BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:Data::ICal 0.16 VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:YAPC::NA 2007 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Welcome to YAPC::NA 2007! DTEND:20070625T090000 DTSTART:20070625T084000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Welcome UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/192 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/192 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Keynote by Larry Wall. DTEND:20070625T105500 DTSTART:20070625T092500 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Keynote UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/193 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/193 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:10 minute break. DTEND:20070625T110500 DTSTART:20070625T105500 LOCATION: SUMMARY:BREAK UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/194 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/194 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Lunch Time! DTEND:20070625T133000 DTSTART:20070625T120000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:LUNCH UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/196 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/196 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:- what is this thing and why are P-jokes funny?\n - what does P arrot do and what will it someday become?\n - a tour of the design and arc hitecture in terms of features\n - a tour of the source code so you have n o excuse not to hack on it\n - a tour of the Parrot Compiler Tools so you can help us write Perl 6\n - a tour of Parrot's native PIR language\n\nPar rot is a virtual machine designed to run Perl 6 as well as any other dynam ic language it can attract. Its bright\, colorful plumage belies a very s erious intent: to be the best possible platform for language invention and interoperability for the next twenty years--or more.\n\nThis talk explore s Parrot from all of its interesting technical aspects: the features it su pports\, what's where in the source code\, how to use it on its own merits \, and how to use it to build your own dynamic language.\n\nSome programmi ng experience will be helpful\, but you need know nothing about Perl 6\, P erl 5\, or Parrot. The first two rows will get wet. DTEND:20070625T150500 DTSTART:20070625T135500 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:The Present and Phuture of Parrot - chromatic UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/195 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/195 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:15 minute break DTEND:20070625T150500 DTSTART:20070625T145000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:BREAK UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/209 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/209 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:15 minute break DTEND:20070625T150500 DTSTART:20070625T145000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:BREAK UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/208 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/208 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:15 minute break DTEND:20070625T150500 DTSTART:20070625T145000 LOCATION:Pacific SUMMARY:BREAK UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/210 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/210 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We've rented out the UC Games Room for Monday night!\n * Glow b owling\n * Billiards\n * Arcades\n * and more\n\nThey also serve beer in t he Games Room. DTEND:20070625T234500 DTSTART:20070625T204500 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Game Night in the UC! UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/212 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/212 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:15 minute break! DTEND:20070626T103000 DTSTART:20070626T101500 LOCATION: SUMMARY:BREAK UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/206 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/206 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Q: What has three compilers\, an executable definition\, a self -hosting parser\, a MAIN subroutine\, interesting values of undefinedness\ , nested postfix control statements\, unspace\, min and max operators\, co nsistent pattern metasyntax\, longest-token regex matching\, multi-signatu re subroutines\, option-based file tests\, list comprehensions\, cross met aoperators\, and topological multiple dispatch?\nA: Perl 6! DTEND:20070626T120000 DTSTART:20070626T103000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Perl 6 Update - Larry Wall UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/198 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/198 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Lunch Time! DTEND:20070626T133000 DTSTART:20070626T120000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:LUNCH UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/199 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/199 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:10 minute break DTEND:20070626T153000 DTSTART:20070626T151500 LOCATION: SUMMARY:BREAK UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/201 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/201 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The annual YAPC::NA dinner and The Perl Foundation fundraising auction. The dinner will be catered and is included with your registratio n. Location is the UH Hilton Ballroom\, located across the street from th e venue.\n\nFollowing the dinner\, there will be a fundraising auction to raise money for The Perl Foundation. Some of the items from last year inc luded various books\, clothing\, and lunch with well known members of the Perl community.