(cccxvii) 9 CPAN great 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: 0.995 on 2020-11-28
   • Votes: 49
   • Previous version: 0.994 was 21 days before
2. App::TimeTracker - time tracking for impatient and lazy command line lovers
   • Version: 3.005 on 2020-11-22
   • Votes: 14
   • Previous version: 3.004 was 3 months, 12 days before
3. Convert::Binary::C - Binary Data Conversion using C Types
   • Version: 0.84 on 2020-11-23
   • Votes: 13
   • Previous version: 0.83 was 4 days before
4. Graph - graph data structures and algorithms
   • Version: 0.9711 on 2020-11-27
   • Votes: 20
   • Previous version: 0.9708 was 21 days before
5. Mojo::JWT - JSON Web Token the Mojo way
   • Version: 0.09 on 2020-11-22
   • Votes: 14
   • Previous version: 0.08 was 1 year, 11 months, 18 days before
6. Moo - Minimalist Object Orientation (with Moose compatibility)
   • Version: 2.004004 on 2020-11-25
   • Votes: 277
   • Previous version: 2.004003 was 4 days before
7. Package::Stash - Routines for manipulating stashes
   • Version: 0.39 on 2020-11-22
   • Votes: 27
   • Previous version: 0.38 was 1 year, 10 months, 22 days before
8. Syntax::Keyword::Try - a try/catch/finally syntax for perl
   • Version: 0.20 on 2020-11-24
   • Votes: 31
   • Previous version: 0.18 was 3 months, 23 days before
9. WWW::Mechanize::Chrome - automate the Chrome browser
   • Version: 0.63 on 2020-11-28
   • Votes: 14
   • Previous version: 0.61 was 25 days before

(cdxliv) metacpan weekly report - Plack

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 36

Week's winners (+3): Plack

Build date: 2020/11/28 15:51:00 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Acme::Working::Out::Dependencies::From::META::files::Will::Be::Wrong::At::Some::Point::Like::This::Module::For::Instance - Because there is nothing like being right
• App::XML::DocBook::Builder - Build DocBook/XML files.
• XML::Sig - A toolkit to help sign and verify XML Digital Signatures.

Increasing its reputation:

• Amon2 (+1=27)
• CallBackery (+1=3)
• CLDR::Number (+1=9)
• Config::Tiny (+1=29)
• Coro (+1=70)
• Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::Tiny (+1=6)
• Dancer2::Plugin::Database (+1=4)
• Dancer2::Plugin::Locale::Wolowitz (+1=3)
• DBIx::Class (+1=274)
• EV (+1=43)
• Getopt::Long (+1=105)
• Locale::Maketext (+1=5)
• Locale::Wolowitz (+1=6)
• Log::Any::Adapter::TAP (+1=3)
• Log::Log4perl (+2=87)
• Mojolicious::Command::Author::generate::cpanfile (+1=2)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::AssetPack (+1=47)
• Net::API::REST (+1=2)
• Net::MQTT::Simple (+1=2)
• OptArgs2 (+1=3)
• PDL::NDBin (+1=3)
• perl (+1=364)
• Plack (+3=218)
• POE (+1=50)
• Prima (+1=32)
• TheSchwartz (+1=12)
• Tickit::Widgets (+1=5)
• Tie::Hash::Indexed (+1=4)
• Try::Tiny (+1=168)
• XML::Hash::XS (+1=12)

(cdlxix) stackoverflow perl report

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2020-11-28 15:35:26 GMT

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1. Perl: Best way to open a file exclusively? - [4/1]
2. Store and read string with newline from Config::Simple config file - [3/2]
3. (Windows 10) Trying to Install Perl Modules both PPM and CPAN fail? - [3/0]
4. atom feed: script to combine multiple <author> items into one? - [2/2]
5. Why does File::Slurp get UTF8 characters wrong when I use open ':std', ':encoding(UTF-8)';? - [2/2]
6. create a hash of occurrences in an array with map - [2/2]
7. What difference does curly brace make in accessing an object - [2/1]
8. How do I change a Perl Readonly scalar in a module for a unit test? - [2/1]
9. Perl load module BEGIN - [2/1]
10. Monitoring stdout of a forked process in perl by character - [2/0]

