(dxxvii) 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. App::Ack - A grep-like program for searching source code
   • Version: v3.8.0 on 2024-12-21, with 131 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v3.7.0 was 1 year, 9 months, 22 days before
   • Author: PETDANCE
2. App::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
   • Version: 2.419 on 2024-12-20, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.417 was 1 month, 3 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
3. Capture::Tiny - Capture STDOUT and STDERR from Perl, XS or external programs
   • Version: 0.50 on 2024-12-19, with 104 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.48 was 6 years, 7 months, 27 days before
   • Author: DAGOLDEN
4. FFI::Platypus - Write Perl bindings to non-Perl libraries with FFI. No XS required.
   • Version: 2.10 on 2024-12-18, with 65 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.09 was 3 months, 30 days before
   • Author: PLICEASE
5. Future::AsyncAwait - deferred subroutine syntax for futures
   • Version: 0.70 on 2024-12-20, with 48 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.69 was 3 months, 2 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
6. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
   • Version: 13.10 on 2024-12-20, with 42 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 13.00 was 1 month, 22 days before
   • Author: EXIFTOOL
7. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20241220 on 2024-12-20, with 43 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20241120 was 1 month before
   • Author: BINGOS
8. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
   • Version: 0.817 on 2024-12-20, with 45 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.816 was 25 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
9. Prima - a Perl graphic toolkit
   • Version: 1.75 on 2024-12-21, with 43 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.74 was 4 months, 2 days before
   • Author: KARASIK
10. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990033 on 2024-12-17, with 34 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990032 was 15 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
11. Sub::Name - (Re)name a sub
    • Version: 0.28 on 2024-12-15, with 30 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.27 was 1 year, 7 months, 16 days before
    • Author: ETHER
12. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
    • Version: 1.302206 on 2024-12-20, with 191 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.302204 was 3 months, 5 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
13. XML::Hash::XS - Simple and fast hash to XML and XML to hash conversion written in C
    • Version: 0.59 on 2024-12-21, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.57 was 2 months, 24 days before
    • Author: YOREEK
14. YAML::Tiny - Read/Write YAML files with as little code as possible
    • Version: 1.76 on 2024-12-16, with 32 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.74 was 1 year, 8 months, 24 days before
    • Author: ETHER