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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       Raku
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27       Perl's sister language, Raku (formerly known as Perl 6), maintains its
28       own directory of community resources at <https://raku.org/community/>.
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30   Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
31       Perl runs on e-mail; there is no doubt about it. The Camel book was
32       originally written mostly over e-mail and today Perl's development is
33       co-ordinated through mailing lists. The largest repository of Perl
34       mailing lists is located at <https://lists.perl.org>.
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36       Most Perl-related projects set up mailing lists for both users and
37       contributors. If you don't see a certain project listed at
38       <https://lists.perl.org>, check the particular website for that
39       project.  Most mailing lists are archived at
40       <https://www.nntp.perl.org/>.
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42   IRC
43       The Perl community has a rather large IRC presence. For starters, it
44       has its own IRC network, <irc://irc.perl.org>. General (not help-
45       oriented) chat can be found at <irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>. Many other
46       more specific chats are also hosted on the network. Information about
47       irc.perl.org is located on the network's website:
48       <https://www.irc.perl.org>. For a more help-oriented #perl, check out
49       <irc://irc.libera.chat/#perl> (webchat
50       <https://web.libera.chat/#perl>). Most Perl-related channels will be
51       kind enough to point you in the right direction if you ask nicely.
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53       Any large IRC network (Dalnet, EFnet) is also likely to have a #perl
54       channel, with varying activity levels.
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56   Websites
57       Perl websites come in a variety of forms, but they fit into two large
58       categories: forums and news websites. There are many Perl-related
59       websites, so only a few of the community's largest are mentioned here.
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61       News sites
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63       <https://perl.com/>
64           Originally run by O'Reilly Media (the publisher of the Camel Book,
65           this site provides quality articles mostly about technical details
66           of Perl.
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68       <http://blogs.perl.org/>
69           Many members of the community have a Perl-related blog on this
70           site. If you'd like to join them, you can sign up for free.
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72       <https://perl.theplanetarium.org/>
73           Planet Perl is one of several aggregators of Perl-related blog
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76       <https://perlweekly.com/>
77           Perl Weekly is a weekly mailing list that keeps you up to date on
78           conferences, releases and notable blog posts.
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80       Forums
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82       <https://www.perlmonks.org/>
83           PerlMonks is one of the largest Perl forums, and describes itself
84           as "A place for individuals to polish, improve, and showcase their
85           Perl skills." and "A community which allows everyone to grow and
86           learn from each other."
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88       <https://stackoverflow.com/>
89           Stack Overflow is a free question-and-answer site for programmers.
90           It's not focussed solely on Perl, but it does have an active group
91           of users who do their best to help people with their Perl
92           programming questions.
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94       <http://prepan.org/>
95           PrePAN is used as a place to discuss modules that you're
96           considering uploading to the CPAN.  You can get feedback on their
97           design before you upload.
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99   User Groups
100       Many cities around the world have local Perl Mongers chapters. A Perl
101       Mongers chapter is a local user group which typically holds regular in-
102       person meetings, both social and technical; helps organize local
103       conferences, workshops, and hackathons; and provides a mailing list or
104       other continual contact method for its members to keep in touch.
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106       To find your local Perl Mongers (or PM as they're commonly abbreviated)
107       group check the international Perl Mongers directory at
108       <https://www.pm.org/>.
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110   Workshops
111       Perl workshops are, as the name might suggest, workshops where Perl is
112       taught in a variety of ways. At the workshops, subjects range from a
113       beginner's introduction (such as the Pittsburgh Perl Workshop's "Zero
114       To Perl") to much more advanced subjects.
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116       There are several great resources for locating workshops: the websites
117       mentioned above, the calendar mentioned below, and the YAPC Europe
118       website, <http://www.yapceurope.org/>, which is probably the best
119       resource for European Perl events.
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121   Hackathons
122       Hackathons are a very different kind of gathering where Perl hackers
123       gather to do just that, hack nonstop for an extended (several day)
124       period on a specific project or projects. Information about hackathons
125       can be located in the same place as information about workshops as well
126       as in <irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>.
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128       If you have never been to a hackathon, here are a few basic things you
129       need to know before attending: have a working laptop and know how to
130       use it; check out the involved projects beforehand; have the necessary
131       version control client; and bring backup equipment (an extra LAN cable,
132       additional power strips, etc.)  because someone will forget.
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134   Conventions
135       Perl had two major annual conventions: The Perl Conference (now part of
136       OSCON), put on by O'Reilly, and Yet Another Perl Conference or YAPC
137       (pronounced yap-see), which is localized into several regional YAPCs
138       (North America, Europe, Asia) in a stunning grassroots display by the
139       Perl community.
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141       In 2016, YAPC was rebranded as The Perl Conference again. It is now
142       referred to as The Perl and Raku Conference.
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144       OSCON had been discontinued.
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146       For more information about either conference, check out their
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149       •   The Perl Conference
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151           <http://perlconference.us/>.
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153       •   OSCON
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155           <https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/>
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157       An additional conference franchise with a large Perl portion was the
158       Open Source Developers Conference or OSDC. First held in Australia, it
159       also spread to Israel and France. More information can be found at:
160       <http://www.osdc.org.il> for Israel, and <http://www.osdc.fr/> for
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163   Calendar of Perl Events
164       The Perl Review, <http://www.theperlreview.com> maintains a website and
165       Google calendar for tracking workshops, hackathons, Perl Mongers
166       meetings, and other events. A view of this calendar is available at
167       <https://www.perl.org/events.html>.
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169       Not every event or Perl Mongers group is on that calendar, so don't
170       lose heart if you don't see yours posted. To have your event or group
171       listed, contact brian d foy (brian@theperlreview.com).
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AUTHOR

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