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The Perl Compiler πŸ”—
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October 2011
Presenter: Reini Urban
Perl programs are normally compiled from script into memory and executed without a separate compilation step. The standard distribution once had a program that could compile as Perl script into a standalone executable. In this talk, Reini Urban describes the Perl compiler and some of the issues with updating this program to modern Perl versions.

The Qore Language ... for Perl ProgrammersBit Hacks on IP Ranges πŸ”—
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September 2011
Presenter: Brett Estrade

Brett talked about the Qore programming language. The syntax of the language has some elements in common with Perl. On the other side, Qore has some strong features for concurrency as a fundamental feature.

Presenter: Jake Gelbman

Next, Jake described some work he has done recently for converting ranges of IP addresses in various forms into a set of IP addresses. This talk was more low-level than most presentations.

Finally, we had a series of lightning talks that covered several different topics.


Intro to Dancer πŸ”—
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August 2011
Presenter: Mark Allen
Mark Allen will be presenting the "Intro to Dancer" talk he gave at OSCON 2011. If he has time, Mark has also offered to give a quick overview of some of the Perl information he learned at OSCON.

Cooking with Cobbler πŸ”—
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July 2011
Presenter: Gordon Child
Gordon Child presented the Cobbler installation system. It supports rapid deployment and configuration of servers via a network boot.

Introduction to Perl: Testing πŸ”—
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May 2011
Presenter: G. Wade Johnson
In this talk, Wade introduces the basics of automated testing assuming little knowledge of the Perl testing culture. The purpose of the presentation is not to make you an expert tester, but to introduce the concepts, tools, and reasoning behind automated testing in Perl.

Automated Browser Interaction Using WWW::Selenium πŸ”—
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April 2011
Presenter: Gordon Child
Gordon described the problem with testing Web Applications. He demonstrated using Selenium to test applications by automating different browsers to actually execute the web application.

Your Perl is Slow (and it does not have to be) πŸ”—
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March 2011
Presenter: Nick Koston
Nick Koston explored using Devel::NYTProf, Benchmark, and Data::Dumper to optimize Perl code. He explored some of the reasons that Perl code can be slow, and how to fix it.

Publishing CPAN Modules with Dist::Zilla πŸ”—
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October 2010
Presenter: Todd Rinaldo
Todd gave a short presentation showing how Dist::Zilla simplifies the maintainence of CPAN-compatible modules. Afterward, we applied the experience and skills of the group to solving a problem presented by one of the attendees.

Making the Computer Work for You πŸ”—
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September 2010
Presenter: G. Wade Johnson
This was a much more entry-level presentation, aimed at introducing computer-savvy individuals to basic programming. Wade walked through the process of automating a few repetitive tasks with a little relatively simple code.

The Musical Instrument Known as Perl πŸ”—
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July 2010
Presenter: Erin Schoenhals
Erin demonstrated some of the low-level code needed to work with MIDI and WAV files in Perl. In the process, he demonstrated some of the basics of generating sound with Perl.

Data Visualization with Perl and SVG πŸ”—
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June
Presenter: G. Wade Johnson
Wade previewed the talk he will present at YAPC::NA 2010. This lead to a lively discussion about the capabilities of the SVG image format. Todd Rinaldo asked for help on the Net::Ident module.

Programming Paradigms in Perl πŸ”—
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May 2010
Presenter: G. Wade Johnson
Wade introduced a few of the major programming paradigms and explained how they relate to Perl. There were a few examples and a fair bit of discussion.

Introduction to Object Oriented Programming with Moose πŸ”—
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April 2010
Presenter: Todd Rinaldo
Todd introduced Object Oriented programming in Perl using the Moose library. Unlike most Moose talks, Todd targeted people with less OO experience, teaching Moose without an assumption of familarity with Perl OO Programming.

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