\n\nMENU\n\nTexas Barbecue Buffet\n----\nTossed Green Salad with Creamy Ranch or Italian Dressing\nBarbecued Beef Brisket\nBarbecued Chicken\nBarbecued Baby Back Ribs\nBaked Beans\nPotato Salad\, Coleslaw\, Poblano Corn Relish\nJalapeno Corn Bread and Texas Toast\nFruit Cobbler\nF reshly Brewed Coffee\, Decaffeinated Coffee and Iced Tea\nVegetable Crudit e with Ranch Dip\nAntipasto Platter\nDeep Fried Cajun Turkey carved in the room by a uniformed Chef\nserved with Cranberry Relish\, Silver Dollar Ro lls and Mayonnaise DTEND:20070626T220000 DTSTART:20070626T190000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:YAPC Dinner and TPF Auction UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/190 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/190 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:10 minute break! DTEND:20070627T102000 DTSTART:20070627T101000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:BREAK UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/207 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/207 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Lunch Time! DTEND:20070627T133000 DTSTART:20070627T120000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:LUNCH UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/200 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/200 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:15 minute break DTEND:20070627T151500 DTSTART:20070627T150000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:BREAK UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/202 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/202 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:YAPC::NA Closing Ceremonies DTEND:20070627T153000 DTSTART:20070627T151500 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Closing Ceremonies UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/203 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/203 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Closing Keynote by Bill Odom DTEND:20070627T162000 DTSTART:20070627T153000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Closing Keynote UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/204 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/204 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Town Hall meeting DTEND:20070627T170000 DTSTART:20070627T162000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Town Hall Meeting UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/205 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/event/205 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Regular expressions are capable of calculating more than most p eople expect them to. In this presentation we will show how the popular Su dokus can be solved using regular expressions. Given a Sudoku\, we will co nstruct a regular expression that\, after matching\, yields the Sudokus so lution in $1\, $2\, $3\, etc.\n\nWe will also look into solving other (Jap anese) logic puzzles using regular expressions. DTEND:20070625T165500 DTSTART:20070625T160500 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Sudoku by Regexp UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/482 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/482 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The ability to re-bless an object is a powerful feature in Perl . Object::Trampoline handles very late binding of data types: when their m ethods are actually called. This can be helpful for breaking cycles in con figuration dependencies or delaying actual construction of expensive objec ts until they are actually needed (e.g.\, database handles) or avoiding th eir construction altogether. DTEND:20070625T162500 DTSTART:20070625T160500 LOCATION:Pacific SUMMARY:Object::Trampoline (follow the bouncing object) UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/487 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/487 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:While Perl is beloved of sysadmins and database administrators\ , there is a credibility gap when it comes to applications for end users.\ n\nThis talk explores the available technologies\, and presents ways in wh ich a Perl application can be packaged for end users. There is a critique and comparison of CPAN\, package managers\, Linux live CDs and scripts as executables\, which includes an in depth look at PAR. DTEND:20070626T151500 DTSTART:20070626T142500 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Packaging Perl Applications UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/505 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/505 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Why Would You Want to do a Lightning Talk?\n\nMaybe you've neve r given a talk before\, and you'd like to start small. For a Lightning Tal k\, you don't need to make slides\, and if you do decide to make slides\, you only need to make three.\n\nMaybe you're nervous and you're afraid you 'll mess up. It's a lot easier to plan and deliver a five minute talk than it is to deliver a long talk. And if you do mess up\, at least the painfu l part will be over quickly.\n\nMaybe you don't have much to say. Maybe yo u just want to ask a question\, or invite people to help you with your pro ject\, or boast about something you did\, or tell a short cautionary story . These things are all interesting and worth talking about\, but there mig ht not be enough to say about them to fill up thirty minutes.\n\nMaybe you have a lot of things to say\, and you're already going to give a long tal k on one of them\, and you don't want to hog the spotlight. There's nothin g wrong with giving several Lightning Talks. Hey\, they're only five minut es.\n\nOn the other side\, people might want to come to a lightning talk w hen they wouldn't come to a long talk on the same subject. The risk for th e attendees is smaller: If the talk turns out to be dull\, or if the perso n giving the talk turns out to be a really bad speaker\, well\, at least i t's over in five minutes. With lightning talks\, you're never stuck in som e boring lecture for forty-five minutes.\n\nStill having trouble picking a topic\, here are some suggestions:\n\n1. Why my favorite module is X.\n2. I want to do cool project X. Does anyone want to help?\n3. Successful Pro ject: I did project X. It was a success. Here's how you could benefit.