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Issue #484 - 2020-11-02 - What after Hacktoberfest?
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Hi there Finally the fun is over and the immediate question that comes to mind is, what next? Well as is tradition, the next big thing is "24 Pull Requests" and for that we have to wait another month. It is a nice break before you start the marathon again. I haven't had much fun with Hacktoberfest this time. How about you? Please do share your story with us when you get time. Around this time every year, we hold the London Perl Workshop. But the reason that you all know, it has been skipped this yeah. I am already missing the fun day where I always meet great minds. I pray that we can get back to normal soon and start attending these annual meetings. Talking about events, we missed the European Perl/Raku event that was supposed to be happening in Amsterdam this year. I hope we will get the opportunity meet next year. If you are looking for a fun challenge to keep you busy then why not try the The Weekly Challenge. You will find plenty there to keep you busy all week. Please don't forget to share your experience with us. Last but not least, you please take care of yourself and your family. Enjoy the rest of the newsletter. Mohammad Sajid Anwar |
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Statistics
In this section we show some collected stats. Let's figure out what numbers could be interesting. The script(s) are in the Git repository of the Perl Weekly. See stats from the previous weeks.
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Last week there were a total of 222 uploads to CPAN of 149 distinct distributions by 77 different authors. Number of distributions with link to VCS: 109. Number of distros with CI: 53. |
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Number of posts last week: BPO: 6; DevTo: 4; Perl.com: 0; PerlAcademy: 0; PerlHacks: 0; PerlMaven: 1; Reddit: 19; TPF: 1; |
Announcements
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by Marco Marco realeased Amusewiki 2.500 and shared the notable changes in the latest release. |
Articles
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by Gabor Szabo (SZABGAB) Gabor added another article to his collection. Do you want some fun with GitHub Actions? | 
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by Toby Inkster (TOBYINK) Toby finally found the time for the weekly challenge. Check out his work using Zydeco. |
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Web
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) It is time for my monthly report. Keeping the tradition un-interrupted. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Welcome a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Triplet Sum" and "Power of Two Integers". If you are new to the weekly challenge then why not join us and have fun every week. For more information, please read the FAQ page. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Enjoy a quick recap of last week contributions by the Team PWC - dealing with the "Reverse Integer" and "Find Square" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Arne Sommer Arne is showing off his task analysis skills brilliantly in this blog post. Must Read. |
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by Colin Crain Colin's creative writing is at its best. You don't want to miss it. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio continued his daily blog posts with yet another one sharing his solution to Reverse Integer. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio discusses the Find Square task with great detail in this blog post. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Laurent's blog has been inspirational to all new members of PWC. Great work, keep it up. |
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by Myoungjin Jeon Myoungjin shares even the tiniest bit in such detail. You don't want to miss it. |
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by Myoungjin Jeon Myoungjin's blog post is full of pictorial explanation. And in-depth analysis of the task as always. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) Roger is back with another comparative analysis of the weekly tasks. Must Read. |
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by Samir Parikh Samir's first blog post for the weekly challenge. Welcome aboard. |
Perl Tutorial
A section for newbies and for people who need some refreshing of their Perl knowledge. If you have questions or suggestions about the articles, let me know and I'll try to make the necessary changes. The included articles are from the Perl Maven Tutorial and are part of the Perl Maven eBook.
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Weekly collections
The corner of Gabor
A couple of entries sneaked in by Gabor.
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Presentation of Olaf Alders and Mark Fowler during the Conference in the Cloud |
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