(cccxvi) 11 CPAN great 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. Convert::Binary::C - Binary Data Conversion using C Types
   • Version: 0.83 on 2020-11-19
   • Votes: 13
   • Previous version: 0.79 was 6 months before
2. ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
   • Version: 7.56 on 2020-11-19
   • Votes: 47
   • Previous version: 7.54 was 7 days before
3. GraphViz2 - A wrapper for AT&T's Graphviz
   • Version: 2.62 on 2020-11-16
   • Votes: 12
   • Previous version: 2.61 was 8 days before
4. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20201120 on 2020-11-20
   • Votes: 34
   • Previous version: 5.20201020 was 1 month before
5. Moo - Minimalist Object Orientation (with Moose compatibility)
   • Version: 2.004003 on 2020-11-21
   • Votes: 277
   • Previous version: 2.004000 was 7 months, 12 days before
6. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
   • Version: 1.29 on 2020-11-18
   • Votes: 21
   • Previous version: 1.28 was 26 days before
7. PDL - Perl Data Language
   • Version: 2.025 on 2020-11-19
   • Votes: 37
   • Previous version: 2.024 was 2 months, 2 days before
8. Pod::Simple - framework for parsing Pod
   • Version: 3.42 on 2020-11-14
   • Votes: 15
   • Previous version: 3.41 was 1 month, 2 days before
9. SPVM - Static Perl Virtual Machine. Fast Calculation, Fast Array Operation, and Easy C/C++ Binding.
   • Version: 0.0927 on 2020-11-20
   • Votes: 21
   • Previous version: 0.0926 was 14 days before
10. WWW::YouTube::Download - WWW::YouTube::Download - Very simple YouTube video download interface
    • Version: 0.65 on 2020-11-19
    • Votes: 19
    • Previous version: 0.64 was 1 month, 29 days before
11. Yancy - The Best Web Framework Deserves the Best CMS
    • Version: 1.067 on 2020-11-16
    • Votes: 36
    • Previous version: 1.066 was 3 months, 8 days before

(cdxliii) metacpan weekly report - Tickit::Widgets

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 60

Week's winner (+3): Tickit::Widgets

Build date: 2020/11/21 14:22:09 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• File::ShouldUpdate - should files be rebuilt?
• Mojo::SAML - A SAML2 toolkit using the Mojo toolkit
• Net::SockAddr - Socket address OO-wrapper with Perl and C++ interface.
• Zydeco::Lite::App - use Zydeco::Lite to quickly develop command-line apps

Increasing its reputation:

• AI::Genetic::Pro (+1=4)
• App::HTTPThis (+1=20)
• Argon (+1=9)
• Array::Diff (+1=5)
• Child (+1=6)
• CLDR::Number (+1=9)
• common::sense (+1=21)
• CPAN::Changes (+1=28)
• CPAN::Digger (+1=2)
• Daemon::Control (+1=42)
• DateTime::Moonpig (+1=12)
• DateTime::Tiny (+1=7)
• DateTimeX::Immutable (+1=2)
• DBIx::RunSQL (+1=5)
• Devel::Confess (+1=32)
• Dist::Zilla (+1=175)
• Excel::Writer::XLSX (+1=55)
• Fsdb (+1=6)
• Getopt::Kingpin (+1=7)
• Getopt::Lucid (+1=12)
• Gtk3::ImageView (+1=2)
• Gtk3::WebKit2 (+2=2)
• Guard (+1=19)
• HTTP::Daemon (+1=11)
• HTTP::Tiny::Multipart (+1=3)
• Import::Base (+1=14)
• Lexical::Var (+1=2)
• Log::Any (+1=57)
• Mail::Toaster (+1=2)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::Log::Any (+1=3)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::SecurityHeader (+1=4)
• Net::NATS::Client (+1=4)
• OptArgs (+1=11)
• PAR::Dist (+1=3)
• Paws (+1=45)
• PDL::CCS (+1=4)
• Perl::Tidy (+1=120)
• PkgConfig (+1=4)
• Pod::Usage (+1=37)
• Regexp::Common (+1=50)
• Rex (+2=73)
• Smart::Comments (+1=36)
• String::ShellQuote (+1=15)
• Term::Animation (+1=4)
• Text::Levenshtein::Damerau (+1=3)
• Text::Table (+1=13)
• Tickit (+1=24)
• Tickit::Widget::Statusbar (+1=2)
• Tickit::Widgets (+3=5)
• Types::Serialiser (+1=2)
• use (+1=2)
• WWW::Mechanize (+1=84)

