(dxx) 11 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. Alien::Build - Build external dependencies for use in CPAN
   • Version: 2.84 on 2024-10-29, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.83 was 4 months, 24 days before
   • Author: PLICEASE
2. App::cpanminus - get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN
   • Version: 1.7048 on 2024-10-29, with 281 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.7047 was 1 year, 2 months, 30 days before
   • Author: MIYAGAWA
3. App::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
   • Version: 2.416 on 2024-10-28, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.415 was 1 month, 23 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
4. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.080003 on 2024-10-30, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.079001 was 1 month, 17 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
5. DBIx::Class::Candy - Sugar for your favorite ORM, DBIx::Class
   • Version: 0.005004 on 2024-10-29, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.005003 was 7 years, 3 months, 15 days before
   • Author: WESM
6. DBIx::Lite - Chained and minimal ORM
   • Version: 0.36 on 2024-10-31, with 28 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.35 was 1 month, 13 days before
   • Author: AAR
7. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
   • Version: 13.00 on 2024-10-29, with 42 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 12.76 was 8 months, 29 days before
   • Author: EXIFTOOL
8. PDL - Perl Data Language
   • Version: 2.094 on 2024-11-02, with 57 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.093 was 1 month, 3 days before
   • Author: ETJ
9. SPVM - The SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.990026 on 2024-11-01, with 33 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.990025001 was 7 days before
   • Author: KIMOTO
10. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v10.9.0 on 2024-11-01, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v10.6.0 was 2 months, 26 days before
    • Author: DANBERR
11. Term::Choose - Choose items from a list interactively.
    • Version: 1.767 on 2024-10-28, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.765 was 5 months, 26 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS

(dxix) 10 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. DBIx::Connector - Fast, safe DBI connection and transaction management
   • Version: 0.60 on 2024-10-20, with 47 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.56 was 8 years, 7 months, 4 days before
   • Author: ARISTOTLE
2. Excel::Writer::XLSX - Create a new file in the Excel 2007+ XLSX format.
   • Version: 1.14 on 2024-10-21, with 64 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.13 was 8 days before
   • Author: JMCNAMARA
3. Future - represent an operation awaiting completion
   • Version: 0.51 on 2024-10-21, with 57 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.50 was 1 year, 7 months, 4 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
4. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20241020 on 2024-10-20, with 43 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20240920 was 1 month before
   • Author: BINGOS
5. Module::Pluggable - automatically give your module the ability to have plugins
   • Version: 6.2 on 2024-10-25, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.2 was 9 years, 2 months, 20 days before
   • Author: SIMONW
6. Perl::Critic - Critique Perl source code for best-practices.
   • Version: 1.156 on 2024-10-23, with 131 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.152 was 1 year, 6 days before
   • Author: PETDANCE
7. Rose::DB::Object - Extensible, high performance object-relational mapper (ORM).
   • Version: 0.821 on 2024-10-20, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.820 was 3 years, 3 months, 24 days before
   • Author: JSIRACUSA
8. SPVM - The SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.990025001 on 2024-10-25, with 33 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.990023 was 7 days before
   • Author: KIMOTO
9. Text::MultiMarkdown - Convert MultiMarkdown syntax to (X)HTML
   • Version: 1.003 on 2024-10-24, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.002 was 11 months, 24 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
10. XML::Compile - Compilation based XML processing
    • Version: 1.64 on 2024-10-21, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.63 was 5 years, 3 months, 19 days before
    • Author: MARKOV

