17 mar 2024

(cdlxxxvii) 12 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::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
    • Version: 2.407 on 2024-03-11, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.405 was 28 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.073001 on 2024-03-13, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.072003 was 28 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  3. DBIx::DataModel - UML-based Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) framework
    • Version: 3.10 on 2024-03-11, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.09 was 1 month, 15 days before
    • Author: DAMI
  4. HTML::Parser - HTML parser class
    • Version: 3.82 on 2024-03-13, with 47 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.81 was 1 year, 1 month, 13 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  5. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
    • Version: 6.77 on 2024-03-11, with 167 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.76 was 1 month, 17 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  6. LWP::Protocol::https - Provide https support for LWP::UserAgent
    • Version: 6.14 on 2024-03-11, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.13 was 1 month, 5 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  7. MetaCPAN::Client - A comprehensive, DWIM-featured client to the MetaCPAN API
    • Version: 2.031001 on 2024-03-11, with 24 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.031000 was 4 months, 11 days before
    • Author: MICKEY
  8. Mozilla::CA - Mozilla's CA cert bundle in PEM format
    • Version: 20240313 on 2024-03-13, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20231213 was 3 months before
    • Author: LWP
  9. PAR::Packer - PAR Packager
    • Version: 1.063 on 2024-03-15, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.062 was 10 days before
    • Author: RSCHUPP
  10. PPI - Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl (without perl)
    • Version: 1.278 on 2024-03-11, with 58 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.277 was 5 months, 19 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  11. Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX - parse XLSX files
    • Version: 0.34 on 2024-03-13, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.33 was 5 days before
    • Author: NUDDLEGG
  12. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989087 on 2024-03-15, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989085 was 6 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO

(dlxxxiii) metacpan weekly report - Spreadsheet::ParseExcel

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 33

Week's winners (+3): Spreadsheet::ParseExcel 

Build date: 2024/03/17 08:26:48 GMT


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(dcvi) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2024-03-17 08:25:15 GMT


  1. Issue transitioning to EXPORT_OK from EXPORT - [5/2]
  2. Converting int to bytes, with confusion over significant bits and endianness - [2/0]
  3. "Cannot run test (h_c: is_deeply($n, $s)) with active children at /usr/lib/perl5/5.18.2/Test/More.pm line 1020" - [1/3]
  4. Perl SSL_verify_mode warning - [1/2]
  5. Timeout with HTML::TreeBuilder - [1/1]

9 mar 2024

(cdlxxxvi) 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. CGI - Handle Common Gateway Interface requests and responses
    • Version: 4.63 on 2024-03-06, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.62 was 5 days before
    • Author: LEEJO
  2. CPAN::Audit - Audit CPAN distributions for known vulnerabilities
    • Version: 20240307.001 on 2024-03-09, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20240302.001 was 6 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  3. Devel::MAT - Perl Memory Analysis Tool
    • Version: 0.53 on 2024-03-07, with 29 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.52 was 1 month, 25 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
  4. Expect - automate interactions with command line programs that expose a text terminal interface.
    • Version: 1.38 on 2024-03-08, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.36 was 14 days before
    • Author: JACOBY
  5. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
    • Version: 1.53 on 2024-03-03, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.53 was before
    • Author: DDICK
  6. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.36 on 2024-03-08, with 493 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 9.35 was 4 months, 12 days before
    • Author: SRI
  7. Number::Phone - base class for Number::Phone::* modules
    • Version: 4.0002 on 2024-03-08, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.0001 was 2 months, 29 days before
    • Author: DCANTRELL
  8. PAR - Perl Archive Toolkit
    • Version: 1.020 on 2024-03-04, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.019 was 4 months, 3 days before
    • Author: RSCHUPP
  9. PAR::Packer - PAR Packager
    • Version: 1.062 on 2024-03-05, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.061 was 2 months, 21 days before
    • Author: RSCHUPP
  10. PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl
    • Version: 1.044 on 2024-03-03, with 39 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.044 was before
    • Author: BRIANDFOY
  11. Redis::Fast - Perl binding for Redis database
    • Version: 0.37 on 2024-03-08, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.36 was 8 months, 3 days before
    • Author: SHOGO
  12. Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX - parse XLSX files
    • Version: 0.33 on 2024-03-08, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.31 was 1 month, 21 days before
    • Author: NUDDLEGG
  13. Spreadsheet::XLSX - Perl extension for reading MS Excel 2007 files.
    • Version: 0.18 on 2024-03-09, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.17 was 2 years, 4 months, 6 days before
    • Author: ASB
  14. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989085 on 2024-03-09, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989082 was 8 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  15. SQL::Abstract::More - extension of SQL::Abstract with more constructs and more flexible API
    • Version: 1.43 on 2024-03-05, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.42 was 1 month, 14 days before
    • Author: DAMI