(cdlxviii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2020-11-21 14:12:14 GMT

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1. How to avoid "deep recursion" error/warning in Type::Tiny::_build_coercion - [4/1]
2. perl shebang: `Too late for "-Mstrict"` - [3/2]
3. How can I operate on a list which is identified by a string? - [3/2]
4. 500 Can't connect to url with lwp in perl - [3/1]
5. Using FIND & EXEC to execute a filename-required Perl script over multiple files - [2/3]
6. How can I get the directory two levels up in a path in Perl? - [2/2]
7. Perl: parsing text output into array of hashes - [2/2]
8. How can I assign STDOUT to a var and print to that while using 'use strict'? - [2/2]
9. Is possible iteration over undefined dereferenced array a bug or a feature? - [2/2]
10. How to catch ctrl+c and close file descriptor in Perl - [2/2]

(cccxv) 11 CPAN great 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. Amon2 - lightweight web application framework
   • Version: 6.15 on 2020-11-09
   • Votes: 26
   • Previous version: 6.14 was 6 months, 24 days before
2. Cache::FastMmap - Uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared memory interprocess cache
   • Version: 1.51 on 2020-11-11
   • Votes: 21
   • Previous version: 1.50 was 5 days before
3. DateTime - A date and time object for Perl
   • Version: 1.53 on 2020-11-09
   • Votes: 196
   • Previous version: 1.52 was 8 months, 9 days before
4. Devel::Cover::Report::Coveralls - coveralls backend for Devel::Cover
   • Version: 0.20 on 2020-11-08
   • Votes: 15
   • Previous version: 0.15 was 6 months, 5 days before
5. ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
   • Version: 7.54 on 2020-11-12
   • Votes: 47
   • Previous version: 7.52 was 8 days before
6. Future::AsyncAwait - deferred subroutine syntax for futures
   • Version: 0.46 on 2020-11-09
   • Votes: 32
   • Previous version: 0.45 was 18 days before
7. GraphQL - Perl implementation of GraphQL
   • Version: 0.44 on 2020-11-09
   • Votes: 16
   • Previous version: 0.43 was 2 days before
8. GraphViz2 - A wrapper for AT&T's Graphviz
   • Version: 2.61 on 2020-11-08
   • Votes: 12
   • Previous version: 2.60 was 4 days before
9. JSON::MaybeXS - Use Cpanel::JSON::XS with a fallback to JSON::XS and JSON::PP
   • Version: 1.004003 on 2020-11-13
   • Votes: 43
   • Previous version: 1.004002 was 5 months, 27 days before
10. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 8.65 on 2020-11-11
    • Votes: 435
    • Previous version: 8.64 was 5 days before
11. WWW::Mechanize - Handy web browsing in a Perl object
    • Version: 2.03 on 2020-11-10
    • Votes: 84
    • Previous version: 2.02 was 28 days before

