the perl community
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The
Perl
Community
Dave Cross
[email protected]
The Perl Community
is a
large and complex
place
Many interesting corners
I've been exploring it
for over
ten years
Let me
be your
guide
But first
Some history
Our story begins
in the mid 90s
The Perl Community
is small
and disorganised
And largely
based around Usenet
And a few
mailing lists
In 1997
O'Reilly organised the first Perl Conference
Many Perl people
meet each other
face to face
for the first time
The idea of
Perl Mongers
is born
The use of the camel image in associationwith the Pyramids isa
trademark ofRameses & Co.
Used with permission
Over the following years the community grows and diversifies
Let's start
at the top
The
Perl
Foundation
Awards
grants for
Perl projects
Holds various
Perl-related
copyrights
Run various
Perl web sites
Runs YAPC
Runs YAPC
* Not YAPC::Europe
www.perlfoundation.org
Perl Monks
Perl advice
web site
Post a Perl
question
Get a good
answer
And, often,
many bad ones
Many Perl
experts
High quality
See also
Stack Overflow
perlmonks.org
Perl Mongers
Perl people
in your town
And, often,
in the pub
Social meetings
Technical meetings
Heretical meetings
Emergency meetings
Always a good reason for a
Perl Mongers
meeting
pm.org
Mailing lists
Hundreds of lists
Lists on every topic imaginable
advocacy ai beginners bioperl community conference cpan crypto database db developer documentation games graphics internals interntl jobs lingua mac mail misc mod_perl module modules networking newsgroup oop os perl perl6 ports qa science sysadmin tk tools unicode web win32 www x10 xml xp yapc
lists.perl.org
irc
Real-time chat
Dozens of channels
Perl mongers groups
Module support
Just chat
irc.perl.org
Blogs
Perl people
writing about
Perl
Dozens of new blogs
New blogs
starting all the time
Why not join in?
blogs.perl.org
Blog aggregators
planet.perl.org
perlsphere.net
Perl Iron Man
ironman.enlightenperl.org
Conferences
Meet Perl people
from all over
the world
And drink
with them
And discuss Perl
with them
Keep up to date
with the latest
Perl technology
Learn about
cool things
people are doing
with Perl
Share cool things
you are doing
with Perl
Meet old friends
Make new friends
And drink
with them
YAPC
All over the world
yapc.org
yapceurope.org
OSCON
Lots of
Open Source
technology
Grew out of
The Perl
Conference
oscon.com
Perl Workshops
One-day
grass roots
Perl conferences
Free
(or very cheap)
All over the world
Too many to list
theperlreview.com/community_calendar
The Perl Community
has something
for everyone
If you want to
talk about Perl
If you want to
hack on
Perl projects
If you want to
learn more
about Perl
If you want to
share your
Perl knowledge
If you want to
drink beer
with geeks
Please join us
It'll be fun
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