Issue #396 - 2019-02-25 - Perl Weekly Challenge

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Hi there

Last week, Gabor Szabo, the Chief Editor of PerlWeekly newsletter started the campaign to involve readers and asked what they want to read in the future newsletter. Taking a clue from it, I came up with the idea of "Perl Weekly Challenge". I am certain this is not the first time anyone tried it. Still I want to revive it primarily to engage the Perl enthusiasts. It can be Perl5 or Perl6. My first target is to setup a team who are interested in the weekly challenge. Then we will throw some random challenge to public and see how many different results we get back. We can then pick one as winner, put it on "Hall of Fame". We could encourage the winner to share the answer to the challenge as a small blog.

I wrote a blog about it last week. I already had an email the very same day by a perl lover, interested in the challenge. I am looking for more people to join the challenge before we go live.

Last but not the least, please do share what you would want to read.

Mohammad Sajid Anwar


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Announcements

Swiss Perl Workshop 2019 - One Week Left To Choose The Dates

by Lee Johnson (LEEJO)

That's right, there is one week left on our poll to choose the dates for this year's Swiss Perl Workshop. If you're a regular to the workshop, or you are thinking about attending for the first time, then make your choice known.

Perl Weekly Challenge

by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR)

Here I talk about newly introduced challenge for Perl lovers. Please join the group.


Articles

About the Various PANs

by Olaf Alders (OALDERS)

Olaf took the time to explain various PANs that somehow got lost in the air. I sometimes get confused with so many PANs. Now I have a reference point to onfirm.

Variable-Length Lookbehinds: actually possible in Perl/PCRE!

by John Tattarakis

John talks about the topic that never got the due. I always find myself lost with this feature of regex.


Discussion

Software engineer happiness matters

by Bart Copeland

In the never-ending quest for greater developer productivity, security and compliance usually seem like monkey wrenches in the machinery. These aspects of development are essential, but they can slow down the flow of work and frustrate developers.


Web

AWS Perl Lambdas - openssl issue

by Rob Lauer

Rob shares issues gettng HTTPS to work with LWP in a Lambda.

Adding a Gravatar to PAUSE Account

by Mike Baas

Mike shares the secret how to add profile image to their PAUSE account.


Fun

What makes a great entrepreneur?

by Craig Dampsey

Whether you’re starting your first business or you’ve been working in your niche for decades (but have a great idea), the truth is that there is always something to learn in the business world.

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Phone Numbers

by Arun Penmetsa

Arun talks about the different shapes and forms of Phone Numbers.

9 Books Every Professional Should Read in 2019

by Gene Hammett

Gene shares the secrets of reading. There's a good reason the most successful people in the world share a love of books. By reading experts' insights, anyone can emulate the strategies of the best and brightest.


Perl 5

Mojolicious and DBIx::Class

by Doug Bell (PREACTION)

A complete guide how to use DBIx::Class with Mojo app by Doug Bell.

Lexical readonly state variables with PerlX::Let

by Robert Rothenberg (RRWO)

Robert recently released PerlX::Let introducing new keword "let", read further to find out more.


Perl 6

2019.07 Andy, Thanks!

by Elizabeth Mattijsen (ELIZABETH)

Hello Perl6

by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR)

I never thought about writing about Perl6 but here you go I share my first encounter with Perl6.


Weekly collections

Event Reports

RPerl in Brussels

by Hassiba 'Bennie' Bendali

Bennie shares Team RPerl experience in FOSDEM.


Events

21st German Perl Workshop 2019

6th-8th March, 2019, in Munich

DC Baltimore Perl Workshop 2019

April 6th, 2019, Silver Spring, Maryland

European PerlCon 2019

August 7-9, 2019 Riga, Latvia


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Perl Developer who wants to learn Scala and NodeJS - West London

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Learn a New Language on the Job (Developer, London)

Picture this. It’s a weekday morning. You get on the underground, head into London, near Kings Cross, with all the miserable commuters. The only difference between you and them? You’re not miserable!

Perl for High Performance; Senior Developer, London

Household name in the UK looking for an excellent problem solver comfortable with getting stuck into their very successful platform



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