in reply to New Module Area?

I tend to think of modules as very specific tools. If I have a certain task I need to perform, I check CPAN to see what sort of tools are available for the job at hand. I might not know everything that is available out there, but that's only because I never had a need to go looking for them. Still, I like the idea of having people extoll their favorite modules - perhaps in the Perl Monks discussion section? Perhaps as a future voting topic? Perhaps "The module I use the most is..." (CGI, LWP, Benchmark, Date, String, Math, etc...)

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
RE: RE: New Module Area?
by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 21, 2000 at 07:52 UTC
    To refine this idea somewhat more, consider that there are quite a few Date modules (Date::Manip and Date::SimpleCalc) come to mind. How about writing up "In this situation I would use that module. Here's why." If you would roll your own solution (big can of worms here), explain why too.

    For example, I stay away from Date::Manip because it's huge and usually overkill for my purposes. One of the other modules is usually more appropriate, or even using some special chromatic library code I wrote days ago (if I were in the habit of doing such a thing) is a better solution for performance reasons.

[reply]

In Section Perl Monks Discussion