\n4. Failed Project: I did project X. It was a failure\, and here's why.\n5. H eresy: People always say X\, but they're wrong. Here's why.\n6. You All Su ck: Here's what is wrong with the our community.\n7. Call to Action: Let's all do more of X / less of X.\n8. Wouldn't it be cool if X?\n9. Someone n eeds to do X.\n10. Wish List\n11. Why X was a mistake.\n12. Why X looks li ke a mistake\, but isn't.\n13. What it's like to do X.\n14. Here's a usefu l technique that worked.\n15. Here's a technique I thought would be useful but didn't work.\n16. Why algorithm X sucks.\n17. Comparison of algorithm s X and Y.\n\nOf course\, you could give the talk on anything you wanted\, whether or not it is on this list. If we get a full schedule of nothing b ut five minutes of ranting and raving on each topic\, a good time will sti ll be had by most. DTEND:20070627T150000 DTSTART:20070627T133000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Lightning Talks UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/507 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/507 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will show some of the techniques I used for buil ding iusethis.com. The site is built on Catalyst and DBIx::Class\, and the focus will be on those technologies. I will show you how I easily impleme nted AJAX components\, supported multiple views such as RSS and OPML as w ell as export to open formats. We will also look at strategies for impleme nting folksonomies\, and effective site search. \nThis is a more hands-on introduction to Catalyst-based development. DTEND:20070627T120000 DTSTART:20070627T111000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Bag of tricks from Iusethis UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/525 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/525 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Audience: Beginner to Guru\nCategory: Perl Modules\n\nThi s talk looks at why using phrasebooks can make your life as a programmer e asier\, and how porting from one system to another can be as simple as cha nging to a new phrasebook.\n\nUsing Data::Phrasebook specifically\, the ta lk will cover how to use phrasebooks\, how to manage and interchange phras ebook dictionaries and look at some of the applications that can benefit f rom phrasebooks (including some that already do\, that perhaps you didn't even realise!) DTEND:20070627T101000 DTSTART:20070627T095000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Using Phrasebooks - A Design Pattern UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/534 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/534 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Audience: Intermidate Perl knowledge\, can install modules f rom CPAN.\nCategory: Perl Modules\n\nThis talk takes a look at how a CP AN author might need to think about preparing a distribution they wish to upload to CPAN. The talk will deal with a Perl distribution\, but the cont ent of the talk is applicable to any distribution or application that is t o be deployed or distributed.\n\nThe talk covers:\n\n* Requirements for pa ckaging a CPAN distribution\n* Developer testing and sanity checking\n* Co mmon mistakes as seen by CPAN Testers\n\nNote that this is not a testing t alk\, although some aspects of testing are mentioned\, including CPAN Test ing. DTEND:20070626T142000 DTSTART:20070626T133000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Preparing For CPAN UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/536 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/536 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Installation of an open-source software package such as Perl or a CPAN module generally follows a 4-step process: configure\, build\, te st\, install. Although 'make test' is usually thought of as the place whe re all the testing happens\, the successful completion of each of the othe r stages implicitly constitutes the passing of a functional test. But doe s there exist a place for a type of test which is not included in the 'tes t' target but instead is run either before the 'configure' stage or betwee n the 'configure' and 'build' stages?\n\nIn this talk\, I argue that there is a role for such tests and I describe how I have implemented a number o f test suites\, run post-configure but pre-build\, for those of Parrot's b uild tools written in Perl 5. Such tests encourage provide more rapid fee dback on the results of refactoring than 'make test' can. Indeed\, they e ncourage Phalanx-style refactoring which makes the build tools more mainta inable over the long run. DTEND:20070627T095000 DTSTART:20070627T090000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Component-Focused Testing: The Case of the Parrot Build Tools UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/541 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/541 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Luke will explain and demonstrate Siteswap [1]\, the mathematical notation that can be used to describe juggling patterns. He'll also demonstrate a Perl module which can calculate valid Siteswap patterns.\n\n[1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siteswap DTEND:20070626T092000 DTSTART:20070626T090000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Juggling for Geeks UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/542 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/542 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:In this entertaining talk\, Luke will present several tricks an d perverse ways of using wikis to do various things. Most of the hacks use Perl to interface with a Socialtext Wiki. Luke will show a bunch of trick s for efficient wiki editing\, tricks for providing alternate views (blog views) of data in a wiki\, and how to do wiki-driven test automation. DTEND:20070625T144500 DTSTART:20070625T135500 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Hacktastic Wiki Tricks UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/543 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/543 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Barbie & David Golden\nAudience: Intermidate Pe rl knowledge\, can install modules from CPAN.