28 ago 2021

(ccclvi) 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::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.049001 on 2021-08-22
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 2.048000 was 8 days before
  2. Future::AsyncAwait - deferred subroutine syntax for futures
    • Version: 0.53 on 2021-08-26
    • Votes: 41
    • Previous version: 0.52 was 1 month, 13 days before
  3. JSON::Validator - Validate data against a JSON schema
    • Version: 4.22 on 2021-08-27
    • Votes: 28
    • Previous version: 4.21 was 1 month, 17 days before
  4. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical slot-based objects
    • Version: 0.52 on 2021-08-25
    • Votes: 19
    • Previous version: 0.51 was 15 days before
  5. SPVM - Static Perl Virtual Machine. Fast Calculation, Fast Array Operation, and Easy C/C++ Binding.
    • Version: 0.9010 on 2021-08-25
    • Votes: 21
    • Previous version: 0.9009 was 1 month, 26 days before
  6. Test::BDD::Cucumber - Feature-complete Cucumber-style testing in Perl
    • Version: 0.82 on 2021-08-23
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: 0.81 was 1 month, 5 days before
  7. Text::ANSITable - Create nice formatted tables using extended ASCII and ANSI colors
    • Version: 0.606 on 2021-08-27
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: 0.604 was 18 days before

(cdlxxxii) metacpan weekly report - Scalar::List::Utils

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

Week's winner: Scalar::List::Utils (+2)

Build date: 2021/08/28 12:35:57 GMT


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(diii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2021-08-28 12:19:35 GMT


  1. Modify default Controller/Model paths in Mojolicious - [3/2]
  2. How to check availability of 64-bit integers (for `use integer`)? - [2/2]
  3. Perl: How can I edit the structure of a shared_clone? - [2/2]
  4. Need explanation for `~0` vs. `2**64` with and without `use integer` - [2/1]
  5. timeout not working in Perl script for function for some domains I'm pinging - [2/0]
  6. perl DBI Oracle UTF8 Charset expected - [2/0]
  7. How does `print readline` differ from `$line = readline; print $line`? - [1/2]
  8. How to use "_" underscore in foreach loop to build range - [1/2]
  9. Passing multiple Hashes as argument to Perl subroutine ( Perl 5.16 / Perl 5.30) - [1/2]
  10. How to rearrange dates of the month when they span across end of current month to beginning of next month - [1/2]

21 ago 2021

(ccclv) 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. CPANPLUS - Ameliorated interface to the CPAN
    • Version: 0.9912 on 2021-08-21
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 0.9910 was 8 months, 2 days before
  2. IO::Socket::SSL - Nearly transparent SSL encapsulation for IO::Socket::INET.
    • Version: 2.072 on 2021-08-16
    • Votes: 41
    • Previous version: 2.071 was 2 months, 24 days before
  3. Keyword::Declare - Declare new Perl keywords...via a keyword...named keyword
    • Version: 0.001018 on 2021-08-19
    • Votes: 21
    • Previous version: 0.001017 was 1 year, 6 months, 3 days before
  4. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
    • Version: 6.56 on 2021-08-17
    • Votes: 153
    • Previous version: 6.55 was 2 months before
  5. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20210820 on 2021-08-21
    • Votes: 35
    • Previous version: 5.20210723 was 29 days before
  6. MooseX::App - Write user-friendly command line apps with even less suffering
    • Version: 1.42 on 2021-08-15
    • Votes: 17
    • Previous version: 1.41 was 2 years, 3 months, 2 days before
  7. PDL::Stats - a collection of statistics modules in Perl Data Language, with a quick-start guide for non-PDL people.
    • Version: 0.79 on 2021-08-17
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 0.78 was 3 months, 23 days before
  8. Proc::ProcessTable - Perl extension to access the unix process table
    • Version: 0.611 on 2021-08-18
    • Votes: 20
    • Previous version: 0.60 was 4 days before
  9. Tickit - Terminal Interface Construction KIT
    • Version: 0.72 on 2021-08-18
    • Votes: 24
    • Previous version: 0.71 was 1 year, 2 months, 24 days before

