Buzz Watch: Perl vs. Ruby

September 11, 2007 – 12:12 pm

I found this charting tool on Technorati today and thought it was an interesting way to quantify the buzz surrounding different keywords. For fun I’ve included a few charts here, comparing Perl and Ruby. It will be interesting to see how these change over time.
Blog posts in English per day over the past [...]

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Jonathan Rockway + Catalyst @ GRPM

September 8, 2007 – 10:27 pm

We had the distinct pleasure this past Friday at our monthly Perl Mongers meeting of having Jonathan Rockway present an introduction to the Catalyst web application framework. It was great to have one of our neighbors from the windy city make the journey up to Grand Rapids — many thanks, Jonathan.
For those who haven’t [...]

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A Perl Monger’s take on Ruby: Part I

September 1, 2007 – 12:01 am

I have been involved with web software development for a few years now. Early on I learned the value of the web as a resource and spent plenty of time searching through documentation, articles, and blog posts, studying the methods others have used to deliver successful web applications. Certain practices and tools [...]

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