\nCategory: Perl Modules\n \nCPAN Testing is growing in popularity and awareness\, but there are stil l areas of testing that desperately need your help. This talk takes a look at what CPAN Testing is\, why it's useful and why it gives Perl an edge. The bulk of the talk will look at the different methods of setting up a CP AN Testing test rig\, and finish off with some of the expectations of and for testers.\n\nTopics include:\n\n* History/Background to CPAN Testers\n* CPAN Testers reporting\n* CPAN/CPAN::Reporter\n* CPANPLUS/CPAN::YACSmoke\ n* CPAN Testers statistics\n* Future Enhancements\n\nA CPAN Testers BOF is planned to provide a longer discussion time for testers. DTEND:20070625T144500 DTSTART:20070625T135500 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:How To Be A CPAN Tester UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/548 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/548 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Prior to meaning 'Polymorphic Existential Recursive Lamdas'\, P erl meant 'Practical Extraction and Report Language'. Perl 6 has not lost the practical extraction capabilities of previous Perls\, but like many t hings\, has vastly improved.\n\nWe will examine how to group multiple rege xes together into a grammar\, how to transform regex output\, and how to r eturn custom objects.\n\nWe will examine a simple document\, such as a con ference schedule\, and extract interesting information\, placing the extra cted data in a structured document (either YAML or XML). DTEND:20070626T151500 DTSTART:20070626T142500 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Practical Extraction with Perl 6 UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/549 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/549 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:5.10 will be here soon\, and it has a lot of new features\, inc luding quite a number of features in the regular expression engine.\n\nThi s talk will give an overview of the new features in the regular expression engine. DTEND:20070626T101500 DTSTART:20070626T092500 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Perl 5.10 regular expressions UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/550 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/550 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Gantry\, and its code (re)generation framework Bigtop\, greatly accelerate Perl web application development\, without giving up flexibili ty. This talk shows you how to begin leveraging their power. DTEND:20070626T105000 DTSTART:20070626T103000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Building Web Apps with Gantry and Bigtop UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/556 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/556 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:It all started out so simple\, but somewhere along the line you r web app turned into a beast. How do you keep it under control as it exp ands across multiple machines\, multiple versions\, and client\ncustomizat ions?\n\nThis talk will examine how open source tools were used to manage a large\, modern\, perl web application through three years of major growt h and change. Topics will include:\n\n- Leveraging version control and br anching strategies.\n- Managing large sets of CPAN modules\, some with loc al changes.\n- Creating an automated build system.\n- Testing strategies f or a complicated database application and a modern web UI.\n- Automating d ata migration during upgrades.\n- Isolating client-specific changes from c ore code with a plugin system.\n\nWe'll talk about what worked\, where the common wisdom failed us\, and what practical lessons you can take from ou r experience. DTEND:20070626T142000 DTSTART:20070626T133000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Care and Feeding of Large Web Applications UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/558 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/558 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Why write Perl code that duplicates what your database can do f or\nitself? You'll kick yourself when you see how much work you can save\n by coding smarter\, not harder. Your programs will be simpler and run\nfas ter\; they'll be easier to read\, write\, and debug. Plus you'll get\nbett er data integrity thrown in as a freebie! I'll show you some quick\, \ncon crete examples to put your newfound laziness to work right away. DTEND:20070627T092000 DTSTART:20070627T090000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Databases and the virtue of Laziness UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/562 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/562 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:See what it takes to run a bioinformatics website like the one at\nsgn.cornell.edu that processes\, catalogues\, and displays genomic\nda ta. Our project is powered by six programmers\, a couple terabytes of\ndat a\, and a lot of perl code. In this 20-minute under-the-hood tour\,\nI'll show what sorts of nucleotide-crunching a project like ours does\,\nand wh at kinds of tools and machines we use to do it. Hear about our\nchallenges and successes in maintaining databases\, clusters\, mirror\nsites and dat a-processing pipelines\, and our work with the\nInternational Tomato Seque ncing Project.