Making the best use of Perl includes understanding and using its data structures.
G. Wade Johnson will present the major Perl data structures, dipping slightly into
implementation, but focusing mostly on the effective use of those structures.
John Lightsey will present an early version of a talk he has scheduled for The Perl and Raku
Conference this year. The talk will cover using fuzzing in analysis of the Perl interpreter. If
you have interest in security, Perl, or fuzz testing, this will be the talk for you.
Except in the case of simple standalone scripts, Perl applications usually consist
of multiple modules and the perl executable. In this discussion, we want
to cover some of the ways you can deploy a Perl application to any environment.
Evan Carroll covers some of the reasons for using an Object Oriented paradigm when
programming. He shows how Perl and a few other languages implement the appropriate
concepts.
Wade starts with some unit testing basics, introduces some of the Perl unit test frameworks,
and then focuses on concepts and tricks to help you get more from your unit tests. While not
attempting to cover the whole subject of unit testing, there should be something here for most.
