I'm going to leave out lwp, and dbi and other overly well knowns and CORE:: moduels assume a basic novice level perl programmer:
Got to haves:
Moose
MooseX::Traits
YAML
XXX
Devel::SimpleTrace
Module::Install
Module::Starter
Extraction:
Text::CSV (the new and improved, for all ___ deliminited files)
DataExtract::FixedWidth (I created it, but it is still probably one of my most used modules)
HTML::TreeBuilder
Content Creation:
Catalyst
Template
I'm probably missing a bunch...

Some of the modules others have suggested legitimately bad imho, like Data::Dumper which has no upside when compaired to XXX. I also regret learning functional-module style perl, i.e. Exporter, vars, libs. et al. Moose ftw. I also regret learning every ORM I've ever learned: they all seem to ultimately be a waste of time.


Evan Carroll
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In reply to Re: Which modules provide highest return-on-investment? by EvanCarroll
in thread Which modules provide highest return-on-investment? by missingthepoint

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