(cccxiv) 20 CPAN great modules released last week

This is a list of 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: 2.37 on 2020-11-02
   • Votes: 19
   • Previous version: 2.33 was 1 month, 11 days before
2. App::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
   • Version: 0.994 on 2020-11-07
   • Votes: 49
   • Previous version: 0.993 was 5 months, 25 days before
3. Cache::FastMmap - Uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared memory interprocess cache
   • Version: 1.50 on 2020-11-06
   • Votes: 21
   • Previous version: 1.49 was 7 months, 14 days before
4. Chart::Plotly - Generate html/javascript charts from perl data using javascript library plotly.js
   • Version: 0.041 on 2020-11-01
   • Votes: 13
   • Previous version: 0.040 was 14 days before
5. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
   • Version: 2.44 on 2020-11-06
   • Votes: 17
   • Previous version: 2.43 was 16 days before
6. Dist::Zilla - distribution builder; installer not included!
   • Version: 6.017 on 2020-11-03
   • Votes: 174
   • Previous version: 6.015 was 5 months, 5 days before
7. ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
   • Version: 7.52 on 2020-11-04
   • Votes: 47
   • Previous version: 7.50 was 14 days before
8. File::Path - Create or remove directory trees
   • Version: 2.18 on 2020-11-05
   • Votes: 40
   • Previous version: 2.17 was 3 months, 18 days before
9. Graph - graph data structures and algorithms
   • Version: 0.9708 on 2020-11-06
   • Votes: 20
   • Previous version: 0.9707 was 6 days before
10. GraphQL - Perl implementation of GraphQL
    • Version: 0.43 on 2020-11-07
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: 0.41 was 3 months, 2 days before
11. GraphViz2 - A wrapper for AT&T's Graphviz
    • Version: 2.60 on 2020-11-04
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 2.59 was 4 days before
12. Markdent - An event-based Markdown parser toolkit
    • Version: 0.38 on 2020-11-07
    • Votes: 20
    • Previous version: 0.37 was 4 months, 4 days before
13. Mojo::Pg - Mojolicious ♥ PostgreSQL
    • Version: 4.22 on 2020-11-06
    • Votes: 66
    • Previous version: 4.21 was 12 days before
14. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 8.64 on 2020-11-06
    • Votes: 435
    • Previous version: 8.63 was 24 days before
15. Net::Curl - Perl interface for libcurl
    • Version: 0.47 on 2020-11-03
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: 0.46 was 21 days before
16. Params::Util - Simple, compact and correct param-checking functions
    • Version: 1.102 on 2020-11-02
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 1.101 was 11 days before
17. Pod::Markdown - Convert POD to Markdown
    • Version: 3.300 on 2020-10-31
    • Votes: 29
    • Previous version: 3.200 was 1 year, 22 days before
18. Rex - the friendly automation framework
    • Version: 1.13.1 on 2020-11-05
    • Votes: 72
    • Previous version: 1.13.0 was 1 month before
19. SPVM - Static Perl Virtual Machine. Fast Calculation, Fast Array Operation, and Easy C/C++ Binding.
    • Version: 0.0926 on 2020-11-06
    • Votes: 21
    • Previous version: 0.0924 was 22 days before
20. WWW::Mechanize::Chrome - automate the Chrome browser
    • Version: 0.61 on 2020-11-03
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 0.60 was 2 months, 10 days before

(cdxlii) metacpan weekly report - IO::Pager

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

Week's winner: IO::Pager (+2)

Build date: 2020/11/07 18:59:27 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• App::riap - Riap command-line client shell
• Business::DPD - handle DPD label generation
• Math::Base36 - Encoding and decoding of base36 strings
• Net::Google::Spreadsheets::V4 - Google Sheets API v4 client
• Syntax::Feature::Function - Provides a function keyword

Increasing its reputation:

• App::cpangitify (+1=7)
• Carp (+1=63)
• Carp::Assert (+1=4)
• Carp::Assert::More (+1=2)
• DateTime (+1=196)
• DBIx::Class::Candy (+1=21)
• DBIx::Class::Migration (+1=28)
• Devel::Cover::Report::Coveralls (+1=15)
• Encode (+1=55)
• Excel::Writer::XLSX (+1=55)
• FFI::Platypus (+1=53)
• File::Rsync (+1=13)
• GooCanvas2 (+1=2)
• IO::Pager (+2=6)
• Jacode (+1=2)
• List::Compare (+1=13)
• MLPerl (+1=5)
• Mojolicious (+1=435)
• Path::Tiny (+1=155)
• perl (+1=364)
• Perl::Critic (+1=111)
• Perl::Lint (+1=14)
• PerlIO::Layers (+1=2)
• Rex (+1=72)
• Spreadsheet::Read (+1=29)
• syntax (+1=5)
• Syntax::Feature::Ql (+1=4)
• Test2::Harness (+1=8)
• UV (+1=8)
• WWW::Mechanize (+1=84)
• WWW::Mechanize::Chrome (+1=14)

(cdlxvii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2020-11-07 18:21:26 GMT

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1. Is it possible to modify word character class or \b boundary to exclude underscore character? - [4/3]
2. Passing large values to modules - [4/1]
3. How to sort huge CSV file? - [3/2]
4. How do I assign an element of @ARGV to a $variable, then print it? - [3/1]
5. Perl Net::SFTP::Foreign disconnect not closing the connection - [3/1]
6. Excel::Writer::XLSX adds an unexpected @ in formula - [3/1]
7. IO::Socket::SSL seems to be ignoring SSL_VERIFY_NONE - [3/1]
8. How can I lift an attribute constraint depending on another attribute from a trigger into a type refinement? - [3/1]
9. Excel::Writer::XLSX adds an unexpected @ in formula (part 2) - [3/1]
10. How to resolve this warning in Perl - [2/3]