(dxviii) 15 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. BerkeleyDB - Perl extension for Berkeley DB version 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6
   • Version: 0.66 on 2024-10-14, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.65 was 2 years, 5 months, 1 day before
   • Author: PMQS
2. Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication - Infrastructure plugin for the Catalyst authentication framework.
   • Version: 0.10024 on 2024-10-16, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.10023 was 11 years, 6 months, 5 days before
   • Author: JJNAPIORK
3. CryptX - Cryptographic toolkit
   • Version: 0.084 on 2024-10-16, with 51 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.080 was 1 year, 12 days before
   • Author: MIK
4. DateTime::Format::Flexible - DateTime::Format::Flexible - Flexibly parse strings and turn them into DateTime objects.
   • Version: 0.36 on 2024-10-17, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.35 was 11 days before
   • Author: THINC
5. DBD::SQLite - Self Contained SQLite RDBMS in a DBI Driver
   • Version: 1.76 on 2024-10-19, with 104 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.74 was 1 year, 1 month before
   • Author: ISHIGAKI
6. Dumbbench - More reliable benchmarking with the least amount of thinking
   • Version: 0.505 on 2024-10-15, with 17 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.504 was 3 months, 6 days before
   • Author: BDFOY
7. Excel::Writer::XLSX - Create a new file in the Excel 2007+ XLSX format.
   • Version: 1.13 on 2024-10-13, with 64 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.12 was 7 months, 16 days before
   • Author: JMCNAMARA
8. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
   • Version: 1.61 on 2024-10-18, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.60 was 2 months, 15 days before
   • Author: DDICK
9. Hash::Merge::Simple - Recursively merge two or more hashes, simply
   • Version: 0.052 on 2024-10-15, with 17 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.051 was 13 years, 10 months, 8 days before
   • Author: HAARG
10. meta - meta-programming API
    • Version: 0.012 on 2024-10-14, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.011 was 6 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
11. Mojo::JWT - JSON Web Token the Mojo way
    • Version: 1.01 on 2024-10-15, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.09 was 3 years, 10 months, 23 days before
    • Author: JBERGER
12. Net::AMQP::RabbitMQ - interact with RabbitMQ over AMQP using librabbitmq
    • Version: 2.40013 on 2024-10-15, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.40012 was 3 months, 11 days before
    • Author: MSTEMLE
13. Sub::Util - Common Scalar and List utility subroutines
    • Version: 1.67 on 2024-10-18, with 172 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.66 was 29 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
14. Scalar::List::Utils - Common Scalar and List utility subroutines
    • Version: 1.68 on 2024-10-18, with 172 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.66 was 29 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
15. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990023 on 2024-10-18, with 33 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990020 was 7 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO

(dxvii) 9 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. CryptX - Cryptographic toolkit
   • Version: 0.082 on 2024-10-07, with 51 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.081 was 29 days before
   • Author: MIK
2. HTTP::Message - HTTP style message (base class)
   • Version: 7.00 on 2024-10-07, with 67 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.46 was 4 months, 11 days before
   • Author: OALDERS
3. Kelp - A web framework light, yet rich in nutrients.
   • Version: 2.19 on 2024-10-10, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.17 was 3 months, 4 days before
   • Author: BRTASTIC
4. meta - meta-programming API
   • Version: 0.011 on 2024-10-08, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.010 was 7 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
5. namespace::autoclean - Keep imports out of your namespace
   • Version: 0.31 on 2024-10-12, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.29 was 5 years, 1 month, 19 days before
   • Author: ETHER
6. Parser::MGC - build simple recursive-descent parsers
   • Version: 0.22 on 2024-10-11, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.21 was 2 years, 7 months, 16 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
7. PPR - Pattern-based Perl Recognizer
   • Version: 0.001010 on 2024-10-07, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.001009 was 3 months, 11 days before
   • Author: DCONWAY
8. SPVM - The SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.990020 on 2024-10-11, with 33 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.990016 was 7 days before
   • Author: KIMOTO
9. URI - Uniform Resource Identifiers (absolute and relative)
   • Version: 5.30 on 2024-10-08, with 115 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.29 was 1 month, 3 days before
   • Author: OALDERS

(dxvi) 13 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::perlbrew - Manage perl installations in your $HOME
   • Version: 1.00 on 2024-10-04, with 178 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.99 was 27 days before
   • Author: GUGOD
2. Catmandu - a data toolkit
   • Version: 1.2022 on 2024-09-29, with 23 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.2021 was 10 months, 23 days before
   • Author: HOCHSTEN
3. Convert::Binary::C - Binary Data Conversion using C Types
   • Version: 0.85 on 2024-10-01, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.84 was 3 years, 10 months, 8 days before
   • Author: MHX
4. Data::DPath - DPath is not XPath!
   • Version: 0.60 on 2024-09-29, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.59 was 1 year, 2 months, 5 days before
   • Author: SCHWIGON
5. DateTime::Format::Flexible - DateTime::Format::Flexible - Flexibly parse strings and turn them into DateTime objects.
   • Version: 0.35 on 2024-10-06, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.34 was 3 years, 2 months, 30 days before
   • Author: THINC
6. HTTP::BrowserDetect - Determine Web browser, version, and platform from an HTTP user agent string
   • Version: 3.41 on 2024-10-02, with 23 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.40 was 11 months, 14 days before
   • Author: OALDERS
7. meta - meta-programming API
   • Version: 0.010 on 2024-10-01, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.009 was 18 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
8. Modern::Perl - enable all of the features of Modern Perl with one import
   • Version: 1.20241001 on 2024-10-01, with 51 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.20240120 was 8 months, 12 days before
   • Author: CHROMATIC
9. PDL - Perl Data Language
   • Version: 2.093 on 2024-09-29, with 58 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.019 was 6 years, 4 months, 24 days before
   • Author: ETJ
10. PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl
    • Version: 1.047 on 2024-09-30, with 39 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.046 was 2 months, 19 days before
    • Author: BRIANDFOY
11. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990016 on 2024-10-04, with 33 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990012 was 8 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
12. Syntax::Construct - Explicitly state which non-feature constructs are used in the code.
    • Version: 1.038 on 2024-10-01, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.037 was 3 months, 11 days before
    • Author: CHOROBA
13. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
    • Version: 2.006000 on 2024-09-29, with 140 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.004000 was 1 year, 5 months, 24 days before
    • Author: TOBYINK

