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The Unknown Design Pattern

The Unknown Design Pattern

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Data visualization: Creating charts using REST API's in React.js

Data visualization: Creating charts using REST API's in React.js

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Way Too Many IF-THEN-ELSEs? Try a Lookup Table

Way Too Many IF-THEN-ELSEs? Try a Lookup Table

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Don't be a Perl programmer

Don't be a Perl programmer

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MVC Tutorials Are Broken

MVC Tutorials Are Broken

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Perl 7: A Modest Proposal

Perl 7: A Modest Proposal

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Managing a Test Database

Managing a Test Database

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Playwright and Mojolicious

Playwright and Mojolicious

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A year of strife

A year of strife

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A brief guide to perl character encoding

A brief guide to perl character encoding

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A fusion of Makefile and Docker

A fusion of Makefile and Docker

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Creating REST APIs with Perl, Mojolicious and OpenAPI

Creating REST APIs with Perl, Mojolicious and OpenAPI

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Programs to Compute Trig Functions in Python, JavaScript, & Perl (with Maclaurin Series)

Programs to Compute Trig Functions in Python, JavaScript, & Perl (with Maclaurin Series)

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Bringing Modern OO To Perl

Bringing Modern OO To Perl

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VSCode as a Perl IDE

VSCode as a Perl IDE

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Perl, Unicode, and Bytes

Perl, Unicode, and Bytes

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The Zen of Test Suites

The Zen of Test Suites

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Introducing Venus, a new world for Perl 5

Introducing Venus, a new world for Perl 5

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A Perl love letter

A Perl love letter

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Writing Declarative Software

Writing Declarative Software

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GitHub Actions for semi-static web sites

GitHub Actions for semi-static web sites

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Data visualization: Using amCharts in React.js with Mojo

Data visualization: Using amCharts in React.js with Mojo

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Developing A Game Engine with Perl

Developing A Game Engine with Perl

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Distar - A CPAN Distribution Author Tool

Distar - A CPAN Distribution Author Tool

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Perl 5.30 deprecates use of my() in a false conditional

Perl 5.30 deprecates use of my() in a false conditional

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Yet Another Perl Switch Statement

Yet Another Perl Switch Statement

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Perl Orientado a Objeto Part I

Perl Orientado a Objeto Part I

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Easier web sites for CPAN modules

Easier web sites for CPAN modules

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You Need Measurable Goals

You Need Measurable Goals

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How to totally over-engineer your CV in a few easy steps

How to totally over-engineer your CV in a few easy steps

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A few tips for Perl on Docker and Kubernetes

A few tips for Perl on Docker and Kubernetes

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Why do I want to read Perl topics, on the other hand Web Dev community next read only mentions JavaScript libraries?

Why do I want to read Perl topics, on the other hand Web Dev community next read only mentions JavaScript libraries?

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use Sys::Binmode;

use Sys::Binmode;

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Using Google Drive with Perl

Using Google Drive with Perl

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A Guide to Versions in Perl

A Guide to Versions in Perl

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Testing Code That is Difficult to Test (With Perl)

Testing Code That is Difficult to Test (With Perl)

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Use Immutable Objects

Use Immutable Objects

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To help Perl, just blog

To help Perl, just blog

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Efficient programming

Efficient programming

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Perl Project Management with App::plx

Perl Project Management with App::plx

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True private attributes and methods for modern Perl OOP

True private attributes and methods for modern Perl OOP

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High Priority Fast Lane for the Minion Job Queue

High Priority Fast Lane for the Minion Job Queue

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Simple live chart using Mojolicious

Simple live chart using Mojolicious

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100 Languages Speedrun: Episode 26: Raku (Perl 6)

100 Languages Speedrun: Episode 26: Raku (Perl 6)

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Syntactic Changes (Part 3 of 3)

Syntactic Changes (Part 3 of 3)

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The Fastest Master of Perl Basic Syntax 2022

The Fastest Master of Perl Basic Syntax 2022

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cpanm - Installation of Perl Modules on User Directories 2022

cpanm - Installation of Perl Modules on User Directories 2022

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Perl animated game. Playing with Perl, Inline C++ and SDL2 (part 1!)

Perl animated game. Playing with Perl, Inline C++ and SDL2 (part 1!)

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Designing an OOP System

Designing an OOP System

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The way to read Perl core source codes

The way to read Perl core source codes

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I love function signatures in Perl, and you should too.

I love function signatures in Perl, and you should too.

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How to integrate DBIx with Mojolicious?

How to integrate DBIx with Mojolicious?

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A tour of Perl Github actions

A tour of Perl Github actions

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My unrealistic wish-list for Perl 7.x

My unrealistic wish-list for Perl 7.x

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Perling and Curling

Perling and Curling

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Basic Dancer2 Routing

Basic Dancer2 Routing

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MySQL setup and Dancer2 Routes

MySQL setup and Dancer2 Routes

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Perl I never write: snippets

Perl I never write: snippets

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Perl Sigil is inherited from Shell Script Variable Expansion.

Perl Sigil is inherited from Shell Script Variable Expansion.

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Zapp: Runbook Automation

Zapp: Runbook Automation

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