The Perl 5 Porters are currently working on Perl 5.13, the development track that will end up as Perl 5.14. By reading the perldelta513* documentation, you can get a peek at what will mostly likely be in the next maintenance version of Perl. You need to read each of the perldelta5* in a development series [...]
We have added support for OpenID to this site so that our commenters don’t have to manage yet another password. If you are creating a new account, you can create it with an OpenID from the start on the registration page. If you have an existing account and would like to link it to an [...]
We’ve been getting quite a few automated user registrations here at “The Effective Perler”, some of which try to make spammy comments on old posts. In order to combat that, we’ve added a CAPTCHA that will show up when new users register. It shouldn’t show up for any existing users who are posting comments, so [...]
We’re looking for some reader feedback. You can comment here, send us mail, reply on Twitter, skywrite your message in Chicago (please send us a link to that video in case we miss it), or come up to us at a conference. We’re thinking about writing an extra, bonus chapter of Effective Perl Programming for [...]
I just found out that Effective Perl Programming is available in digital formats through eBooks.com. They have a PDF version and an ePub version, each for $US31.99, which, sadly, is more than the hard-copy price of $US26.39 on Amazon.com and the Kindle price of $US17.59. They specifically list that these formats target Adobe Digital Editions, [...]
Here are some images from the Kindle version (on an iPad) of Effective Perl Programming. It doesn’t look bad considering how bad most other non-novels look on Kindle, and its readable. These are two non-consecutive pages: The paragraphs are nicely separated and it’s easier for you to see what is code and what isn’t. The [...]
Effective Perl Programming is now available in a Kindle edition: I bought it, not being a big fan of Kindle, and was surprised that it doesn’t look as bad as I thought it would on the Kindle app on the iPad (it looks similar on the iPhone and Kindle for Mac): There are some oddities, [...]
There’s a Chinese translation of _Effective Perl Programming_ in the works. I don’t know when it will be available: the translation will take some time, then the publisher has to put it on paper, then it has to show up in stores. I don’t have any details on where or how you can buy the [...]
Perl 5.12.1 is out, which is the sign that it’s time for normal users to pay attention to it: that first point release should have sanded down all the rough edges. As usual, the complete list of major changes is in the perldelta5.12.0 documentation, we’ll cover some more of the interesting features in The Effective [...]
Addison-Wesley converted our chapter on “Files and Filehandles” to HTML and put it online for as a free sample chapter. I selected this chapter as the free sample because it was the most fun to write but also the most valuable to new Perl programmers. Filehandles are the way you interact with the world, and [...]