(dxci) metacpan weekly report - Parallel::ForkManager

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 59

Week's winner (+3): Parallel::ForkManager 

Build date: 2024/10/06 16:52:41 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Algorithm::QuadTree::XS - XS backend for Algorithm::QuadTree
• App::csvtool - implements the csvtool core commands
• App::eachperl - a wrapper script for iterating multiple perl binaries
• ARSperl - ARSperl is an integration kit for Perl5 and the Remedy Action Request System.
• builtin::compat - Provide builtin functions for older perl versions
• DateTime::Format::Unicode - Unicode CLDR Formatter for DateTime
• DBIx::Class::Helper::ColumnNames - Retrieve column names from a resultset
• Math::3Space - 3D coordinate transformations made easy
• Object::Pad::LexicalMethods - operator for lexical method call syntax
• PDL::Minuit - Minuit 1 optimization routines for PDL
• Starlink::AST - Interface to the Starlink AST library
• Syntax::Infix::Smartmatch - Smartmatch done right
• Webservice::KeyVal::API - Perl API client for the KeyVal service, https://keyval.org/.
• Webservice::Purgomalum::API - Filter and removes profanity and unwanted text from input using PurgoMalum.com's free API
• Win32::Security - Security manipulation for named objects

Increasing its reputation:

• Alien::SwaggerUI (+1=7)
• App::grindperl (+1=6)
• App::perlbrew (+1=178)
• Attribute::Storage (+1=2)
• Bitcoin::Crypto (+1=6)
• Carp (+1=72)
• CLI::Osprey (+1=9)
• Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 (+1=3)
• Crypt::Random (+1=2)
• Dancer2 (+1=137)
• Data::Checks (+1=5)
• Data::Dumper (+1=103)
• DBIx::Class::Migration (+1=31)
• DBIx::Lite (+2=28)
• File::Slurper (+1=43)
• Function::Parameters (+1=60)
• Gimp (+1=8)
• JIRA::REST (+1=18)
• JSON::Path (+1=13)
• lazy (+1=16)
• LINE::Bot::API (+1=8)
• meta (+1=13)
• Mojo::Run3 (+1=3)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::Authorization (+1=11)
• MooseX::ClassAttribute (+1=15)
• Net::Async::WebSocket (+1=5)
• Parallel::ForkManager (+3=98)
• Path::Tiny (+1=189)
• PDL (+1=58)
• Reply (+1=60)
• Rose::DB::Object (+1=21)
• Statistics::Running::Tiny (+1=2)
• Syntax::Keyword::Defer (+1=12)
• Syntax::Keyword::Try (+1=43)
• Syntax::Operator::In (+1=6)
• Template::XML (+1=2)
• Test::CVE (+1=2)
• TOML::Tiny (+1=9)
• URI (+1=115)
• utf8::all (+1=30)
• UUID (+1=5)

(dcxix) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2024-10-06 16:50:53 GMT

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1. Two occurrences of a variable declared with 'my' but in two different packages in the same file - [3/2]
2. How to send asynchronous json using Perl to an PHP url? - [2/2]
3. How to get accurate caller() in Mojolicious? - [2/2]
4. Using IPC::Run inside Mojo::IOLoop::Subprocess - [2/2]
5. How do I get CGI.pm to output HTML5 instead of XHTML 1.X? - [1/1]

