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Issue #556 - 2022-03-21 - Cucumber & Perl
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Hi there. How do you test a Web API using Perl? I am sure you have most likely used TDD to test your Web API. How about trying something new for a change? Something like BDD, Behaviour Driven Development. I came across BDD many years ago when my manager introduced the term to the team and gave us a short tutorial using Java. I was completely blown away by the idea itself. I never actually got the opportunity to use BDD in any of the Perl projects I worked in afterwards, unfortunately. Then few years later in 2018, I got the opportunity to attend the talk Behaviour Driven Development and Cucumber by Martin Berends at the London Perl Workshop. After a quick search, I found a video of the same talk. If you missed the talk then it is your chance now to watch the talk. If the video is not enough and you are looking for more. I would highly recommend the book Cucumber & Perl by John Davies. It was published by Perl School publishing house run by Dave Cross. If you are interested in complete tutorial then you should check out this blog post. Speaking of BDD, I came across the term "Extreme Programming (XP)". TDD has been part of my day job most of the time without realising it being part of XP. I found this website showing Extreme Programming using Perl. You can download the entire book in pdf format for FREE. If you are new to Extreme Programming then take a look at the gentle introduction. THe last couple of years have been very tough for most of us in the IT sector. Although we all have been adjusted to the new normal of work-from-home culture, it has still left some scars behind. Mental health is one such issue being discussed more frequently during this period. I have found a way to keep my mind busy when needed; reading books (mostly non-technical). Recently I found the quote "Lately my peace has been more important than proving my point." on web that express my current mental state. How do you deal with your WFH blues? Last but not least, I have finally reached the 3 digits figure i.e. my 100th edition of the weekly newsletter. It took me nearly 3 years to get this far. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every readers of the weekly newsletter for the kind words and appreciations. I would also like to thank, Gabor Szabo for being my guide and mentor, all these years. Enjoy the rest of the newsletter, stay safe and pray for world peace. Mohammad Sajid Anwar |
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Announcements
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by Stuart Mackintosh Thanks to Nic Evans for securing a regular slot in Linux magazine. If you would like to contribute then please do get in touch with her. |
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by Ed J Lots of performace improvements in the latest release. Please check out the link for more details. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) It is aimed to fix issue and allow intermix text parts in the messages to log with sub references. | 
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Articles
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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 "Pythagorean Means" and "Brazilian Number". 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 "Pernicious Numbers" and "Weird Number" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Adam Russell Use of CPAN module makes the solution sleek. Thanks for introducing new CPAN modules. Keep it up great work. | 
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by Arne Sommer For me, I found the one-liner solution in Raku for Pernicious Number task is the top class. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us. |
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by C.-Y. Fung Cheok-Yin is a very brave contributor in my humble opinion. I liked the way she goes beyond the task and present her solution. Kudos to your effort. |
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by Colin Crain Colin just being simply Colin once again. I loved the story telling ability and always a pleasure. Thanks for everything. |
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by Colin Crain Thanks for sharing the beautiful use of __SUB__ token. Nice to see it after a long time. Keep it up great work. |
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by Dave Jacoby (JACOBY) Thanks Dave for sharing the bits about Pi Day. Also because it is my daughter's birthday. | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) I liked how easily Flavio used the bit operator. It did make the end result sleek. Thanks for sharing the knowledge. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Kudos to Flavio for the poetry in the middle of the blog. Keep surprising us every week. |
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by James Smith James presents solution with clarity. It makes even the harder task appears simple, great quality to have. Keep it up. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Narative style story telling is the highlight of Laurent's blog. This week we had bonus solutions in Julia and Python too. Thank you for your contributions. |
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by W Luis Mochan Luis surprised all of us with his one-liner in Raku. I wonder why he didn't share the code as solution. Well done. |
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by Peter Campbell Smith Peter's blog make sure all the fun bits are shared. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us every week. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) The use of Hamming weight is something I wasn't aware of earlier. Discussion of multiple languages in one blog makes it even more fun to read. Thanks for everything. |
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Weekly collections
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