(cccxcviii) 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. Alien::Build - Build external dependencies for use in CPAN
   • Version: 2.50 on 2022-06-23
   • Votes: 21
   • Previous version: 2.48 was 3 months, 10 days before
2. Encode - character encodings in Perl
   • Version: 3.18 on 2022-06-25
   • Votes: 56
   • Previous version: 3.17 was 2 months, 18 days before
3. FFI::Platypus - Write Perl bindings to non-Perl libraries with FFI. No XS required.
   • Version: 1.58 on 2022-06-19
   • Votes: 56
   • Previous version: 1.57 was 8 days before
4. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.018 on 2022-06-19
   • Votes: 61
   • Previous version: 1.017 was 5 days before
5. Compress::Zlib - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
   • Version: 2.201 on 2022-06-25
   • Votes: 15
   • Previous version: 2.106 was 2 months, 13 days before
6. JSON - JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) encoder/decoder
   • Version: 4.07 on 2022-06-24
   • Votes: 96
   • Previous version: 4.06 was 1 month, 2 days before
7. JSON::PP - JSON::XS compatible pure-Perl module.
   • Version: 4.10 on 2022-06-24
   • Votes: 15
   • Previous version: 4.09 was 1 month, 2 days before
8. Minion - Job queue
   • Version: 10.25 on 2022-06-24
   • Votes: 89
   • Previous version: 10.24 was 1 month, 26 days before
9. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20220620 on 2022-06-20
   • Votes: 38
   • Previous version: 5.20220527 was 23 days before
10. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9612 on 2022-06-23
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.9608 was 8 days before
11. Teng - very simple DBI wrapper/ORMapper
    • Version: 0.33 on 2022-06-21
    • Votes: 25
    • Previous version: 0.32 was 2 years, 2 months, 27 days before
12. Zydeco - Jazz up your Perl
    • Version: 0.615 on 2022-06-20
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: 0.613 was 1 year, 5 months, 11 days before