(dxxviii) 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. App::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
   • Version: 2.420 on 2024-12-27, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.419 was 7 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
2. experimental - Experimental features made easy
   • Version: 0.033 on 2024-12-23, with 32 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.032 was 7 months, 28 days before
   • Author: LEONT
3. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
   • Version: 1.49 on 2024-12-27, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.48 was 1 month, 19 days before
   • Author: NLNETLABS
4. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
   • Version: 0.818 on 2024-12-23, with 45 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.816 was 28 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
5. PDL::Stats - a collection of statistics modules in Perl Data Language, with a quick-start guide for non-PDL people.
   • Version: 0.852 on 2024-12-28, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.84 was 7 months, 1 day before
   • Author: ETJ
6. Perl::Critic::Freenode - Community-inspired Perl::Critic policies (DEPRECATED)
   • Version: v1.0.4 on 2024-12-28, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.033 was 4 years, 6 days before
   • Author: DBOOK
7. PPI - Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl (without perl)
   • Version: 1.281 on 2024-12-27, with 60 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.279 was 4 months, 4 days before
   • Author: MITHALDU
8. Specio - Type constraints and coercions for Perl
   • Version: 0.49 on 2024-12-23, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.48 was 2 years, 6 months, 12 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
9. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
   • Version: 1.302207 on 2024-12-28, with 190 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.302206 was 8 days before
   • Author: EXODIST
10. XML::Hash::XS - Simple and fast hash to XML and XML to hash conversion written in C
    • Version: 0.62 on 2024-12-28, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.59 was 7 days before
    • Author: YOREEK