The Year in Perl 2005

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Re: The Year in Perl 2005 by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jan 01, 2006 at 00:51 UTC
To me, the most significant developments were Rails and the Perl responses to it. I, too, am very interested in Jifty - that Jesse's heavily involved is a big plus in our book and I can't wait to see the continuations in action. The ORM also looks a lot like ActiveRecord, which is good. Other than that, it's all personal achievements - two articles on perl.com, a new job that I actually like, and a deeper OSS involvement all around. It's been a good year. :-) My criteria for good software: Does it work? Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?	[reply]
Re: The Year in Perl 2005 by Juerd (Abbot) on Jan 01, 2006 at 11:26 UTC
What was significant to you this year? Pugs. Just have a look at what it is, and what it does. It's hard to believe that its first lines of code were written as recently as February. Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }	[reply]
Re: The Year in Perl 2005 by sub_chick (Hermit) on Jan 01, 2006 at 15:52 UTC
To me, the most significant thing had to of been finally taking up perl for the first time back in mid-November. I'm sure it will still be significant througout 2006. Happy New Years! :) Es gibt mehr im Leben als Bücher, weißt du. Aber nicht viel mehr. - (Die Smiths)"	[reply]
Re: The Year in Perl 2005 by ghenry (Vicar) on Jan 02, 2006 at 08:32 UTC
I love the fact that Catalyst came out and is now coming along nicely. A joy to program webapps again!!! Walking the road to enlightenment... I found a penguin and a camel on the way..... Fancy a yourname@perl.me.uk? Just ask!!!	[reply]