[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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