Author Archives: Jason

Perl Survey Results: US Perl Mongers

October 18, 2007 – 8:13 am

Because I am the vice president of our local Grand Rapids Perl Mongers group and also because I believe that participation in local user groups is extremely valuable, I was curious to see what the Perl Survey 2007 data would show with regard to user involvement in Perl Mongers user groups across the United States. [...]

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Perl Survey Results: Part I

October 15, 2007 – 8:14 pm

Take note, all you aspiring statisticians! The Perl survey data has been released and it’s time to get to work. I expect nothing less than a horde of different and interesting break-downs and mashups in the coming weeks, so to get things rolling I thought I’d put together a quick overview of the [...]

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3 Ways to Improve Existing Software

October 10, 2007 – 10:29 pm

There appear to be plenty of articles about the best ways to start new software development projects. Everything from choosing a language, framework, revision control system, or design pattern has been covered in lucid detail hundreds of times over.
But what about those of us who find ourselves starting with existing software? I spend [...]

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CPAN Nuggets: Debugging Tools

October 8, 2007 – 10:16 pm

Just thought I’d take a moment to share a couple of CPAN modules I love using for development and debugging my Perl web applications. They are not restricted to web application development, so give them a try!
DBIx::Profile
This module is a godsend when trying to figure out what is going on in DBI land. [...]

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Design Changes

October 5, 2007 – 10:03 pm

Truth is I’ll probably always be playing around with the styles on here.  I just wasn’t satisfied with the original design I came up with — I wanted something simpler that put as much focus on the content as possible.  It doesn’t have a lot of color and I moved all of the sidebar content [...]

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