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Personal schedule for Ken Youens-Clark

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8:30am Monday, 07/20/2009

Perl 6: Why? What? How?

Perl
Location: Meeting Room B1/B4

Damian Conway (Thoughtstream)

Average rating:

(4.76, 21 ratings)

This half-day tutorial provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to the new language, specifically designed to get current Perl 5 programmers up to speed on the new and powerful features of Perl 6. Read more.

1:30pm Monday, 07/20/2009

What's new in Perl v5.10?

Perl
Location: Meeting Room B1/B4

Tom Christiansen (TCPC)

Average rating:

(2.77, 13 ratings)

Perl5 is alive and well, and this tutorial outlines the many significant changes appearing in the 5.10.0 release and beyond, especially in regular expressions and modules. Read more.

8:30am Tuesday, 07/21/2009

7 Principles of Better API Design

Perl, Programming
Location: Ballroom A3/A6

Damian Conway (Thoughtstream)

Average rating:

(4.34, 32 ratings)

This course presents a minimalist approach to interface design known as "S.A.T." Developed by Damian Conway over the past decade, this design philosophy can produce smaller, better focused, more usable module APIs. Read more.

1:30pm Tuesday, 07/21/2009

Doing Perl Right

Perl
Location: Ballroom A4/A5

Paul Fenwick (Perl Training Australia), Jacinta Richardson (Perl Training Australia)

Average rating:

(4.12, 24 ratings)

You already know some Perl. You've read a book, written a few scripts, maybe even a module, but are you sure you're doing it right? Languagues and techniques evolve over time, and Perl is no exception. This detailed tutorial covers many of the best modern and practical techniques in Perl, including Moose, autodie, Devel::NYTProf, Devel::Cover, PAR, Perl::Critic and more. Read more.

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