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Issue #428 - 2019-10-07 - Hackoberfest - Fun begins...
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Hi there Digital Ocean sponsored annual event Hacktoberfest made an impactful start last week. Every social platforms were full of blogs about how to participate. brian d foy wrote an article to someone starting the challenge first time. Similarly, Gabor Szabo also wrote an article to guide first timers. I also noticed "Perl Weekly Challenge" members actively taking part in the weekly challenge to fulfill the required number of Pull Request for Hacktoberfest. There are plenty of help available online, if you want to get on with the Hacktoberfest challenge. Feel free to contact me at mohammad.anwar@yahoo.com if you are running out of ideas. Happy Hacking Hacktoberfest !!! Mohammad Sajid Anwar |
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Announcements
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by Henry Van Styn (VANSTYN) Henry announced TPF news site has been moved to news.perlfoundation.org. |
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by Reini Urban (RURBAN) Reini shared major release, the first beta, adding the new dxf importer, and dxf2dwg (experimental), the first usage of the new dynapi and the encoder. | 
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Articles
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by Ben Halpern Ben shares ideas how to contribute to DEV.to. |
Code
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by Thomas Klausner (DOMM) A short story about how a small DB change made Thomas question google cloud, Postgres and his sanity. |
Web
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by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY) Dave always pick the topic that is so commonly used in the devs life. He then starts analysing the different aspects that you would never bother talking about before. Dave's quality writing skill makes it very special. | 
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Checkout the talks lined up for the next Barcelona Perl & Friends 2019 event. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Don't miss the fun and try new challenges every week. For more information, please read FAQ page. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Review of last week challenge. There are plenty of great solutions. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Please check out the short interview with the "Perl Weekly Challenge - 027" winner Scimon Proctor. |
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by Adam Russell Adam solved the "Digital Clock" using POE::Component::Schedule and some ANSI escape codes. Please do checkout. | 
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by Arne Sommer Arne discussed Task #1, Unicode vs ASCII in particular in great detail. You can't afford to miss it. |
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by E. Choroba (CHOROBA) Choroba never used file test operator -T and -B operators before. In this blog, he shared his journey. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Laurent shared nice little background of file type checking. I liked how he dealt in Perl6. You can't afford to miss it. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) Roger discuss how he used Imager::Color to create Digital Clock. You must checkout his unique implementation. |
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Weekly collections
Events
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November 9, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. A free one-day conference for Geeks and Friends |
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Large, dynamic Perl team in Canary Wharf looking for mid-level and senior developers. The company has maintained its small company feel, despite being bought a few years ago by a much larger company, and the office is super-friendly and supportive. |
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Your average Perl development role, but with a personal recommendation from me that your colleagues are great people, and that I’d be surprised if you didn’t enjoy your time there. Going to work each day is much more enjoyable when there's a great company culture and you actually like your colleagues.. |
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The company has longevity as well, and that’s no accident – they like what they do, and they do it well. They’ve stuck with their core competency and forging considered and effective decisions across their history. |
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A Cambridge-based provider of a revolutionary diagnostic tool for clinicians is looking for Modern Perl developers who are passionate about using their tech skills to help further the field of medicine. You’ll be building the tools that scientists are using to cure disease. |
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Hungry for a change? It’s only one click away! Our Houston-area client has several openings ranging from junior Perl programmers with 1-2 years’ experience, all the way up to the 40-year veterans. Not in Houston? No problem! This company has a relocation program because they want to hire the best of the best. |
