Perl Weekly Issue #161 - 2014-08-25 - Yet Another YAPC Properly Concluded latest | archive | by Yanick Champoux Don't miss the next issue! Tweet

As we speak, the 2014 edition of YAPC::EU came and went. Already we have some blog entries reporting on the event, as well as the announcement that Granada, Spain will be where the 2015 edition will be held. Also this week, Toby Inkster goes all out in a series of blog entries revealing all the awesome secrets of Type::Tiny. Enjoy! ~ `/anick Yanick Champoux

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Announcements

Dancer2 0.150000 has been released

Dancer2 has a new release out, codenamed "LoonyPandora" in honor of contributor and friend James Aitken who recently passed away. This release comes with some pretty substantial changes dealing with the main context object and the way Dancer and PSGI apps relate to each other.

New Grant Manager

by Makoto Nozaki Makoto Nozaki announces that Mark Jensen has joined the Perl Foundation Grants Committee has a grant manager.

Swiss Perl Workshop -2 Weeks

Sad that YAPC::EU is over? Don't be! The Swiss Perl Workshop is happening in two weeks.

Articles

Who has the best package manager? Part one

DFARRELL) by David Farrell We all know: the language is only half of the story. The other half is the vast ecosystem of add-ons, modules, plugins or packages. David Farrell explores how the package managers of Perl, PHP, Python, Node.js and Ruby fare against each other.

Discussion

The last few GSoC commits (Pencils down)

The Google Summer of Code is winding down. Talina Shrotriya gives us her last thoughts as she enters the last week of the program.

OPW Ending for Beginning

The 2014 edition of the Outreach Program for Women is now over. Pattawan gives us here her last report for it, as well as what the near future has in stock for her.

YAPC::Europe Day 1

LÃ©on Brocard reports on the first day of YAPC::EU.

YAPC::Europe 2014, day 1

Perl blogger Tobez reports from the YAPC::EU front-line.

YAPC::Europe 2014, day 2

Tobez reports on day 2 of YAPC::EU.

YAPC::Europe Day 2

Leon Brocard narrates his second YAPC::EU day.

Please don't use ::Tiny unless it meets the ::Tiny criteria, thanks!

Dan Muey would like not to see the ::Tiny namespace get out of hand.

Testing

Mock Testing Net::Gnats

RICHE) by Richard Elberger Offline testing of modules interfacing with external services is always tricky. Richard Elberger shares his adventures in mocking the external components of Net::Gnats.

Testing Dancer Applications

YANICK) by Yanick Champoux Yanick compares a few of the modules available to test Dancer/Dancer2 applications.

Code

Type::Tiny Tricks #2: Types Are Objects

TOBYINK) by Toby Inkster Toby Inkster points out that Type::Tiny types are objects by themselves, and can be used outside of attribute definitions for, e.g., validate any value you might care for.

Type::Tiny Tricks #3: One-off Coercions

TOBYINK) by Toby Inkster So you have a generic type, and one attribute is kinda of that type, but also could be coerced from a value in a special, snowflaky unique way? Toby Inkster shows you how Type::Tiny deals with those one-off special cases.

Type::Tiny Tricks #7: Tricks with Dicts

TOBYINK) by Toby Inkster Type::Tiny, this small fountain of marvels, refines the definition of hash into two types: maps and dictionaries. Toby Inkster shows here when and how they apply.

Perl Maven Tutorials

How to break lines with max width? (wrap)

Splitting a string into pieces with a max length but without breaking up words. Manually and using Text::Wrap. (article + screencast)

Weekly collections

Events