[San-Diego-pm] Meeting Recap

Gautam Dey gautam.dey77 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 16 18:05:35 PDT 2008


I was talking about this Module:
http://search.cpan.org/~tbusch/JavaScript-SpiderMonkey-0.19/SpiderMonkey.pm
when we were talking about JavaScript. Which I is far cooler, IMHO.

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Chris Grau <chris at chrisgrau.com> wrote:
> =head1 NAME
>
>  SanDiego::Meeting::Social - social gathering of the San Diego Perl Mongers
>
>
>  =head1 DATE
>
>  Monday, April 14, 2008, 19:00 - 21:00
>
>
>  =head1 DESCRIPTION
>
>  This is a simple meeting recap, conveniently written in pod so everyone
>  can read it in whatever format they prefer.  If you lack an appropriate
>  formatter, well, you can always write one.  As an added bonus, if you're
>  using a decent MUA *cough*Mutt*cough*, a formatter is only a few
>  keystrokes away:
>
>     macro pager ,pd "<pipe-message>pod2text<enter>"
>
>
>  =head1 ATTENDEES
>
>  For the second month in a row, we had an excellent turn-out that
>  included a first-time attendee, our very own world traveler, a
>  long-distance commuter, and someone who just made it to the end of the
>  meeting.
>
>  Once everyone was seated comfortably around the tables, we introduced
>  ourselves.  If any of the details of the introduction are incorrect,
>  respond to the list with an insult, a correction, or both.
>
>  =over
>
>  =item * Bob
>
>  Head Monger, Fearless Leader, Job Seeker.
>
>  =item * Al
>
>  A system administrator with eight years of Perl experience, and the
>  group's token Python programmer.
>
>  =item * Chris
>
>  The web guy.  Now you know who to send complaints to.
>
>  =item * Jonathan
>
>  In his excitement, drove all the way down from Irvine.  A professional
>  Perl developer of two years.
>
>  =item * Jared
>
>  First-time attendee, using Perl since impressionable age of 11!  The
>  emotional scarring led him to take a hiatus as a bartender.  He's
>  discovered there is much to re-learn.
>
>  =item * Pat
>
>  A Perl coder of a couple of years.  Sat at the other end of the table,
>  so I didn't catch any more of his introduction.
>
>  =item * Gautam
>
>  Second meeting and regular of the IRC channel.  Also sat at the other
>  end of the table, so I missed his introduction.
>
>  =item * Mark
>
>  Has been tinkering with Perl since 1985 (wasn't Perl released in 1987?).
>  However, Perl has only been a serious obsession since 2000.
>
>  =item * George
>
>  Has been stuck using Perl since the Great Depression.  Came to it from
>  C.  Could be worse... it wasn't C++.
>
>  =item * Joel
>
>  Long time Perl coder.  Always with one foot in, never both.  He brought
>  tangerines to share with the group.
>
>  =item * Cathy
>
>  Showed up shortly after the loudspeaker announced Panera's closure.  But
>  she showed up!
>
>  =back
>
>
>  =head1 ANNOUNCEMENTS
>
>  =head2 New Meeting Date
>
>  For as long as anyone can remember, the San Diego Perl Mongers have held
>  their monthly meeting on the second Monday of the month.  This is how it
>  has always been, and many thought this is how it would always be.
>
>  Beginning on 15 May 2008, the San Diego Perl Mongers will meet on the
>  third Thursday of the month.  The time, 19:00, will remain the same.
>  The place, Panera Bread, will remain the same, unless another venue is
>  chosen for a technical presentation.
>
>  =head2 Perl Mongers T-shirts
>
>  Bob still has four extra-large shirts left.  They are $10 each.  Contact
>  him if you'd like one.
>
>
>  =head1 TOPICS
>
>  =head2 Job Interview Experiences
>
>  As the meeting got started, people shared their job interview tales and
>  frustrations.  Have you ever been under qualified?  Over qualified?  Too
>  expensive?  Share with the group!  And, if you have a job opening, share
>  those with the group, too!
>
>  =head2 Shiny CPAN Modules
>
>  Jonathan joined us from the far reaches of Irvine to share with us his
>  vision of a world in which Perl is ubiquitous.  A world in which
>  children learn to program Perl before they can even walk.  Have you ever
>  needed a CPAN module?  Have you ever known what you wanted, but didn't
>  know which CPAN module to use?  Have you ever known which CPAN module
>  you needed, but couldn't figure out how to use it?
>
>  Apparently, so has Jonathan (and I'd be lying if you said I hadn't).  He
>  wants to create a web site where people can contribute code examples for
>  the best-of-breed CPAN modules.
>
>  Al asked if it wouldn't be better to do this on CPAN itself, to take
>  advantage of the search and annotation capabilities, and to keep it in
>  one place.
>
>  Gautam asked if this is the niche Perl101.org was created to fill.
>  Jonathan admitted that he had not heard of this web site.  So here it
>  is:
>
>  L<http://perl101.org/>
>
>  =head2 Installing CPAN Modules Locally
>
>  Joel would like a step-by-step guide to installing CPAN modules on web
>  hosts in the cgi-bin directory.  This is a revisiting of a topic from a
>  couple of years ago.  The last time, he finally gave up and wrote his
>  own captcha module.
>
>  Al recommended PAR::Dist (L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/PAR-Dist/>), and
>  Gautam warned that it depends on META.yml being available in the various
>  distributions being packaged.
>
>  =head2 JSON
>
>  Jonathan asked if anyone was using JSON.  Al commented that it's pretty
>  nice, especially if you just want to pass data as a component without
>  generating a whole web page.  JSON also allows the programmer to switch
>  seamlessly between Perl to Javascript, as the data structures are passed
>  between the two languages.
>
>  =head2 Javascript
>
>  Speaking of Javascript, Joel asked if anyone was using it.  The current
>  issue of the I<The Perl Review> (L<http://theperlreview.com/>) contains
>  a language use graph that ranks Javascript as quite popular in projects.
>  This is likely due to the tendency to off-load processing to the client
>  computer under the guise of making web applications more responsive.
>
>  Again, speaking of Javascript, Gautam mentioned the Javascript
>  (L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/JavaScript/>) module for Perl.  Just
>  because it's last release date is 1 April doesn't mean it's a joke.
>  It's real!
>
>  =head2 Web Browsers
>
>  Anytime Javascript is brought up, the discussion inevitably leads into
>  Firefox, Internet Explorer, and web standards.  This doesn't need much
>  coverage, as everyone has had this conversation countless times.
>  However, there was mention of Internet Explorer 7 and it's benefits.  Or
>  maybe it was detriments.  Honestly, I didn't really pay attention,
>  because I never use Windows.
>
>  =head2 Parallel Processing
>
>  Jonathan asked the group's opinion on parallel processing with Perl?  Is
>  it possible?  Is anyone doing it?  Al does, though he keeps it simple
>  with ssh keys and POE (L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/POE/>).  There was
>  talk of other threading modules, as well as the tried and true fork()
>  call on Unix and Linux platforms.
>
>  It was generally agreed upon that, when junctions
>  (L<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6#Junctions>) are implemented by
>  parallelizing the task, Perl 6 would take over the world and no other
>  languages will be used.  Ever.
>
>  =head2 Catalyst
>
>  Jonathan asked (I'm going to keep inviting him to meetings, because he
>  stimulates so many discussions) if anyone is using Catalyst and what
>  they thought about it?  Jared pointed out what everyone else was
>  thinking, but too afraid to say: it has a steep learning curve.
>  However, it looks like it's very useful and worth learning.
>
>  =cut
>
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