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2011.11.18 in #17 Test::DatabaseRow 2
Test::DatabaseRow has been part of my testing training for many years now but I always had a bit of a strange feeling as it only handled one single row. Now Mark Fowler has refactored and upgraded the module and among other things it can now test multiple rows. Here he explains some of his decisions.
2012.01.07 in #25 Simple Todo List Processing in Perl
Mark Fowler explains his TODO processor along with the extract function which is a bit like a two-way grep.
2012.01.20 in #26 Frac'ing your HTML
Mark Fowler is talking about converting some patterns of ASCII and turning them into HTML entities or Unicode characters.
2012.03.27 in #36 Oh Function Call, Oh Function Call, Wherefore Art Thou Function Call
Given the name of a function, finding the definition of it is a relatively easy task. Mark Fowler provides the other way around, listing all the places where a function is being used. Can be very handy when trying to understand or refactor a piece of code.
2013.05.20 in #96 5.18 Hash Key Ordering Changes In A Nutshell
Mark Fowler shows the difference between perl 5.16.3 and the recently released perl 5.18.0 regarding hash keys.
2014.07.07 in #155 Tell me more, tell me more
Mark Fowler announces a new version of Test::DatabaseRow. With the next version comes an easier way to tell the tests to open wide the gates of verbosity.
2014.12.01 in #176 The Perl 5 Advent Calendar
Mark Fowler has been doing a sterling job on this advent calendar thus far, covering Test::TempDir::Tiny, Mac::Safari::JavaScript, HTTP::Tiny, Plack, Sub::Util, Test::DatabaseRow, and Time::Limit.
2014.12.23 in #179 Perl Advent Calendar 2014 Stats
This is a meta article about the Perl Advent Calendar. Most importantly, the Elves beat Santa by 44:38.
2014.12.29 in #179 Regexp::Debugger
An article that was left out from the Perl Advent calendar telling you to use Regexp::Debugger because it is awesome!
2015.01.07 in #181 Getting Choosy
For the interactive scripts running on MacOS, a new release of Mac::Choose is out, now offering additional drop-down shininess.
2015.01.27 in #184 Critical hit
Jeff Thalhammer gave a talk on Perl::Critic to Albany Perl Mongers. Here Mark shares what he took away from the talk, the biggest win of which was learning about using the only option in a .perlcriticrc file.
2015.03.02 in #188 The Role of Critique
If a role is defining a private method that it is not using itself, Perl::Critic is wont to spuriously tut-tut at you. Or was, as Mark decided that enough was enough, and crafted a patch that takes care of that.
2015.12.14 in #229 Perl 5 advent
Quick links to the last week's articles, by module: Text::Hogan, Reply, Web::Query, Module::CPANFile, Smart::Comments, Config::Station, JSON::Path.
2015.12.14 in #230 crash kayo zamm splatt
2015.12.25 in #231 Perl 5 Advent
The last 4 module articles from the Perl 5 advent calendar this year covered feature, AnsibleModule, Mojo::UserAgent, and Device::Chip::Adapter. On the 25th, Mark posted a wrap-up, and pointed out useful resources for finding out more about CPAN.
2016.10.02 in #271 Perl Advent Calendar 2016 CFP
It's never too early to start preparations!
2018.09.09 in #373 The Perl Advent Calendar 2018 Wants You
As in many previous years, this year again we expect to have a Christmas, and before it the Advent for which Perl community has the Perl Advent Calendar. Surprisingly, this does not happen out of the blue, some people actually prepare those articles. See CFP for The Perl Advent Calendar for yourself!
2018.09.09 in #377 The Perl Advent Calendar 2018 Wants You
There is also the regular Perl Advent calendar, if you'd like to contribute.
2019.12.16 in #439 Day 16: Paws to Plan What Todo
2019.12.17 in #439 Day 17: Taking the Sleigh to a CloudFront
2019.12.18 in #439 Day 18: Core Strength
2019.12.19 in #439 Day 19: Memories of Past Lives
2019.12.20 in #439 Day 20: Controlling your Terminal with Perl
2019.12.21 in #439 Day 21: Test2: Test Harder (but easier)
2019.12.22 in #439 Day 22: Comparing More

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