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Wade gave a presentation about code references in Perl 5. This talk explains some of the things you can do with coderefs, including the concept of closures and ending with an introduction to currying.

Robert gave an interesting presentation on the Moose module and Class::MOP. Moose defines a new standard for creating and using objects in Perl.

Robert gave an introduction to the Catalyst web development framework.

Wade explained that creating CPAN-ready Perl modules is not particularly difficult. Nowadays, there are several modules that make it even easier.

Wade gave an overview of the Perl::Critic module. This lead to some group discussion about best practices in Perl.

Glenn introduced the PDF::API2 module and showed how it had been used to produce printable receipts online. He also provided a brief introduction to HTML::Template.

Robert lead a discussion on Perl 6. The meeting was part presentation, part question and answer session.

Will and Jeremy presented their experiences at YAPC::NA this year in Chicago. Jeremy also gave an update on the current state of our proposal for YAPC::NA 2007 in Houston.

Paul covered two separate topics this month. The first was a quick overview of the Subversion version control system. Afterwards, he explained the topics of caching and memoization as discussed in the book Higher Order Perl.

We concluded our discussion on Perl common knowledge, tip, and tricks. Plus, we discussed some gotchas relating to context and dubroutines.

Wade lead a discussion on common Perl features, tips, and tricks that every Perl programmer should know.

Paul concluded this series of presentations on libusb for control the USB Visual Indicator from Perl. We used the current prototype to control two separate USB VSI devices on the same laptop and solved some difficulties with Inline::C and modules.

Paul continued the group programming session using Inline::C and libusb to control the USB Visual Indicator from Perl. In this installment, we worked around discrepencies in the documents and provided a Perl-friendly interface to a low-level function. Once again, audience participation was half the fun.