\n\nSGN (http://sgn.cornell.edu) is a bioinformatics project based at\nCornell in Ithaca\, NY\, that studies tomatoes and their relati ves -\nincluding potatoes\, peppers\, coffee\, and other plants you may ha ve\nheard of. DTEND:20070626T164500 DTSTART:20070626T162500 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Under the hood at a bioinformatics project UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/563 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/563 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:My current work requires running thousands of sequential tests to validate modules. Instead of hard-coding each one I've created a struct ure with method and argument data. The harness wrapes each call in a closu re\, exeuctes methods and use Test::Deeply to check the results. A breakpo int in the Perl debugger is set on mis-matched values or exceptions\, and the closure allows for easy re-execution of problematic operations. The fo rmat also has the option of passing out-of-band data to the harness itself for setting pre-test breakpoints or expectnig the next operation to fail. The tests structure can easily be converted to XML or config file formats or generated from scratch.\n\nThe talk would describe the basic outlines and how to construct a similar harness for other types of objects.\n\nThis harness replaces code like:\n\n $object->method( data1 data2 )\n\nwith\n \n [ qw( method data1 data2 ) ]\,\n\nor\n\n [ \n [ qw( expected retur n ) ]\,\n [ qw( method data1 data2 ) ]\,\n\n ] DTEND:20070626T094500 DTSTART:20070626T092500 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Developing a test harness UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/565 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/565 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:As web applications develop and push new boundaries we can't ex pect to keep\nusing the same old tools to test those applications. As our programming\ntoolbox grows\, so does the need to update our testing toolbo x.\n\nWe'll take a tour of new tools and projects that may just what you n eed to find\nthose bugs earlier and make sure your application's quality c ontinues to find\nnew heights. We'll look at Selenium RC and IDE\, Google' s Load Time Analyzer\,\nthe Test Anything Protocol\, Smolder and others.\n \nEach of these tools will not only make your job easier\, but allow you t o\nspread the testing and QA bug around to your whole team allowing non-te chnical\nmembers to be more involved. Not only will they be impressed by t he visually\nattractive tools\, but will be able to provide you with more information instead\nof just writing vague\, unhelpful bug reports. DTEND:20070625T160000 DTSTART:20070625T151000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Updating Your Testing Toolbox UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/568 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/568 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Everybody knows about Exporter.pm: you use it\, and if someone uses your module\, they don't have to type quite as much. We'll look at h ow the Exporter works\, and how it fails to take advantage of the powerful concepts on which it's built. We'll see how you can provide flexible imp ort routines that allow your module's user to type even less and get code that behaves much more like part of his own program. You can avoid repeat ing unnecessary parameters to every overly-generic routine and can avoid c ollision-prone global configuration. All of this is made possible -- and easy -- by Sub::Exporter. \n\nGene rators -- routines that build routines -- can produce customized code\, bu ilt to each importer's specifications. Sub::Exporter lets you build and p rovide customized routines easily. You'll learn how to write generators\, and how to use them with Sub::Exporter . In its simplest form\, it's as easy to use as Exporter.pm. With just a bit more configuration\, it can b uild\, group\, rename\, and julienne routines easily. With this tool\, yo u'll be able to provide interfaces that are both simpler and more powerful than those provided by the stock Exporter. DTEND:20070627T120000 DTSTART:20070627T111000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Crafting Custom Interfaces with Sub::Exporter UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/569 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/569 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Ready? 250 OK! Everybody loves email\, right? Right! What b etter language than Perl for handling all your email needs? None\, right? Right! After all\, with about nine hundred email modules on the CPAN\, the only question is: which tool is right for the job?\n \nThis year\, th e Perl Email Project is going to tell you what's what. We'll see what mod ules solve what problems\, how they differ\, and how they (may or my not) work together.\n \nWe'll also show what problems aren't well-solved\, wha t is in the works to make it happen\, and how you can help. DTEND:20070626T162000 DTSTART:20070626T153000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Email::: The 2007 PEP Talk! UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/570 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/570 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:level: Intermediate perl\, basic knowledge of web development\, basic Mason.\nDuration 20/30 minutes.\n\nThis is a short introduction int o web REST and SOAP based services using perl\, cgi and mason.\nTopics inc lude:\n - REST/AJAX services.\n - SOAP Services.\n - Web security 101.\n - Mason integration*. \n - demos: Amazon(.com) services inte gration.\n\nThe talk aims to give attendance a starting point for developi ng their own web services and integrating others into their current sites. DTEND:20070627T092000 DTSTART:20070627T090000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Web services 101. UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/572 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/572 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Perl programmers building web applications need good tools on t he client-side\, too. In this talk we'll go into depth on what the MochiKi t tool set provides. In short: it makes JavaScript suck less. MochiKit isn 't a framework which means it interoperates with other JavaScript code and application frameworks very well.