www.reddit.com/r/perl6/comments/7ezrz7/ive_written_a_small_bbc_news_scraper_in_perl_6/ After learning a lot about Grammars, st33znson has written up a small scraper, and shares it with us in this Reddit thread. -------------- ============= Grants YAML::PP Grant Report http://blogs.perl.org/users/tinita/2017/12/yamlpp-grant-report-november-2017.html Tina has been working hard on YAML-related work including presenting at the LPW. She reports on a number of improvements, and other grant-related activity. -------------- ============= Weekly collections NICEPERL's lists http://niceperl.blogspot.com/ Great modules released last week ( https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2017/12/clxi-cpan-great-modules-released-la st.html ); MetaCPAN weekly report ( https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2017/12/ccxciii-metacpan-weekly-report-refu til.html ); StackOverflow Perl report ( https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2017/12/cccxvii-stackoverflow-perl-report.h tml ). -------------- ============= The corner of Gabor A couple of entries sneaked in by Gabor. Removal of the current directory (".") from @INC in Perl 5.26 and Travis-CI https://perlmaven.com/removal-of-the-current-directory-from-inc-and-travis -------------- Virtualenv in Perl 5 - install 2 different versions of the same module https://perlmaven.com/virtualenv-in-perl -------------- 50% discount on the Bailador Book http://leanpub.com/bailador/c/pw-201712 -------------- ============= Perl Jobs by Perl Careers Front-end focus for a full stack Perl developer https://perl.careers/jobs/front-end-focus-for-a-full-stack-perl-developer/?utm_source=perlweekly&utm_campaign=perlweekly&utm_medium=perlweekly Perl developers are generally a multi-talented bunch who can segue smoothly between the nuts and bolts of back-end work and the immediately rewarding aesthetics of front-end work. If pushed, though, most could identify where their real passion lies along the spectrum from front-end to back-end. -------------- Independent thinkers required! Mid/Senior-level Developer for an innovative London company https://perl.careers/jobs/independent-thinkers-required-midsenior-level-developer-for-an-innovative-london-company/?utm_source=perlweekly&utm_campaign=perlweekly&utm_medium=perlweekly Have you ever worked for a company with a micromanagement style, where a boss was constantly breathing down your neck? Do you hate spending more time in meetings about product requirements than actually getting on with building the product? -------------- Do some good in the world ? Perl developers required for a charity and giving-focused team in Kent, UK https://perl.careers/jobs/do-some-good-in-the-world--per-developers-required-for-a-charity-and-giving-focused-team-in-kent-uk/?utm_source=perlweekly&utm_campaign=perlweekly&utm_medium=perlweekly Want to do something good for once? Join the Kickstarter of the charity world, supporting activists and causes around the world. 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