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Module Corner Request for Submissions

hfb on 2001-11-02T07:21:24

hfb writes "Do you have a module you love? A group of modules you waded through to find the right one for something you were working on? A module that left you scarred for life? :) If you have the time and the motivation to write an article about your experience I'm trying to organise a, hopefully, semi-regular feature on use Perl; using articles people submit on CPAN modules. We'll consider any submissions and hope that we find articles that will interest people using CPAN for a wide range of tasks."

hmm...

_bitwise on 2001-11-02T08:28:48

Do you know what is weird about this post?

At our October 27th Perl Monger meeting, we decided to add what we've dubbed the Monthly Module. A Monthly Module section is being added to the website and at each Perl Monger meeting we will have a 5-10 talk on said module.

Great minds think alike, eh? :)

So, should we proceed with our local version of this idea and just submit a link to the Monthly Module articles there are exceptionally written? Or should we just post the Monthly Modules to http://use.perl.org and forgo the local webpage?

We are also adding another column to our Perl Monger site, Algorithm Alley. We have several teacher types lurking in the group and wanted to provide a way to present short articles without submitting to formal zines and such.

Thanks!

Re:hmm...

blight on 2001-11-02T12:36:44

Please post them here. use Perl; could really use some more content.

Re:hmm...

_bitwise on 2001-11-02T13:23:47

Actually, the Algorithm Alley column name is already used in Dr. Dobb's Journal. I knew it sounded familiar when it was suggested at the meeting. I was just reading the latest DDJ and flipped to Algorithm Alley. Rats!

Re:hmm...

hfb on 2001-11-02T15:35:33

Sure, submit them to use Perl; :) We don't require exclusive rights to material.

articles on modules some might find interesting...

tzz on 2001-11-02T14:52:57

I've written several articles on particular CPAN modules that others might find interesting:


AppConfig



Parse::RecDescent


The Persistent classes



And I rely heavily on modules in other articles I've written for IBM DeveloperWorks. I can allow most of them (depending on the IBM publishing date because of the contract; the three above are OK) to be republished for free, if anyone is interested.

Ted

Re:articles on modules some might find interesting

hfb on 2001-11-02T15:43:34

Nice articles :) I'm looking for anything module related as unrestrained creativity could produce some interesting articles. I'm working on an article that will describe my painful quest for a perl/apache photo album comparing 2 apache modules and 3 scripts/modules that are not on CPAN. It doesn't have to be for the high-end tea drinking crowd :)

Re:articles on modules some might find interesting

Matts on 2001-11-02T20:59:34

Damn damn, DAMN!

I'm just working on AxKit::PhotoAlbum. Though it's proving slower (to develop) than I'd prefer. I mean I had to write XML::LibRSVG first (for the SVG thumbnails, in case you couldn't guess) :-)

Re:articles on modules some might find interesting

jns on 2001-11-03T14:12:57

But Matt, I couldn't get it to work matey :)

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