\n\nIf you've been building web applicat ions without good tools for AJAX\, visual effects\, color management\, DOM manipulation\, or event handling\, this talk is for you! MochiKit goes on e higher order step further with lots of functional programming idioms bui lt right in. DTEND:20070626T151500 DTSTART:20070626T142500 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:MochiKit: Good Tools for the Web Developer UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/573 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/573 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Perl loves to be abused. You can beat it\, kick it\, and spit o n it\, and Perl will always say "I'm sorry" first. Under most circumstance s we're taught to avoid abusing Perl. You know\, just yell at it instead o f throwing it down the stairs. In this talk we're not taking no for an ans wer\, and we're going to pull your hair\, Perl!\n\nI'm going to show you a lot of ways to abuse Perl that you may already know. What Perl doesn't wa nt you to know is that you can use these tricks to your benefit\, for your own good! Shut up\, Perl!\n\nLearn how to make Perl answer these question s\, wether it likes it or not:\n\n* how can we replace a base class of the package we're subclassing?\n* how can I replace methods and functions in another object directly?\n* how can I monitor what code does to my variabl e?\n* how can I inject debugging in other code?\n* how can I customize an open source project without touching any of its code?\n\nGo ahead\, slap P erl around a little! DTEND:20070625T165500 DTSTART:20070625T160500 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Abuse Perl UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/574 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/574 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Who chooses Perl? Why do they choose Perl?\n\nWho doesn't? Wh y don't they?\n\nIn our position as being the core community that creates Perl we have a unique perspectives on what Perl is and what its strengths are. But we're just a small piece of a much larger IT universe\, a univer se that has both technology and business components to its decision-making processes.\n\nThis talk:\n * Looks outside of the Perl community to try t o understand what motivations power the larger IT world\n * Studies the Pe rl community and Perl technology to understand what Perl's place in that l arger IT world might be\n\nIn this talk you will find:\n * Case studies\n * Data analysis from a variety of sources\n * Theories of organizational b ehaviour\n * Theories on the evolution of technologies within marketplaces \, and the evolution of marketplaces through technologies\n * Insights int o where The Perl Foundation fits into this concept of Perl's positioning DTEND:20070625T115500 DTSTART:20070625T110500 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Finding Perl's place in the world UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/575 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/575 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We as web app developers spend an inordinate amount of time bui lding (often very bad) homegrown auth functionality in our web apps. Our a uth mechanisms will be more robust\, secure\, and extendable by implementi ng the practices I will cover with the talk. DTEND:20070626T162000 DTSTART:20070626T153000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Web Authentication\, Authorization\, and Access Control UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/577 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/577 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This presentation will cover many of Mason's features\, includi ng its templating syntax\, code re-use oriented features like autohandlers and dhandlers\, and caching.\n\nIt will also cover Mason's integration wi th mod_perl and plain CGI.\n\nFinally\, we'll take a look at Mason subrequ ests\, Mason's "OO" attributes and methods\, component calls with content\ , using Mason outside of the web\, and implementing an MVC architecture wi th Mason using Catalyst. DTEND:20070626T101500 DTSTART:20070626T092500 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Intro to Mason UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/580 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/580 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Perl DateTime Project was started at the beginning of 2003 to create a set of interoperable modules covering all aspects of date/time programming.\n\nSince the beginning of the project\, several dozen module s have been created including a core date/time object\, time zone modules\ , modules for numerous non-Gregorian calendars\, formatting and parsing\, and much more.\n\nThis presentation will show you how to solve date/time p rogramming problems using modules from DateTime Project. Some of the area s covered will include how to handle data in for date/times in multiple ti me zones\, date/time math\, localization\, formatting and parsing\, set ma th with date/times\, and more. DTEND:20070627T111000 DTSTART:20070627T102000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Perl DateTime Project UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/581 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/581 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This talk covers a few different programming practices that can improve the quality of your code\, focusing on available CPAN modules for these practices.\n\nFirst\, we'll cover parameter validation and assertio ns. Next\, we'll talk about error handling\, specifically return codes an d exceptions. Finally\, we'll examine logging.\n\nThe goal of this presen tation is to help you expand your toolkit for writing reliable code in a d efensive programming style. DTEND:20070625T160000 DTSTART:20070625T151000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Perl Modules for Exceptions\, Logging\, and Parameter Validation UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/582 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/582 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:GNU Screen is a great tool\, but a little AJAX and Perl\ncan re lease even more power. In this talk I will show\nyou how to build a GUI t o incorporate all of your\nscreens into one seamless application\, insulat ing you\nfrom different screen sessions and screens on\ndifferent machines .