Intermediate Perl
This review was originally printed in the December 2012 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Intermediate Perl (2nd edition)Authors: Randal L. Schwartz, brian d foy, Tom…
Automating System Administration with Perl
This review was originally printed in the September 2009 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Automating System Administration with Perl (2nd edition)Authors: David N. Blank-EdelmanISBN: 9780596006396…
From Perl to Python
As part of the process of relearning Python, I tried converting my csv2qif script from Perl. It took me a while to get round the different syntax, particularly for reading from…
Converting CSV to QIF
I've recently become the treasurer of Manchester Friends of the Earth, a local environmental campaigning group that I've been involved with sporadically since I was at university. We've moved our accounts…
All about Mojolicious
Mojolicious is a web development framework for Perl, similar to Catalyst but with fewer dependencies and a gentler learning curve. Josette's blog has a two part interview with Sebastian Riedel, one of…
Static sites with Templer
I run a lot of personal and professional sites for my own activities, and until recently I'd used WordPress to manage the content on them. However, this felt a bit wasteful…
Disabling output buffering in Perl
In one of my Perl modules, WWW::BrokenLinks, I wanted to push lots of small log messages to standard output, which I would then redirect to a file. Unfortunately, the combination…
My first CPAN module
Last Friday I uploaded my first module to the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). For those who haven't used Perl before, CPAN is a repository of thousands of reusable modules providing…
Sending email in Perl
If you've been writing Perl for a few months, chances are good that at some point you will need to send emails from your scripts. As always with Perl, there's more…
All about Catalyst
Catalyst is a web development framework, similar to Symfony, Zend etc. but written in Perl. Josette's blog has a three part interview with Matt S. Trout, one of the Catalyst…