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Issue #532 - 2021-10-04 - Hacktoberfest 2021
latest | archive | edited by Mohammad Sajid Anwar
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Hi there Have you joined the annual Hacktoberfest 2021 run by Digital Ocean? If not then please join without any further delay. Hacktoberfest encourages participation in the open source community. You can earn a limited edition T-shirt by completing the challenge. Not sure if you noticed, but this time they have made an interesting change by allowing open source maintainers to also take part in the contest. Ever since I started The Weekly Challenge, I have hardly found time to dedicate to Hacktoberfest. Last year I could only submit 6 PRs, enough to win the contest, since you only need to submit 4 PRs. This year, I am only taking part as the maintainer of an open source project - "The Weekly Challenge". The best year for me as contributor was 2019 when I submitted 160 PRs. If you are looking for an open source project to contribute to then you can join "The Weekly Challenge" and win the competition by submitting 4 PRs in just one week. How? Well, you could submit 2 Perl and 2 Raku solutions to the weekly task. Just submit one solution per PR. I know it is cheating but a fair one in my humble opinion. Again, please don't limit yourself to just Perl and Raku. You are free to choose your favourite programming language. One more bit, please don't tie yourself to the current weekly challenge. You are free pick any past week challenges. Plenty of choices available. If you have any questions with regard to submitting a PR then please follow the blog post that explains every detail. If you still have any questions then please get in touch with me. You can find my details on the page. I am also accepting PRs to another open source project - The Weekly Challenge website which is also open source code. If you are a CPAN contributor then you could pick and choose your favourite distribution and contribute. However there is a catch, the distribution may or may not be part of the contest. Having said that, you can contribute to my CPAN distributions if you fancy. I promise, I will make the distribution to be part of the contest so that your PR will count towards the target. Just yesterday, I received a Pull Request on one of my CPAN distributions, BankAccount::Validator::UK. Happy Hacking !!! Mohammad Sajid Anwar |
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Announcements
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by Ann Barcomb Ann is conducting research to understand episodic, or occasional, participation in the Perl / Raku community, in collaboration with The Perl Foundation. |
Articles
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio talking about an issue related to Path::Tiny and his workaround. | 
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The Weekly Challenge
The Weekly Challenge by Mohammad Anwar will help you step out of your comfort-zone. You can even win prize money of $50 Amazon voucher by participating in the weekly challenge. We pick one winner at the end of the month from among all of the contributors during the 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 "Integer Square Root" and "Smith Numbers". 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. |
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Mirror Dates" and "Hash Join" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Abigail As always, Abigail, didn't just solve the task but also extended it to deal with other fun bits. Thanks for your contribution. |
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by Abigail Abigail discussed some very interesting aspects of the task and it is worth taking a note. You don't want to miss out. |
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by Arne Sommer Arne's style of pictorial representation of the task is the highlight for me. Another interesting bit is that you can get the debug information to understand the inner details. Keep up the great work. |
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by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY) Dave always has a fun story to share every week. I really enjoy reading his blog. You don't want to miss it. | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio continued his fun with Raku and Perl showing the power of a Date library is each language. Keep it up. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Flavio shared the complexity aspect of the Hash Join task. It is something I find very interesting. Thanks for sharing. |
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by James Smith James shed light on the value of Hash Join. I wasn't aware of it before. Thanks for sharing. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Laurent making good use of Raku's power to deal with dates. As bonus we also get the Perl equivalent. Cool solutions. |
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by Luca Ferrari Luca showing off his Raku skill. Great work for anyone wants to learn the Raku language. Thanks for sharing. |
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by W Luis Mochan I like the fact that Luis make cools assumption and solves the task. I loved his analysis as always. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) As always, Roger not only discusses Perl/Raku solutions but also Transcript. I find it hard to follow, I must admit. Thanks for sharing. |
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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With the kind of flexibility yoga instructors only dream of, we have a job that offers Perl developers the freedom to work the way they want. Forget COVID isolation: this company was 100% remote long before the pandemic, and they have the tools to keep their team running smoothly. Looking for a Perl developer who has Mason, Moose, Mojolicious and experience with ticketing systems. |
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Our client works with thousands of charities to provide cloud-based management tools to connect with their supporters. These gurus of giving are seeking a mid-level and a senior Perl developer to join their team. Both roles require excellent English communication skills, 4+ years of Perl experience, and experience with payment networks and systems. |
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A titan of premium native advertising, our client dominates the field in sectors like tech, business, financial services, and lifestyle technology. As a company at the top of their game, they are looking for a Perl developer who is similarly eager to be the best. Required: Commercial experience with one of Mojolicious/Catalyst/Dancer and commercial experience with a front-end JavaScript framework. |
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Our client is the worldwide leader in machine intelligence for matching people with jobs, which is to say that when it comes to hiring, they know what they’re doing. They’re looking for a Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engineer who is passionate about Machine Intelligence and who has strong Perl and Python.. |
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Our client is one of the largest product and price comparison platforms in German-speaking countries. With a website that allows consumers to compare deals on everything from toasters to tablets, our client helps their users hunt out the best values. This company is looking for someone who will deliver strong content and well-executed info to keep their users in the black. |
