The winter season really flies, at my home; it seems like just a day or two ago, I was cooking for friends in November, and here we are with winter about to give one more good cold spell, then spring can start here in South Texas. It's been a quiet week in my corner of the Perl world, but I've found a few things of interest! D Ruth Holloway

Perl 5

Testing FIDO/U2F Two Factor Authentication

byMichael Schout Having been tasked with implementing U2F, Michael gives thanks for Authen::U2F, and contributed Authen::U2F::Tester

Perl 6

2018.02 FOSDEM Nearing

byElizabeth Mattijsen ( ELIZABETH The Perl 6 Weekly gives us fair warning of the amazing things that'll be happening at FOSDEM, plus a rundown of developments and discussions of Perl 6.

Abusing multiple-dispatch creatively

JGOFF) by Jeff Goff Okay, Jeff--I understand you were hacking on Perl 6 POD trees, but this is some serious voodoo.

Weekly collections

The corner of Gabor A couple of entries sneaked in by Gabor.

Testing Perl CGI application

SZABGAB) by Gabor Szabo Unfortunately CGI.pm was removed from Perl, but still many sites use it. This is a simple way to test simple CGI-based applications.

Writing your own XS functions

DFARRELL) by David Farrell In part one, we learned the basic components of XS, and integrated two C functions into Perl. This chapter is going to show you how to define xsubs that accept multiple parameters, and define your own logic, instead of using XS as a Foreign Function Interface to a C library.

Rapid Growth in Perl - developers wanted for an expanding central London company

According the Guinness Book of World Records, the fastest growing plant is a species of bamboo, which grows at a rate of up to 91cm a day. The fastest growing economy in the world is currently Ethiopia, with a projected growth in GDP of over 8% this year. And although the record for fastest growing Perl team might not be recorded in the Guinness Book of records, our client is a strong contender.

Be a trailblazer in a time of growth - Full Stack Architect required for a rapidly expanding London company

If you’re currently a senior full stack developer looking to take on your next role as an architect then this is a great opportunity to do so in a company that is both ambitious and supportive. Increased job satisfaction is another perk, as their codebase is notably new and clean and the team are committed to using modern practices.