by Leon Timmermans (LEONT)

Instead of that module Leon suggests File::Slurper, Path::Tiny, or even IO::All. I personally think that this whole thing, including the discussion on Reddit indicate serious problems in the Perl culture. How many people will see this post? How will all the others know what is the recommended way to slurp a file into memory?

by brian d foy (BDFOY)

Instead of using (?:...) many times, you can just use the /n flag and turn every capture group into a cluster group. Or, you can use (?n...) to turn off capturing in part of the regex. Of course there are a lot more details in the article.

by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB)

Quick look-up for the major regex features of Perl 5 with links to detailed explanation and examples.

by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY)

by Sinan Unur (NANIS)

Even if you write your code in C, you can still include a Perl script

by David Farrell (DFARRELL)

Just linking to two interesting articles: From the languages which I've used, only Perl has tried to address the problem. and We're Still Catching Up to Perl. Read those if you'd like to warm your heart.

ABC Startsiden is sponsoring the CPAN Testers.

by Alexey Melezhik (MELEZHIK)

SWAT is simple DSL to create a smoke tests for any web application in easy and fast way. Dancer is a modern light-weight web framework for Perl

by Peter Sergeant (SARGIE)

Slides, apparently from YAPC::NA that might help you get your next job.

by Dean Hamstead (DJZORT)

How to grow an ad-hoc script turned into enterprise software without creating a monster? Use the 4 elements of the programmers culture: Config, Logging, Testing, Plugins.

The Perl NOC is looking for help cleaning up inactive Perl Monger groups, improving the spam filters and moving services to Docker.

by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB)

Using Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple and Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, but actually recommending Spreadsheet::Read

by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY)

The imminent official release of Perl 6 brings up even more emotions. Dave describes his background and rationally explains his emotions toward Perl 6.

by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB)

by Miguel Prz (NICEPERL)

Great modules released last week;
MetaCPAN weekly report;
StackOverflow Perl report.

by Larry Wall

The Swiss Perl Workshop is just around the corner. Can you make it there?

Right after the Swiss Perl Workshop you can come to Granada, Spain for European Perl Conference.

Further down the road there is the Pittsburgh Perl Workshop, the only Perl Workshop promoted by The Perl Foundation, waiting for more talk proposals.