I've just launched a 'white papers' section on Perl.org:
http://www.perl.org/about/whitepapers/
I've set the following as a rough brief for these documents:
Target audience(s):
- Corporate technical managers (may not know Perl)
- Coders new to Perl looking for reasons to use Perl
- Existing Perl coders who are not 'enlightened', e.g. not aware of these technologies and how they make coding better.…
I just got this email:
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Subject: Agile Development Methodologies
... waffel ...
We are a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner but have the expertise to work in any technology.
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I've asked:
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Could you tell me who your experts in Assembler, Fortran, Haskell and Rakudo Star are?
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I'll update this post if I hear back from them... somehow I don't think I will!
A conversation on IRC this morning...
07:46 XXXX damn... is it normal for DProf/Profiler to not work correctly with moose stuff?
07:46 aaaa people still use dprof?
07:47 XXXX people who might not be aware of alternatives, sure
07:48 XXXX what would you suggest instead then?
07:49 aaaa Devel::NTYProf is THE profiller these days :)
07:52 XXXX unfortunately googling perl profiling doesn't take you anywhere near it :(
So, I'd like to talk about Perl profiling, or even ="http://search.cpa…
This is a follow up, or rather extension to xSawyerxs Marketing the Entire Box (including the wrapper)
I completely agree, design is the first thing people notice about a project. If you do not put effort into the look of your projects web page then whether you like it or not it will have an affect on the perception of your project (and indirectly on Perl).
If someone (my list of projects is way too large at the moment unfortunately) has time I think there are two pr…
Problem:
I've been upgrading some systems at work recently. Using local::lib so I can test it first without worrying about rolling back being a pain (which it could be with our current build system).
We've had most of our CPAN modules installed for several years and haven't had the need/time to upgrade them. But with the advent of Catalyst 5.8 using Moose and other great projects we'd like to get involved in, such as Gitalist I bit the bullet and sta…