(cdlxxxi) metacpan weekly report - Mojolicious

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 22

Week's winner: Mojolicious (+2)

Build date: 2021/08/21 20:41:02 GMT


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(dii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2021-08-21 20:31:23 GMT


  1. Nested perl arrays and hashes and references - [3/4]
  2. Why is division parsed as regular expression? - [3/2]
  3. Check data structure and disregard if hash or array - [2/2]
  4. Perl - multithreading / fork / synchronize problem: - [2/2]
  5. I am having a problem with the base64_decode output in Perl being truncated - [2/1]
  6. Capture::Tiny incompatible with Mason? - [2/1]
  7. Perl performance is slow, file I/O issue or due to while loop - [2/1]
  8. Creating a UDP server using IO::Socket::INET without specifying a port - [2/0]
  9. How to optimize code using binary, variable lookup and foreach? - [1/3]
  10. how can I invoke timelocal_modern() in perl 5.18? - [1/3]

14 ago 2021

(cccliv) 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: 2.048000 on 2021-08-14
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 2.047008 was 24 days before
  2. Encode - character encodings in Perl
    • Version: 3.12 on 2021-08-09
    • Votes: 54
    • Previous version: 3.11 was 17 days before
  3. Git::Raw - Perl bindings to the Git linkable library (libgit2)
    • Version: 0.88 on 2021-08-08
    • Votes: 29
    • Previous version: 0.87 was 11 months, 9 days before
  4. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
    • Version: 12.30 on 2021-08-12
    • Votes: 34
    • Previous version: 12.26 was 2 months, 22 days before
  5. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.21 on 2021-08-13
    • Votes: 459
    • Previous version: 9.19 was 2 months, 11 days before
  6. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical slot-based objects
    • Version: 0.51 on 2021-08-10
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: 0.49 was 4 days before
  7. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.057 on 2021-08-13
    • Votes: 43
    • Previous version: 2.055 was 10 days before
  8. Proc::ProcessTable - Perl extension to access the unix process table
    • Version: 0.60 on 2021-08-14
    • Votes: 20
    • Previous version: 0.59 was 2 years, 1 month, 24 days before
  9. Search::Elasticsearch - The official client for Elasticsearch
    • Version: 7.714 on 2021-08-09
    • Votes: 41
    • Previous version: 7.713 was 1 month, 25 days before
  10. Text::ANSITable - Create nice formatted tables using extended ASCII and ANSI colors
    • Version: 0.604 on 2021-08-09
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: 0.602 was 5 months, 18 days before
  11. Yancy - The Best Web Framework Deserves the Best CMS
    • Version: 1.076 on 2021-08-11
    • Votes: 40
    • Previous version: 1.075 was 4 days before

