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Web Developer Resource Index: Perl

Perl is a general-purpose interpreted programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, Web development including CGI, network programming, GUI development, and more.

The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). Its major features are that it’s easy to use, supports both procedural and OOP programming, has powerful built-in support for text processing, and has one of the world’s most impressive collections of third-party modules (CPAN).

Different definitions of Perl are given in the perl manpage, the perlfaq1 manpage and no doubt other places. From this we can determine that Perl is different things to different people, but that lots of people think it's at least worth writing about.

(Extracted, paraphrased and augmented from the perlintro manpage)

Perl is a language for getting your job done.

—Larry Wall

Updated: Thursday, February 9th, 2006 @ 9:07 PM EST [22]

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1.Perl.com: The Source for Perl

The offical site for Perl, from the O'Reilly Network. [115]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.perl.com/
Author:
Larry Wall
[1]
Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 7:17 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Perl.com: The Source for Perl perl programming
2.LovePerl

A new site dedicated to helping Perl programmers seeking their perfect Perl module. Launching Valentine's Day 2006, with a featured module every week, LovePerl is committed to finding you that special module. Begin a new relationship with a Perl today. [1639]
★★★★☆
URI:http://loveperl.com/
Author:
Mark Fowler
[1]
Reviewed:Thursday, February 9th, 2006 @ 9:07 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

LovePerl cpan module perl search
3.AnnoCPAN

AnnoCPAN is a Web interface for the documentation of all the modules on CPAN, where users can add annotations on the margin of specific paragraphs throughout the POD (Plain Old Documentation). Similar to the user comments on php.net and dev.mysql.com. [1538]
★★★★☆
URI:http://annocpan.org/
Author:
Ivan Tubert-Brohman
[1]
Reviewed:Friday, October 14th, 2005 @ 11:45 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

AnnoCPAN cpan help howto perl reference
4.Bricolage

An open-source enterprise-class Content Management System that greatly simplifies the complex tasks of creating, managing, and publishing the vast libraries of content essential to any organization. Updates from any Web browser, lots of other features. [1511]
★★★★☆
URI:http://bricolage.cc/
Author:
David Wheeler
[1]
Reviewed:Thursday, August 25th, 2005 @ 8:15 AM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Bricolage cms perl
5.Ten Essential Development Practices

Although written in terms of the Perl language, the advice in this article on designing software rings true no matter what you're coding in. Not much is said about usability in programming, so consider how your module will be used before writing it. [1416]
★★★★☆
URI:http://perl.com/lpt/a/2005/07/14/bestpractices.html
Author:
Damian Conway
[1]
Reviewed:Sunday, July 17th, 2005 @ 5:17 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Ten Essential Development Practices design module perl programming software usability
6.perl.faqts

Perl frequently asked questions and tips. [1203]
★★★★☆
URI:http://faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/200
Author:
Community
[22]
Reviewed:Thursday, May 19th, 2005 @ 12:19 AM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

perl.faqts faq perl
7.Perl Buzz

Outstanding community/blogger site from Artima Developer. They also have categories for Design, Java, Linux, MacOS, Open Source, PHP, Python, Ruby, XML and a few others I won't mention. RSS feeds of new posts, impressive blogroll as well. [1172]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.artima.com/buzz/community.jsp?forum=166
Author:
Artima Developer
[9]
Reviewed:Monday, May 16th, 2005 @ 1:02 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Perl Buzz blog developer perl rss
8.Perl Documentation

perldoc.perl.org contains the core documentation for Perl version 5.8.6, in HTML and PDF formats. [1020]
★★★★☆
URI:http://perldoc.perl.org/
Author:
Jon Allen
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 8:22 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Perl Documentation pdf perl
9.The Perl Directory

The central directory of all things Perl: Books, history, lists, news, jobs, learn, applications, documentation, communities, and events. [119]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.perl.org/
Author:
Community
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 8:22 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

The Perl Directory directory perl
10.ActiveState: ActivePerl

An implementation of Perl for the Windows OS, and may other tools and services for dynamic languages. [125]
★★★★☆
URI:http://activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
Author:
Developers
[2]
Reviewed:Friday, April 8th, 2005 @ 12:46 AM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

ActiveState: ActivePerl perl
11.Salon.com: The Joy of Perl

A fascinating article on the history and folklore of Perl, or: how Larry Wall invented a messy programming language and changed the face of the Web. [124]
★★★★★
URI:http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/10/cov_13feature.html
Author:
Andrew Leanord
[2]
Reviewed:Friday, April 8th, 2005 @ 12:25 AM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Salon.com: The Joy of Perl history languages perl programming
12.Perl Monks

A community which allows everyone to grow and learn from one another, a place for individuals to polish, improve and showcase their Perl skills, an attempt to make learning Perl as non-intimidating and easy to use as possible. [121]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.perlmonks.org/
Author:
Community
[1]
Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 11:02 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Perl Monks developer perl
13.Perl Mongers

An association of Perl User Groups. Individual groups vary in the details of what they actually do, but in most cases they are groups of Perl users in a particular location who get together periodically to discuss Perl and related topics. [120]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.pm.org/
Author:
Community
[1]
Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 10:48 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Perl Mongers developer perl
14.use Perl;

A site where the user community can get information about and discuss the latest news and issues related to Perl. [118]
★★★★☆
URI:http://use.perl.org/
Author:
Community
[1]
Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 8:49 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

use Perl; developer perl
15.The Perl Foundation

The Perl Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code. [117]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.perlfoundation.org/
Author:
Committee
[1]
Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 8:21 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

The Perl Foundation developer perl
16.The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

A large collection of Perl software and documentation. CPAN is also the name of a Perl module, CPAN.pm, which is used to download and install Perl software from the CPAN archive. [116]
★★★★★
URI:http://www.cpan.org/
Author:
Jarkko Hietaniemi
[1]
Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 8:11 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network cpan perl repository