I have bodies of code to maintain and improve. Using tests is a given, and TDD is a wonderful thing. I am still learning Perl culture, and would appreciate guidance on tools and processes.

My parameters are hopefully simple. I prefer clear and verbose code so I can understand it the next time I read it. When producing tools I prefer to stay as close to Core/StdLib Perl as possible. When working *with* tools, more options are open. For example, using a Perl::Critic plug-in while developing code is fine, shipping those add-ons is something I would avoid.

My current plan is a cycle of:

  1. Write Tests
  2. Kwalitee
  3. Perl::Tidy
  4. Perl::Critic

Repeating as necessary, or until I have to ship the code. Are there other tools to add to the mix? Better processes?

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In reply to Perl tools for making code better by Leitz

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