(dxv) 5 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
   • Version: 0.997018 on 2024-09-23, with 72 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.997017 was 4 months, 25 days before
   • Author: SKAJI
2. Mozilla::CA - Mozilla's CA cert bundle in PEM format
   • Version: 20240924 on 2024-09-24, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20240730 was 1 month, 25 days before
   • Author: LWP
3. Plack::Middleware::Session - Middleware for session management
   • Version: 0.34 on 2024-09-23, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.33 was 5 years, 6 months, 14 days before
   • Author: MIYAGAWA
4. SPVM - The SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.990012 on 2024-09-26, with 33 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.990010 was 8 days before
   • Author: KIMOTO
5. XML::Hash::XS - Simple and fast hash to XML and XML to hash conversion written in C
   • Version: 0.57 on 2024-09-27, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.56 was 3 years, 7 months, 14 days before
   • Author: YOREEK

(dxiv) 14 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. DBD::mysql - A MySQL driver for the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI)
   • Version: 5.009 on 2024-09-19, with 56 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.008 was 1 month, 20 days before
   • Author: DVEEDEN
2. DBIx::Lite - Chained and minimal ORM
   • Version: 0.35 on 2024-09-18, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.34 was 6 days before
   • Author: AAR
3. Feersum - A PSGI engine for Perl based on EV/libev
   • Version: 1.503 on 2024-09-17, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.502 was 8 days before
   • Author: EGOR
4. Future::AsyncAwait - deferred subroutine syntax for futures
   • Version: 0.69 on 2024-09-18, with 48 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.68 was 20 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
5. Minion - Job queue
   • Version: 10.31 on 2024-09-21, with 106 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.30 was 3 months, 16 days before
   • Author: SRI
6. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20240920 on 2024-09-20, with 43 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20240829 was 22 days before
   • Author: BINGOS
7. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
   • Version: 1.47 on 2024-09-18, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.46 was 30 days before
   • Author: NLNETLABS
8. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
   • Version: 0.814 on 2024-09-20, with 45 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.813 was 17 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
9. Sub::Util - Common Scalar and List utility subroutines
   • Version: 1.66 on 2024-09-19, with 170 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.65 was 1 month, 13 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
10. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990010 on 2024-09-18, with 33 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990009 was 5 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
11. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
    • Version: 1.302204 on 2024-09-15, with 190 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.302203 was 10 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
12. Test::Vars - Detects unused variables in perl modules
    • Version: 0.017 on 2024-09-16, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.015 was 3 years, 4 months, 26 days before
    • Author: JKEENAN
13. WWW::Mechanize - Handy web browsing in a Perl object
    • Version: 2.19 on 2024-09-16, with 101 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.18 was 7 months, 17 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
14. YAML::LibYAML - Perl YAML Serialization using XS and libyaml
    • Version: v0.902.0 on 2024-09-20, with 55 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.901.0 was 14 days before
    • Author: TINITA

(dxiii) 11 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.079001 on 2024-09-13, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.078000 was 17 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
2. Beam::Wire - Lightweight Dependency Injection Container
   • Version: 1.026 on 2024-09-13, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.025 was 3 years, 2 months, 5 days before
   • Author: PREACTION
3. CPAN::Audit - Audit CPAN distributions for known vulnerabilities
   • Version: 20240910.001 on 2024-09-10, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20240826.002 was 15 days before
   • Author: BDFOY
4. CryptX - Cryptographic toolkit
   • Version: 0.081 on 2024-09-08, with 51 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.080 was 11 months, 4 days before
   • Author: MIK
5. DBIx::Lite - Chained and minimal ORM
   • Version: 0.34 on 2024-09-12, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.33 was 3 years, 5 days before
   • Author: AAR
6. Feersum - A PSGI engine for Perl based on EV/libev
   • Version: 1.502 on 2024-09-09, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.501 was 6 days before
   • Author: EGOR
7. MCE - Many-Core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
   • Version: 1.900 on 2024-09-10, with 104 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.889 was 11 months, 27 days before
   • Author: MARIOROY
8. MCE::Shared - MCE extension for sharing data supporting threads and processes
   • Version: 1.893 on 2024-09-10, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.886 was 11 months, 27 days before
   • Author: MARIOROY
9. meta - meta-programming API
   • Version: 0.009 on 2024-09-13, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.006 was 6 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
10. Number::Phone - base class for Number::Phone::* modules
    • Version: 4.0004 on 2024-09-10, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.0003 was 3 months, 3 days before
    • Author: DCANTRELL
11. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990009 on 2024-09-13, with 33 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990007 was 11 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO