Perl Weekly #673 - One week till the Perl and Raku conference
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Published: 2024-06-17 09:46:41

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Originally published at [Perl Weekly 673](https://perlweekly.com/archive/673.html)


Hi,

We had our first virtual event a couple of days ago. I was really happy to see that more than 25 people joined. We also have the <a href="https://youtu.be/mh9kx-Swx74">video recordings of Getting started with Docker for Perl developers</a>. Please watch, click on the thumbs-up and follow the channel!

The next such event will be on 14 July about <a href="https://www.meetup.com/code-mavens/events/301413566/">Continuous Integration (CI): GitHub Actions for Perl Projects</a>. I'd like to encourage you to register to the <a href="https://www.meetup.com/code-mavens">Code-Mavens group</a> an to the event itself. I would be also happy to get requests for topics to cover.

On the <a href="https://perlweekly.com/events">events page of the Perl Weekly</a> you can now see all the Perl-related events we know about. It also features a calendar you can add to Google calendar or whatever other program you use to see the events along with your own events.

The closest of all those events is <a href="https://tprc.us/tprc-2024-las/">The Perl and Raku conference</a> that starts a week from today. It is still not too late to register and to use it as an excuse to go to Las Vegas... You could, of course also sponsor the conference...

Another one of the big in-person events is the <a href="http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2024/">London Perl and Raku Workshop</a> that will take place in October. There you still have time to submit a talk proposal or to offer your sponsorship.

Enjoy your week!

  --
  Your editor: Gabor Szabo.


## Sponsors

  
### [Continuous Integration (CI): GitHub Actions for Perl Projects (Free Virtual Workshop on July 13)](https://www.meetup.com/code-mavens/events/301413566/)

In this virtual workshop you will learn why and how to use GitHub Actions as a CI system for your Perl projects. The workshop is free of charge thanks to my <a href="https://szabgab.com/supporters">supporters</a> via <a href="https://www.patreon.com/szabgab">Patreon</a> and <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/szabgab/">GitHub</a>. Besides this workshop I am running many more, so make sure you check the <a href="https://www.meetup.com/code-mavens/">Code Mavens meetup group</a> and also register to it.

  

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## Articles

  
### [Chopping UTF-8](https://domm.plix.at/perl/2024_06_chopping_utf8.html)

Dealing with UTF-8 characters on the command line with Perl

  
### [Making time to waste.](https://blogs.perl.org/users/saif/2024/06/making-time-to-waste.html)

An excellent writing a bit about RRULES for recurring events and a lot about time. Something we have plenty of, but never enough.

  
### [listening to your friends' jams with last.fm](https://rjbs.cloud/blog/2024/06/lastfm-friendo/)

How can you discover music that your friends like, but you have never heard off?

  
### [Building Perl applications for Bioinformatics ](https://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/1dg7phy/building_perl_applications_for_bioinformatics/)

An academic paper and some discussion.

  
### [GitHub Actions doesn't like the older perl images today ](https://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/1dg1fur/github_actions_doesnt_like_the_older_perl_images/)



  
### [Thanks Fastly!](https://log.perl.org/2024/06/thanks-fastly.html)

The Perl NOC is thanking its supporters.

  

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## Discussion

  
### [How to remove comments that are <b>not</b> in a quoted string?](https://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/1delhj6/how_can_i_remove_comments_are_not_in_a_quoted/)



  
### [No-BS Perl Webhost?](https://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/1deag2n/nobs_perl_webhost/)

Where can one host a web site running Perl? Several responses. I have been using <a href="https://code-maven.com/linode">Linode</a> (now part of Akamai) for ages and I also love and use <a href="https://code-maven.com/digitalocean">Digital Ocean</a>. Both will let you rent a small VPS for about $5 / month. That gives you root access to install whatever you like. As I just noticed they might also offer you some credit to get started without actually paying anything.

  

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## Grants

  
### [Maintaining Perl 5 Core (Dave Mitchell): April - May 2024](https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/maintaining_perl_dave_mitchell_april_may_2024)



  

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## Perl

  
### [This week in PSC (151) | 2024-06-13](https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2024/06/this-week-in-psc-151-2024-06-13.html)



  

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## The Weekly Challenge
<a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org">The Weekly Challenge</a> by <a href="https://manwar.org">Mohammad Sajid Anwar</a> will help you step out of your comfort-zone. You can even win prize money of $50 by participating in the weekly challenge. We pick one champion at the end of the month from among all of the contributors during the month, thanks to the sponsor Lance Wicks.
  
### [The Weekly Challenge - 274](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-274)

Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Goat Latin" and "Bus Route". If you are new to the weekly challenge then why not join us and have fun every week. For more information, please read the <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/faq">FAQ</a>.

  
### [RECAP - The Weekly Challenge - 273](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-273)

Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Percentage of Character" and "B After A" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.

  
### [Trying to Be X Percent More Interesting](https://github.com/atschneid/perlweeklychallenge-club/blob/master/challenge-273/atschneid/README.md)

Impressive blogging style discussing solutions in different languages. You really don't want to skip it, highly recommended.

  
### [B of A](https://raku-musings.com/b-of-a.html)

Two easy tasks and two easy solutions in Raku with plenty of documentation. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Round Here](https://jacoby-lpwk.onrender.com/2024/06/10/round-here-weekly-challenge-273.html)

Dealing with round in Perl is always fun. Here you get clever implementation. Thanks for sharing.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge: Week 273](https://www.braincells.com/perl/2024/06/perl_weekly_challenge_week_273.html)

One-liner in Raku is very impressive as always. You will find yourself plenty of documentation. Well done and keep it up.

  
### [Looking After The Percentage](https://github.sommrey.de/the-bears-den/2024/06/14/ch-273.html)

Pure Perl regex magic is on display. Please take a pause and check out the regex. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 273: Percentage of Character](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2024/06/perl-weekly-challenge-273-percentage-of-character.html)

Raku first and direct translation into Perl syntax is too much fun not to be missed. Well done and thanks for sharing.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 273: B After A](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2024/06/perl-weekly-challenge-273-b-after-a.html)

Raku regex is hard to follow to be honest. Having said, enjoy the comparative implementation in Perl.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 273](https://wlmb.github.io/2024/06/10/PWC273/)

Master of Perl one-liners and use of powerful Perl regex. Keep it up great work.

  
### [quite easy!](https://fluca1978.github.io/2024/06/10/PerlWeeklyChallenge273.html)

Two challenges and two one-liners in Raku. Thanks for your contributions.

  
### [Percentages and the 'BnoA' Regex](https://github.com/MatthiasMuth/perlweeklychallenge-club/tree/muthm-273/challenge-273/matthias-muth#readme)

For all Perl fans, please find Perl magics and enjoy. Thanks for sharing knowledge with us.

  
### [Time to count B chars](https://packy.dardan.com/b/Md)

Getting help from POSIX to deal with round is easy way out and clever one. Also checkout the different implementation in Raku and Python.

  
### [All about characters](http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge/273)

Perl pure regex implementation to deal with both tasks. Don't forget to try DIY tool.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge - 273](https://reiniermaliepaard.nl/perl/pwc/index.php?id=pwc273)

Nice promotion of CPAN modules to solve the challenges. I must admit, the discussion is very engaging. Well done.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge #273](https://hatley-software.blogspot.com/2024/06/robbie-hatleys-solutions-to-weekly_10.html)

lround() from POSIX? Never knew about this. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us.

  
### [Building Character](https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2024/06/The_Weekly_Challenge_273__Building_Character.html)

As always, Roger took the difficult path to deal with the challenge. Highly recommended.

  
### [Finding things](https://dev.to/simongreennet/finding-things-1f34)

cash rounding vs bankers rounding? Well documented the details, keep it up great work.

  

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## Videos

  
### [Getting started with Docker for Perl developers](https://youtu.be/mh9kx-Swx74)

This is the video recording of the first (and most recent :-) virtual event for Perl developers. Don't forget to thumb-up the video and to follow the channel to get notifications about new videos!

  

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## Weekly collections

  
### [NICEPERL's lists](http://niceperl.blogspot.com/)

<a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2024/06/d-11-great-cpan-modules-released-last.html">Great CPAN modules released last week</a>.

  

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## Events

  
### [The Perl and Raku conference](https://tprc.us/tprc-2024-las/)

June 24-28, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV, USA

  
### [Boston.pm monthly meeting](https://www.meetup.com/boston-pm/events/wvqlzrygckbmb)

July 9, 2024, Virtual event

  
### [Purdue Perl Mongers](https://www.meetup.com/hacklafayette/events/jdxwsrygckbnb)

July 10, 2024, Virtual event

  
### [Continuous Integration (CI): GitHub Actions for Perl Projects](https://www.meetup.com/code-mavens/events/301413566)

July 14, 2024, in Zoom

  
### [Toronto Perl Mongers monthly meeting](https://www.meetup.com/toronto-perl-mongers/events/qbvmltygckbhc/)

July 25, 2024, Virtual event

  
### [London Perl and Raku Workshop](http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2024/)

October 26, 2024, in London, UK

  

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