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Amazon S3 Available From Perl
[2008-04-10] Some lines of Perl enable efficient reading and writing of data to the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

Perl Modules: Java's Little Helpers
[2008-03-12] Perl programmers who may have to add "Write once, run anywhere" to their knowledge of "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" can find modules to assist in working with Java.

Random Errors in Perl
[2008-02-08] There is a simple mistake I make frequently with random numbers. I'll use Perl to illustrate, but trust me: I can screw this up in just about any language. And I have...

Playing with Perl 5.10
[2008-01-14] While we were all busy getting ready for the holidays, version 5.10 of Perl appeared on CPAN.

Equal Height CSS Columns with Filler Text
[2007-12-03] If you search for "column alignment" or "css columns", you'll probably eventually end up at In search of the One True Layout at positioniseverything.net. That's great stuff, but it is not what I wanted.

Random Subroutines in Perl
[2007-11-15] I'll bet your first question might be "why on earth would I ever want to call subroutines randomly?".

Bouncing Around Perl On The Web
[2007-10-24] Once you have trounced the rest of the Perl class in Prisoner's Dilemma and are ready to take your skills into the field, it's good to know plenty of resources exist online.

Stripping out Bad Characters Generated By a Perl Shopping Cart
[2007-08-24] There is an interesting thread in the WebProWorld forum that solves a problem a member was having trying to strip bad characters from a block of text generated by his perl shopping cart.

Random Code in CGI/Perl Script
[2007-06-26] Here I am again bringing some discussion from our WebProWorld forum to the readers of PerlProNews.

Review: The Apache Module Book
[2007-04-03] Aaargh.. C code. I never thought I'd say that, but there it is. I must be getting old..

Perl, CGI and SSI Advice
[2007-02-23] One of the goals of our WebProWorld forum is for people to help each other with problems that may be having whether it be in marketing, eCommerce, or coding.

Review: Wicked Cool Perl Scripts
[2007-01-30] Order (or just read more about) Wicked Cool Perl Scripts from Amazon.com

A Perl and C# Comparison
[2007-01-09] A search that I have noticed that has been passed to my site was "perl c# comparison", I would assume that the person that asked this was trying to compare the languages and not how c# and perl perform comparisons.

Handling Missing Data
[2006-12-18] I have an old Perl project that goes out to a Government web site, ftp's some files, massages them in various ways, and spits out some output. Over time, the project grew, and now does more than it used to.

Help, My Script Isn't Working!
[2006-11-28] Here's a list of tips and tricks to consult at two a.m. when you're trying to put your site to bed and that d*mn script just won't work.

Perl loop causes strange read-only error
[2006-10-24] Ok, folks: I don't understand this. It must have something to do with anonymous arrays in Perl (no, it doesn't, I realize now), but I don't grok the connection.

Continuation Lines
[2006-10-10] There's been a long standing Unix convention of breaking long lines with a "\" to make them easier to read.

Whatever, Perl 6 Is On The Way
[2006-10-03] Larry Wall's recent State of the Onion address concerned Perl 6 and the concept of being prepared to do "whatever" in the context of the next version of the language.

The Hidden Loop
[2006-09-18] Programmers use loops to avoid writing repetitive code, but sometimes forget that compilers will unroll their loops when possible for efficiency.

Webmin, Usermin Need Updates
[2006-09-01] The French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT) has reported a pair of vulnerabilities in Webmin and Usermin that could be exploited by remote attackers.

Seeing Perl In Google Code
[2006-08-21] Google's release of a code repository for open source projects has a number of languages represented, including Perl.

Perl Plus Jifty Equals Hiveminder
[2006-08-08] Yes, Jifty is another web application builder, and yes, Hiveminder is another to-do list; but it is Perl that made them possible.

Perl Bootcamp Saddles Up For Germany
[2006-07-25] The next Big Nerd Ranch session of Perl Bootcamp occurs in Germany in September, and will cover Intermediate Perl.

Perl Coders Get New GTK+ Release
[2006-07-05] Programmers on Perl and other languages can take advantage of the latest stable release of the GTK+ toolkit to facilitate rapid application development.

Yet Another Perl Conference A Week Away
[2006-06-20] YAPC:NA 2006 takes place June 26th-28th in Chicago, with Larry Wall and Damian Conway providing the keynotes that will sandwich the conference's events and talks.


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