Dan articles - 9 total
The Perl Shebang
Often overlooked, the shebang of a Perl program is a comment on the first line which tells the...
CGI::Tiny - Perl CGI, but modern
In a previous blog post, I explored the modern way to write CGI scripts using frameworks like Mojolic...
Dist::Zilla @Starter Revision 3 - Git, versioning, and more
I've just released revision 3 of the @Starter plugin bundle for the Dist::Zilla CPAN distribution aut...
Dist::Zilla @Starter - Revision 2
I recently released revision 2 of the @Starter plugin bundle for Dist::Zilla. This revision brings sm...
Dist::Zilla - Why you should use @Starter instead of @Basic
I posted previously about a new "starter" bundle for Dist::Zilla, the CPAN author's automation tool....
Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Starter - A new way to start using Dist::Zilla
Dist::Zilla is an extremely powerful and versatile CPAN authoring tool, which has enabled me to relia...
Encode::Simple - Encode and decode text, simply
Encode is a well known core module in Perl with support for encoding and decoding text from almost an...
A Guide to Versions in Perl
Version numbers in Perl are very important; they allow orderly updating and maintenance of modules an...
Perl 7: A Modest Proposal
My previous two blog posts (Perl 7: A Risk-Benefit Analysis and Perl 7 By Default) explored the reaso...