\n\nTrying to manipulate\, monitor\, and query multiple\nscreen environme nts on multiple machines can prove\ndifficult. A GUI can help let you see into your\nconfiguration and help you navigate quickly and\neffectively. If you have ever lost yourself in\nscreen\, this talk will interest you. But this talk is\nabout more than just finding yourself. It’s about\nkeep ing your state and being able to navigate quickly\nto different screen loc ations.\n\nSome things I’ll cover are\n- how to monitor screens for activi ty\, silence\, and\npattern matches across your entire server farm\n- how to make an auto complete search box based on the\ncontent of your all scre en\n windows\n- how to create and use a global screen clipboard\n\n\n\nD escription Short:\nLearn how to make an AJAX GUI for GNU Screen to make\ni t easier to monitor and manipulate multiple screens\,\neither on the same machine or across multiple\ncomputers.\n\n\nSpeaker bio: Robert Blackwell has been programming in Perl since\n1993\, when a college professor said t hey would cover\nbash\, sed\, and awk—but not that weird beast Perl. His\ ninterest in Perl was piqued and he’s worked it into\nevery job since. Cur rently a Perl programmer in\nPittsburgh\, PA\, he helped organize the firs t\nPittsburgh Perl Workshop in 2006 and is in the throes\nof making it big ger and better for 2007. DTEND:20070625T144500 DTSTART:20070625T135500 LOCATION:Pacific SUMMARY:Making an AJAX GUI for GNU Screen. UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/584 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/584 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Parrot Intermediate Representation (PIR) is the core language f or writing extensions\, modules\, tools\, compiler transformations\, and m ore for Parrot. While the syntax is quite simple\, the power it gives you will be familiar to anyone who has worked with a dynamic language like Per l. This talk will walk you through the basics\, and on to a level where yo u'll be prepared to handle advanced uses. The handouts will include a set of programming exercises in PIR. A hacking BOF will follow in the evening to work on the exercises (and other Parrot code). DTEND:20070626T162000 DTSTART:20070626T153000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Learning PIR UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/586 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/586 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Parrot is a virtual machine like no other. Targeting dynamic la nguages\, it incorporates an object-oriented assembly language\, is regist er-based rather than stack-based\, and employs continuations as the core m eans of flow control. This talk explains the overall architecture of Parro t and the theory behind that architecture. Handouts will include a recomme nded reading list for further study. DTEND:20070625T160000 DTSTART:20070625T151000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Parrot Architecture UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/587 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/587 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The world of Acme!\n\n100 modules in 20 minutes!\n\nYou'll neve r get so much information in your brain in so little time again!\n\nUnless \, of course\, you don't learn the lesson this time O:-) DTEND:20070627T104000 DTSTART:20070627T102000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:The Acme Namespace - 20 minutes\, 100 modules UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/588 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/588 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Getting the most out of a YAPC.\n\n"What's going on\, where\, w hen\, who\, how? What do I do? Which way do I turn? Should I talk to that person? But I'm so shy. Can anyone help me?"\n\nYes\, we can :-) DTEND:20070625T092000 DTSTART:20070625T090000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:How to get the most out of a YAPC (keynote) UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/589 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/589 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:"Inspired by too many true stories."\n\nThings that every Perl programmer should know\, if they're looking for a job. DTEND:20070626T101000 DTSTART:20070626T095000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:How NOT to write a Perl résumé and how NOT to behave in an intervie w UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/592 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/592 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Perl programmers seem to dislike managers even more than they d islike Python and Java programmers. Many Perl programmers [d]evolve into management either by promotion in work or by leading open source projects. Unfortunately the skills that made them a great programmer are often the very skills that make them a terrible manager. Thus the cycle of hatred co ntinues.\n\nThis talk looks at the main skills required to be a manager\, the main skills required to be a programmer\, and how to use these to your advantage. DTEND:20070627T110500 DTSTART:20070627T104500 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Management Skills for Geeks UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/594 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:If you're still writing CGI scripts\, it's time to start thinki ng about writing web applications instead. In this talk\, you'll be intro duced to the Catalyst Web Framework\, a modern web development system. Yo u'll learn about what an MVC framework is and how the development style wi ll make writing web applications a pleasure. We'll also look at how Catal yst applications work and how all the pieces (TT\, Mason\, DBI\, DBIx::Cla ss\, etc.) fit together and make it easy to write applications.