For March I was assigned ExtUtils::Install [https://metacpan.org/release/ExtUtils-Install] which is used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build to install Perl modules. This is, by far, the most core module I have been assigned to date. I was impressed by it's long list of green test reports on CPAN testers for every version and system imaginable. I read through...
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For February I was assigned Test::Mini::Unit [https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Test-Mini-Unit/lib/Test/Mini/Unit.pod] which provides extra declarative sugar for Test::Mini [https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Mini]. When I first installed Test::Mini::Unit I had a test failure and I thought the month was going to be over quickly. But, as it turned out, the...
I decided to participate in the 2015 CPAN Pull Request Challenge [http://neilb.org/2014/11/29/pr-challenge-2015.html]. I have used perl for 15 years and have not contributed much back to the wonderful Perl community in that time. I see this as the perfect opportunity to rub the shoulders of the giants I have been standing on all these years....
Everyone loves lists and the beginning of a new year is a perfect time for me to talk about my starred GitHub projects. I also use this as a way to filter what I have saved through the year and to only keep what I will likely use. Here's my list in the order I discovered the projects: * android-validation-komensky [https://github.com/...
I got stuck with the task of extracting a large number of text strings from an old DOS program. At first I wasn't worried at all, but my optimism quickly faded when the .exe would not execute on any modern Windows installation. I followed a number of guides for compatibility mode but nothing I tried resulted in success. I decided to try...