(cdlxxx) metacpan weekly report - IO::Async

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 35

Week's winners (+3): IO::Async 

Build date: 2021/08/14 20:13:11 GMT


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7 ago 2021

(cccliii) 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. DBD::SQLite - Self Contained SQLite RDBMS in a DBI Driver
    • Version: 1.70 on 2021-08-01
    • Votes: 96
    • Previous version: 1.68 was 10 days before
  2. Dist::Zilla - distribution builder; installer not included!
    • Version: 6.024 on 2021-08-01
    • Votes: 175
    • Previous version: 6.023 was 25 days before
  3. HTTP::BrowserDetect - Determine Web browser, version, and platform from an HTTP user agent string
    • Version: 3.34 on 2021-08-03
    • Votes: 22
    • Previous version: 3.33 was 13 days before
  4. HTTP::Tiny - A small, simple, correct HTTP/1.1 client
    • Version: 0.078 on 2021-08-02
    • Votes: 100
    • Previous version: 0.076 was 2 years, 11 months, 27 days before
  5. IO::Async - Asynchronous event-driven programming
    • Version: 0.79 on 2021-08-05
    • Votes: 60
    • Previous version: 0.78 was 6 months, 14 days before
  6. Log::Any - Bringing loggers and listeners together
    • Version: 1.710 on 2021-08-02
    • Votes: 58
    • Previous version: 1.709 was 5 months, 13 days before
  7. Mojo::SQLite - A tiny Mojolicious wrapper for SQLite
    • Version: 3.007 on 2021-08-02
    • Votes: 24
    • Previous version: 3.006 was 1 month, 16 days before
  8. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical slot-based objects
    • Version: 0.49 on 2021-08-06
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: 0.47 was 8 days before
  9. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.055 on 2021-08-03
    • Votes: 43
    • Previous version: 2.054 was 8 days before
  10. Software::License - packages that provide templated software licenses
    • Version: 0.104001 on 2021-08-02
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 0.103014 was 2 years, 8 months, 5 days before
  11. WWW::Mechanize - Handy web browsing in a Perl object
    • Version: 2.04 on 2021-08-06
    • Votes: 86
    • Previous version: 2.03 was 8 months, 26 days before
  12. Yancy - The Best Web Framework Deserves the Best CMS
    • Version: 1.075 on 2021-08-07
    • Votes: 40
    • Previous version: 1.074 was 1 month, 19 days before

(cdlxxix) metacpan weekly report - Object::Pad

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 26

Week's winner: Object::Pad (+3)

Build date: 2021/08/07 20:27:46 GMT


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(di) stackoverflow perl report

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2021-08-07 20:18:30 GMT


  1. Why do Inline::Python functions that print fail to be redirected? - [6/2]
  2. How to dereference this array? And how do I store this array into a hash? - [3/1]
  3. My Perl variable to variable substitutions do not work - [3/1]
  4. How to sort strings using two substring equality conditions? - [2/4]
  5. Perl: Can you use more than two arrays in the map function? - [2/3]
  6. JSON from array prints invalid json - [2/2]
  7. compare columns from 2 files & print matching and non-matching rows in same order as in file1 & print YES/NO at end of matching and non-matching rows - [2/2]
  8. how do I determine whether a variable is stored as numeric or string in perl? - [2/1]
  9. save directly to file and get filename using WWW::Mechanize - [2/1]
  10. Insert datetime into Oracle using perl DBI parameterized INSERT statement - [2/1]

1 ago 2021

(ccclii) 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. Archive::Tar - Manipulates TAR archives
    • Version: 2.40 on 2021-07-27
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.38 was 1 year, 1 month, 2 days before
  2. experimental - Experimental features made easy
    • Version: 0.025 on 2021-07-30
    • Votes: 30
    • Previous version: 0.024 was 2 months, 29 days before
  3. FFI::Platypus - Write Perl bindings to non-Perl libraries with FFI. No XS required.
    • Version: 1.55 on 2021-07-29
    • Votes: 54
    • Previous version: 1.53 was 17 days before
  4. IO::AIO - Asynchronous/Advanced Input/Output
    • Version: 4.76 on 2021-07-27
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: 4.75 was 6 months, 28 days before
  5. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical slot-based objects
    • Version: 0.47 on 2021-07-29
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: 0.46 was 8 days before
  6. PDF::API2 - Facilitates the creation and modification of PDF files
    • Version: 2.041 on 2021-07-28
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 2.040 was 3 months, 15 days before
  7. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.054 on 2021-07-26
    • Votes: 43
    • Previous version: 2.019 was 3 years, 2 months, 21 days before
  8. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
    • Version: 1.302186 on 2021-07-26
    • Votes: 170
    • Previous version: 1.302185 was 2 months, 7 days before
  9. Test2::Suite - Distribution with a rich set of tools built upon the Test2 framework.
    • Version: 0.000141 on 2021-07-26
    • Votes: 31
    • Previous version: 0.000140 was 2 months, 14 days before
  10. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
    • Version: 1.012004 on 2021-07-31
    • Votes: 127
    • Previous version: 1.012003 was 2 months, 22 days before

(cdlxxviii) metacpan weekly report - Mojolicious

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 45

Week's winner: Mojolicious (+2)

Build date: 2021/08/01 06:48:13 GMT


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