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            <title>Essential Perl Websites</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>I saw <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/20_tools_for_perl_development.html">a link</a> posted on <a href="http://www.dzone.com/">dzone</a> a few weeks back about "20+ Tools for Perl Development" and I thought it was horrid.&nbsp; The resources link were not <i>all</i> bad but I think most were.&nbsp; It occurred to me I could make a better list despite the fact that I hate "top ten" type lists.<br /></p><p>Just getting started in Perl? These are the places you must go.&nbsp; Got suggestions as to what should and should not be on here?&nbsp; Let me know!&nbsp; I don't claim to be a guru.&nbsp; This is what I use / have used.<br /></p><br /><p><b><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">General resources:</font></b><br /></p><ol><li><a href="http://perladvent.pm.org/">Perldoc.perl.org</a> -- Base documentation for perl and it's default modules.&nbsp; Also available at the command-line when you install Perl, but I like having a website to go to as well.&nbsp; Head on over to <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/perlintro.html">perlintro</a>.&nbsp; Then go read the rest of the <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/index-tutorials.html">tutorials</a>.&nbsp; Don't forget all the <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/index-language.html">language reference material</a>.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://perlmonks.org/">Perlmonks</a> -- This is <i>the </i>Perl community in a nutshell.&nbsp; Have a question?&nbsp; If you have a question (and you've read the documentation pertaining to what you're doing) go here.&nbsp; The people that literally wrote the books on Perl can help you here.&nbsp; Show that you're trying to help yourself with code samples and you'll find what you need.&nbsp; <a href="http://perlmonks.org/?node=PerlMonks%20FAQ">Read a bit about the place</a> before you start posting willy nilly.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/">CPAN</a> -- The Comprehensive
Perl Archive Network.&nbsp; This is one, if not <i>the</i>, strength of Perl.&nbsp; Perl is extensible through modules (which may or may not be OO) and you've find them all at CPAN.&nbsp; Need a web framework? Something to write Excel
files? Database driver?&nbsp; XML Parser? All the freely available modules are here. Contribute your own modules!<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi">Perl 5 Wiki</a> -- This is a relatively new resource but it is growing.&nbsp; Some of the best pages, in my opinion, are:<br /><br /></li><ul><li><a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?mistakes_to_avoid">Mistakes to avoid</a> -- A series of pages and links to other sites that details common pitfalls in Perl.<br /><br /> </li><li><a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?recommended_cpan_modules">Recommended CPAN Modules</a> -- Sometimes you'll find on CPAN a variety of modules that do the same thing or at least something similar.&nbsp; Some modules are often favoured over another and this will help you pick the best module for the job.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?people_of_perl">People of Perl</a> -- Curious as to who the big guns in Perl are?&nbsp; This is your resource.&nbsp; You'll find a heck of a lot of them at Perlmonks... and their perlmonk name is in here too!<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?presentations_and_papers">Presentations and Papers</a> -- There's a variety of conventions that happen over the course of the year and a number of speakers put the slides from the presentations up for free. This page will show you where to find them.&nbsp; These presentations will introduce you to new modules, best practices, advanced Perl idioms or maybe it'll just help you understand something that you've had trouble grasping.&nbsp; <br /></li></ul><li><a href="http://www.perl.org/">Perl.org</a> -- This is a sort of "start page" for Perl.&nbsp; This place tells you where to go and what to see.&nbsp; I can't say I visit this page much anymore, but it's a good start point for a Perl newbie.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/">Perl Foundation</a> -- This is the non-profit organization that handles grants and the advancement of Perl.&nbsp; <br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://perldesignpatterns.com/?PerlDesignPatterns">Perl Design Patterns TinyWiki</a> -- Examples and implementations of Design Patterns in Perl.<br /></li></ol><br /><b><font style="font-size: 1.25em;">Online Articles/Books/Magazines:</font></b><br /><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.perl.com/">Perl.com</a> -- This is O'Reilly's base page for Perl.&nbsp; Excellent articles pop up here from the tops in the field. Some great tutorials on using various modules or accomplishing specific tasks.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/">Columns by Randal Schwartz</a> -- Randal (known as <a href="http://perlmonks.org/?node=merlyn">merlyn</a> on Perlmonks) is a highly respected member of the Perl Community and has written many books and articles a number of magazines.&nbsp; I've found his articles very helpful in getting my head around more complicated Perl idioms and how best to use various modules.&nbsp; There's a tonne of these articles.&nbsp; Essential reading.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.theperlreview.com/Issues/">The Perl Review</a> -- This is a print magazine... not free but worth the money (no, I haven't subscribed... I keep intending to).&nbsp; Nonetheless, some very great things are published here!&nbsp; There's also a number of <a href="http://www.theperlreview.com/Issues/">old issues available for free downloading</a>.&nbsp; It's run by <a href="http://www252.pair.com/comdog/">brian d foy</a>, another prominent person in Perl.<br /></li></ol><br /><font style="font-size: 1.25em;"><b>Blogs:</b><br /><br /></font><ol><li><a href="http://use.perl.org/">use.perl.org</a> -- The big boy of Perl blogs.&nbsp; What you'll find here is announcements of conventions, meetings and major module releases.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://planet.perl.org/">Planet Perl</a> -- This is actually an amalgam blog with items contributed by Perl developers the world over.&nbsp; It's not always directly Perl, but it's really key in keeping up with what's going on in the community.&nbsp; There's often duplication between this and use.perl.org and PerlBuzz, but it's easy to skip what you've seen.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://perlbuzz.com/">PerlBuzz</a> -- This is a relatively new blog but I like it.&nbsp; It keeps you up on some developments in the Perl world that may not be covered as much elsewhere.&nbsp; Feels more like a "news" kinda site than a blog as opposed to use.perl.&nbsp; A great addition to the Perl community.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://perlbuzz.com/cpan-watch/">CPAN Watch</a> -- Another blog from the Perl Buzz crew but it's focus is about drawing attention to new modules and new release on CPAN.&nbsp; CPAN is awfully big so it's another way to have some of the more interesting developments brought to your attention.<br /></li></ol><font style="font-size: 1.25em;"><br /><b>Miscellany:</b></font><br /><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.perlcast.com/">PerlCast</a> -- A Podcast on news and information in the Perl Community.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://perladvent.pm.org/archives.html">Perl Advent Calendar Archives</a>
-- Every year an Advent Calendar is put up on the web with little Perl
articles about various practices and modules.&nbsp; There's plenty of gems
in there on how to do any number of things... and it's a lot of fun to
see these things even if there's no chocolate.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://jobs.perl.org/">jobs.perl.org</a> -- Looking for a job doing Perl?&nbsp; This is the place to go.&nbsp; Forget the other job sites.&nbsp; Go here.&nbsp; Really.&nbsp; My last two jobs have come from here and the listings are from all over the world.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://e-p-i-c.sourceforge.net/">EPIC</a> -- This is an addon to the free java-based <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse IDE</a> for Perl development.&nbsp; I like Eclipse.&nbsp; I love EPIC.&nbsp; <br /></li></ol><br />That should keep you going for a while.<br /><br /> 
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            <title>Forward Perl</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Well, this is it.&nbsp; So begins my Perl blog.&nbsp; Basically I'll be using this to review modules of interest or write about nifty little perl things that amuse me.<br /> ]]></description>
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