3 mar 2024

(cdlxxxv) 7 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. CGI - Handle Common Gateway Interface requests and responses
    • Version: 4.62 on 2024-03-01, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.61 was 1 month, 24 days before
    • Author: LEEJO
  2. CPAN::Audit - Audit CPAN distributions for known vulnerabilities
    • Version: 20240302.001 on 2024-03-03, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20240215.001 was 16 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  3. Date::Manip - Date manipulation routines
    • Version: 6.95 on 2024-03-01, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.94 was 1 month, 23 days before
    • Author: SBECK
  4. Encode - character encodings in Perl
    • Version: 3.21 on 2024-02-25, with 61 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.20 was 3 months, 15 days before
    • Author: DANKOGAI
  5. Excel::Writer::XLSX - Create a new file in the Excel 2007+ XLSX format.
    • Version: 1.12 on 2024-02-26, with 63 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.11 was 11 months, 7 days before
    • Author: JMCNAMARA
  6. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989082 on 2024-03-01, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989080 was 7 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  7. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v10.1.0 on 2024-03-01, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v10.0.0 was 1 month, 15 days before
    • Author: DANBERR

(dlxxxii) metacpan weekly report - HTTP::Server::Simple

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 37

Week's winner (+3): HTTP::Server::Simple

Build date: 2024/03/03 07:42:12 GMT


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(dcv) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2024-03-03 07:40:51 GMT


  1. Is it possible to make Test::more report the line of an indirect caller (level-n caller)? - [2/4]
  2. How to embed s/\A{/LB/ in the EXPR of s{...}{EXPR}e? - [2/2]
  3. Mojo::Home where is the spew method? - [1/2]
  4. How to connect oracle DB using JDBC URL or connection String in Perl script - [1/1]
  5. Perl: WWW::Google::CustomSearch: Missing required arguments? - [1/1]

25 feb 2024

(cdlxxxiv) 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. CPAN::Changes - Parser for CPAN style change logs
    • Version: 0.500003 on 2024-02-22, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.500002 was 3 months, 27 days before
    • Author: HAARG
  2. Expect - automate interactions with command line programs that expose a text terminal interface.
    • Version: 1.36 on 2024-02-23, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.35 was 6 years, 9 months, 5 days before
    • Author: JACOBY
  3. IO::AIO - Asynchronous/Advanced Input/Output
    • Version: 4.81 on 2024-02-20, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.8 was 10 months, 19 days before
    • Author: MLEHMANN
  4. Compress::Zlib - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
    • Version: 2.207 on 2024-02-18, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.206 was 6 months, 24 days before
    • Author: PMQS
  5. Log::ger - A lightweight, flexible logging framework
    • Version: 0.042 on 2024-02-23, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.041 was 18 days before
    • Author: PERLANCAR
  6. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20240223 on 2024-02-23, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20240129 was 25 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
  7. OrePAN2 - Yet another DarkPAN manager.
    • Version: 0.52 on 2024-02-19, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.51 was 7 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  8. perlfaq - Frequently asked questions about Perl
    • Version: 5.20240218 on 2024-02-18, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20230812 was 6 months, 6 days before
    • Author: ETHER
  9. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989080 on 2024-02-23, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989073 was 8 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO

18 feb 2024

(cdlxxxiii) 7 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::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
    • Version: 2.405 on 2024-02-12, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.404 was 11 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.072003 on 2024-02-14, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.072002 was 24 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  3. CPAN::Audit - Audit CPAN distributions for known vulnerabilities
    • Version: 20240215.001 on 2024-02-16, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20240209.001 was 6 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  4. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
    • Version: 1.44 on 2024-02-15, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.43 was 20 days before
    • Author: NLNETLABS
  5. OrePAN2 - Yet another DarkPAN manager.
    • Version: 0.51 on 2024-02-12, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.50 was 2 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  6. Spreadsheet::Read - Meta-Wrapper for reading spreadsheet data
    • Version: 0.90 on 2024-02-13, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.89 was 1 month, 11 days before
    • Author: HMBRAND
  7. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989073 on 2024-02-15, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989070 was 5 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO

(dlxxxi) metacpan weekly report - Type::Tiny

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 56

Week's winner (+3):  Type::Tiny

Build date: 2024/02/18 07:41:35 GMT


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