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6       perlcommunity - a brief overview of the Perl community
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DESCRIPTION

9       This document aims to provide an overview of the vast perl community,
10       which is far too large and diverse to provide a detailed listing. If
11       any specific niche has been forgotten, it is not meant as an insult but
12       an omission for the sake of brevity.
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14       The Perl community is as diverse as Perl, and there is a large amount
15       of evidence that the Perl users apply TMTOWTDI to all endeavors, not
16       just programming. From websites, to IRC, to mailing lists, there is
17       more than one way to get involved in the community.
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19   Where to Find the Community
20       There is a central directory for the Perl community: <https://perl.org>
21       maintained by the Perl Foundation (<https://www.perlfoundation.org/>),
22       which tracks and provides services for a variety of other community
23       sites.
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25   Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
26       Perl runs on e-mail; there is no doubt about it. The Camel book was
27       originally written mostly over e-mail and today Perl's development is
28       co-ordinated through mailing lists. The largest repository of Perl
29       mailing lists is located at <https://lists.perl.org>.
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31       Most Perl-related projects set up mailing lists for both users and
32       contributors. If you don't see a certain project listed at
33       <https://lists.perl.org>, check the particular website for that
34       project.  Most mailing lists are archived at
35       <https://www.nntp.perl.org/>.
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37   IRC
38       The Perl community has a rather large IRC presence. For starters, it
39       has its own IRC network, <irc://irc.perl.org>. General (not help-
40       oriented) chat can be found at <irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>. Many other
41       more specific chats are also hosted on the network. Information about
42       irc.perl.org is located on the network's website:
43       <https://www.irc.perl.org>. For a more help-oriented #perl, check out
44       <irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl>. Raku development also has a presence in
45       <irc://irc.freenode.net/#raku-dev>. Most Perl-related channels will be
46       kind enough to point you in the right direction if you ask nicely.
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48       Any large IRC network (Dalnet, EFnet) is also likely to have a #perl
49       channel, with varying activity levels.
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51   Websites
52       Perl websites come in a variety of forms, but they fit into two large
53       categories: forums and news websites. There are many Perl-related
54       websites, so only a few of the community's largest are mentioned here.
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56       News sites
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58       <https://perl.com/>
59           Originally run by O'Reilly Media (the publisher of the Camel Book,
60           this site provides quality articles mostly about technical details
61           of Perl.
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63       <http://blogs.perl.org/>
64           Many members of the community have a Perl-related blog on this
65           site. If you'd like to join them, you can sign up for free.
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67       <http://perlsphere.net/>
68           Perlsphere is one of several aggregators of Perl-related blog
69           feeds.
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71       <http://perlweekly.com/>
72           Perl Weekly is a weekly mailing list that keeps you up to date on
73           conferences, releases and notable blog posts.
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75       Forums
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77       <https://www.perlmonks.org/>
78           PerlMonks is one of the largest Perl forums, and describes itself
79           as "A place for individuals to polish, improve, and showcase their
80           Perl skills." and "A community which allows everyone to grow and
81           learn from each other."
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83       <https://stackoverflow.com/>
84           Stack Overflow is a free question-and-answer site for programmers.
85           It's not focussed solely on Perl, but it does have an active group
86           of users who do their best to help people with their Perl
87           programming questions.
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89       <http://prepan.org/>
90           PrePAN is used as a place to discuss modules that you're
91           considering uploading to the CPAN.  You can get feedback on their
92           design before you upload.
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94   User Groups
95       Many cities around the world have local Perl Mongers chapters. A Perl
96       Mongers chapter is a local user group which typically holds regular in-
97       person meetings, both social and technical; helps organize local
98       conferences, workshops, and hackathons; and provides a mailing list or
99       other continual contact method for its members to keep in touch.
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101       To find your local Perl Mongers (or PM as they're commonly abbreviated)
102       group check the international Perl Mongers directory at
103       <https://www.pm.org/>.
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105   Workshops
106       Perl workshops are, as the name might suggest, workshops where Perl is
107       taught in a variety of ways. At the workshops, subjects range from a
108       beginner's introduction (such as the Pittsburgh Perl Workshop's "Zero
109       To Perl") to much more advanced subjects.
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111       There are several great resources for locating workshops: the websites
112       mentioned above, the calendar mentioned below, and the YAPC Europe
113       website, <http://www.yapceurope.org/>, which is probably the best
114       resource for European Perl events.
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116   Hackathons
117       Hackathons are a very different kind of gathering where Perl hackers
118       gather to do just that, hack nonstop for an extended (several day)
119       period on a specific project or projects. Information about hackathons
120       can be located in the same place as information about workshops as well
121       as in <irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>.
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123       If you have never been to a hackathon, here are a few basic things you
124       need to know before attending: have a working laptop and know how to
125       use it; check out the involved projects beforehand; have the necessary
126       version control client; and bring backup equipment (an extra LAN cable,
127       additional power strips, etc.)  because someone will forget.
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129   Conventions
130       Perl had two major annual conventions: The Perl Conference (now part of
131       OSCON), put on by O'Reilly, and Yet Another Perl Conference or YAPC
132       (pronounced yap-see), which is localized into several regional YAPCs
133       (North America, Europe, Asia) in a stunning grassroots display by the
134       Perl community.
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136       In 2016, YAPC was rebranded as The Perl Conference again. It is now
137       referred to as The Perl and Raku Conference.
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139       OSCON had been discontinued.
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141       For more information about either conference, check out their
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144       ·   The Perl Conference
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146           <http://perlconference.us/>.
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148       ·   OSCON
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150           <https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/>
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152       An additional conference franchise with a large Perl portion was the
153       Open Source Developers Conference or OSDC. First held in Australia, it
154       also spread to Israel and France. More information can be found at:
155       <http://www.osdc.org.il> for Israel, and <http://www.osdc.fr/> for
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158   Calendar of Perl Events
159       The Perl Review, <http://www.theperlreview.com> maintains a website and
160       Google calendar for tracking workshops, hackathons, Perl Mongers
161       meetings, and other events. A view of this calendar is available at
162       <https://www.perl.org/events.html>.
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164       Not every event or Perl Mongers group is on that calendar, so don't
165       lose heart if you don't see yours posted. To have your event or group
166       listed, contact brian d foy (brian@theperlreview.com).
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AUTHOR

169       Edgar "Trizor" Bering <trizor@gmail.com>
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