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Issue #504 - 2021-03-22 - Make Perl #1 again ...
latest | archive | edited by Mohammad Sajid Anwar
This edition was made possible by the supporters of our cause.
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Hi there I believe there are countless silent supporters of Perl doing great services to bring back Perl to #1. I became an active member of The Perl Community with the release of my first CPAN module, Test::Excel, in the year 2010. Believe it or not, there is plenty of support out there, if you are interested to contribute to CPAN. I am telling this from my own experience, Dave Cross, recently contributed to one of my favourite distribution, Map::Tube and offered to help me sort out an outstanding sticky issue. Thank you Dave for your help, much appreciated. Nowadays, you will find plenty of support available on social platforms like Facebook and Twitter. I know about 2 very active and vibrant facebook groups Perl centric, The Perl Community and Perl Programmers. Being a moderator of both Facebook groups, I can tell you they are very much loved by everyone. If you are interested in becoming a CPAN contributor then please take a look at my article, How to become CPAN contributor, my first for Perl.com. If you are active on social platform, you will notice Gabor Szabo contributions regularly. I am sure you must have come across, Perl Maven, a project run by Gabor for many years now. You can find answers to most of your Perl questions there. Even if you ask Google a perl question, it is very likely you will be directed to Perl Maven for an answer. I have an appeal to all Perl fans out there to help us remove the negative vibe around Perl. One of the many ways you can help us, is by writing about your own Perl experience and how it helps you on a daily basis. You pick and choose the platform you are comfortable with. I have a couple of suggestions, perl.com and dev.to. I would like to mention two names that comes to my mind immediately, Mark Gardner, who recently got the 8 Week Streak badge from DEV.to for publishing each week consistently for the past eight weeks. And the second name is Flavio Poletti for writing a blog post every day for more than a year without break. They are the real stars in my humble opinion. For regular readers of the Perl Weekly newsletter Flavio is a familiar name as we mention his blogs every week. I would also like to mention, The Weekly Challenge (a.k.a Perl Weekly Challenge) for contributing 1400+ blog posts in the last two years discussing Perl and Raku solutions. Well done Team PWC. Keep contributing and spreading the words. Last but not least haben wir in 2 Tagen einen deutschen Perl-Workshop 2021. Bitte melden Sie sich an, wenn Sie an dem Workshop teilnehmen möchten. [LINK] Enjoy the rest of the newsletter and stay safe. Mohammad Sajid Anwar |
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Announcements
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by Jason A. Crome (CROMEDOME) Happy to see my favourite distribution is being looked after with love. | 
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Articles
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by Ben Bullock (BKB) Memory management is something that never get talk about frequently. Nice to see it is back on the discussion table. |
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Discussion
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by Dave Cross (DAVECROSS) Looks like the Apache project is having serious discussions about the future of mod_perl. | 
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Code
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CPAN
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by Gene Boggs (GENE) A very handy blog post for someone thinking of releasing their first module to CPAN. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) A very interesting find by Flavio that can make testing apps hassle-free. |
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Grants
Perl Weekly Challenge
The Weekly Challenge by Mohammad Anwar will help you step out of your comfort zone. You could even win the prize money of a $50 Amazon voucher by participating in the weekly challenge. We pick one winner at the end of the month from all the contributors during that month. The monthly prize is kindly sponsored by Peter Sergeant of PerlCareers.
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "nth root" and "The Name Game". If you are new to the weekly challenge then why not join us and have fun every week. For more information, please read FAQ page. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "FUSC Sequence" and "The NIM Game" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Aaron Smith Aaron shared some Raku magic with such ease; reading his code is such fun. |
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by Abigail Abigail pushes the bar so high, it's impossible to catch up. Highly recommended. |
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by Abigail Abigail's solution to the NIM game became a tutorial for multiple languages. Please check it out yourself. |
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by Arne Sommer Arne has been very creative with his blog post's title. I love the way he discusses his solutions. Must Read. |
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by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY) Dave is always first with solutions and a blog post. I wonder how he manages to do it so quickly. | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio making good use of the bit operator to get the job done. Interesting. |
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by Jaldhar H. Vyas Welcome back, Jaldhar. It is always fun to read your blog. |
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by James Smith James spoilt us with different variations of FUSC sequence. Keep it up. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Laureent is back with a bang and this time you get guest contributions too. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) Roger tried recursion and caching to deal with FUSC sequence in not just Perl and Raku, but also Python, Ruby and Rust. |
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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Rakudo
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Training
Live coding
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by Ferenc Erki (FERKI) The second part of learning Rex with FErkis is scheduled for next Monday. Register now! | 
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by Mark Gardner Mark Gardner and Gabor Szabo will start to develop a course-management application using Mojolicious. You are invited to ask questions, make suggestions, or just watch. Register now! |
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Events
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Not all jobs are created equal. Sure, most pay the bills, but some do more. They impart a sense of purpose; when you log out at day’s end, it’s with the satisfaction that you are part of something bigger, something more important than yourself. You’ve left the world a little better than you found it, and isn’t that what life is really about? |
