You know, you could get the Perl Weekly right in your mailbox. Every Week.
Free of charge!
Just ONE e-mail each Monday. Easy to unsubscribe. No spam. Your e-mail address is safe.
Issue #334 - 2017-12-18 - Happy Birthday Perl!
latest | archive | edited by Gabor Szabo
This edition was made possible by the supporters of our cause.
Don't miss the next issue!
|
Hi there, This year the Perl Weekly is published on the 30th birthday of Perl. How do you celebrate? Use this opportunity to send a thank-you note to Larry Wall, to someone who have contributed to Perl throughout the years, to a CPAN author who maintains a module you use! Happy Birthday to all the readers! Gabor Szabo |
|
TPC - History - Perl is 30
|
Advent Calendars
|
Every year since 2009--no fancy calendar, just great blog entries every year in the weeks leading up to Christmas. |
|
by Joel Berger (JBERGER) Joel has started a new blog for Mojolicious, and is kicking it off in grand style, with an Advent calendar. | 
|
Sponsors
|
|
Announcements
Articles
|
by John Scoles (BYTEROCK) John goes on with his series on marrying Moose with Databases. This time making the Data Accessor smart enough that is would know what Driver to use form the connection passed in. |
|
by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB) Sometimes you'd want to allow people to use the functions from your script and sometime you'd like to run your module as if it was a script. Based on the comments on the article and on Reddit, not everybody liked, but I learned that the word was actually coined by brian d foy. I also got some ideas for more use-cases. |
|
Books
|
by Dave Cross (DAVECROSS) Instead of class-room training sessions, this time Dave is working on cheap eBooks about various topics in Perl sold via Amazon. The first one is called Perl Taster: Your First Two Hours With Perl. I'd say even if you don't need it, buy it as a way to encourage and support Dave. Even better, buy a copy as a present to a fellow Perl newbie. | 
|
|
|
by Eric Johnson Announced on his blog you can find a web based Perl tutorial. Read the Reddit comments. | 
|
|
by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB) As a Christmas special I am also offering my 3 books in a bundle at a very deep discount. |
|
Perl 5
|
Weekly collections
The corner of Gabor
A couple of entries sneaked in by Gabor.
|
According the Guinness Book of World Records, the fastest growing plant is a species of bamboo, which grows at a rate of up to 91cm a day. The fastest growing economy in the world is currently Ethiopia, with a projected growth in GDP of over 8% this year. And although the record for fastest growing Perl team might not be recorded in the Guinness Book of records, our client is a strong contender. |
|
If you’re currently a senior full stack developer looking to take on your next role as an architect then this is a great opportunity to do so in a company that is both ambitious and supportive. Increased job satisfaction is another perk, as their codebase is notably new and clean and the team are committed to using modern practices. |
|
I love working in a vibrant, modern space. If you’re going to spend all day at work, it might as well be somewhere you enjoy being, rather than a cubicle farm. This client has a workspace I’m actively jealous of! |