\n\nIf you' ve already written a Catalyst application\, you won't learn anything new h ere. DTEND:20070625T135000 DTSTART:20070625T133000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Getting started with Catalyst UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/595 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/595 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we'll take a look at how Catalyst is used to bui ld real applications. We'll take a look at all the usual pieces (TT\, DBI x::Class) and see how the bits fit together to become a real application. We'll cover the entire process of building an application\, starting with an auto-generated skeleton and finishing with an application complete wit h a REST interface\, AJAX\, database independence\, maintainable forms\, a utomatic tests\, and more. \n\nIf you know Catalyst but want to see a rea l application go together\, this talk is for you. DTEND:20070626T114500 DTSTART:20070626T105500 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Building applications with Catalyst UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/596 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/596 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This talk will show you how Jifty lets you not write SQL\, not write Javascript\, not write HTML and finally not write Perl. DTEND:20070626T164500 DTSTART:20070626T162500 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Building a Jifty app in a jiffy UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/597 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/597 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Do you know what your Perl scripts did last night at 3am? Log4p erl\, an open and extendable logging system for both simple Perl scripts a nd complex module architectures provides various data output mechanisms (f iles\, databases\, sockets\, GUIs)\, and an unmatched\, highly scalable wa y of changing logging granularity in running systems.\n\nThis talk by Yaho o Engineer and Log4perl author Mike Schilli addresses common logging chall enges\, from small test scripts to systems performing well under high load . DTEND:20070627T101000 DTSTART:20070627T092000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Smart Logging with Log4perl UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/600 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/600 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Provides a brief introduction to Catalyst and introduces Petal (a clone of Zope's TAL) as a View for Catalyst. Demonstrates the use of P etal::I18N backed by Gettext to provide just-in-time translation for the content of multilingual websites\, then addresses the deficiencies of thi s method by demonstrating the use of a modified Petal::I18N to perform ah ead-of-time template translation. Discusses some problems encountered in localizing websites\, and how to work with non-template sources of text. DTEND:20070627T101000 DTSTART:20070627T092000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Dynamic Website Translation With Catalyst and Petal UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/601 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/601 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:There are many CPAN modules for generating log messages. Most of them implement a similar pattern: each call to generate a log message h as a numeric level\, the magnitude of which determines whether the message is actually logged or not. I will give examples of this using several CP AN modules\, comparing their differences\, and clarifying some potentially confusing differences between their terminologies. DTEND:20070626T105000 DTSTART:20070626T103000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Perl Logging Practices UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/602 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/602 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Looking for a plant watering system that checks with the weathe r service before turning on the pump? Or a way to switch on your living ro om lights via Gaim over the Internet? Hard-reboot your buggy router every week?\n\nWith Perl and cheap X10 hardware\, it's easy to come up customize d home automation solutions. This talk presents a few examples from a some what unusual household. DTEND:20070625T165000 DTSTART:20070625T163000 LOCATION:Pacific SUMMARY:Home Automation with Perl and X10 UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/603 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/603 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Your boss has given you a new assignment. Remembering back to t hat intro to programming course you took when you were in college\, you\nr ealize that the problem he's asked you to solve is NP-complete. People sm arter that you have been working on this since before you were born and ha ven't been able to come with any good solutions\, so chances are you won't \, either. So what do you do? It turns out that many NP-complete problem s have approximate solutions that are surprisingly close to optimal. Even better\, many of them are really easy to code in Perl. This talk begins with a brief introduction to NP-completeness\, then shows several simple a pproximate solutions to\nfamous NP-complete problems. DTEND:20070625T135000 DTSTART:20070625T133000 LOCATION:Pacific SUMMARY:Approximation algorithms in Perl UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/604 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/604 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Account and configuration management at Cornell University's E- list Service requires orchestrating several separate computer systems and human approval processes all of which are failure prone\, constantly evolv ing and often poorly understood.\n\nI've had a lot of fun with Perl5 while automating this workflow.\n\nI will describe the approach and tools I hav e developed that have permitted me to bit by bit automate more and more pa rts of this workflow. After describing the general design\, which is inde pendent of Perl\, I will present a way to organize 'error handling' in Per l\, which has been my central concern in this project. I will close by co mmenting on how my idiosyncratic approach to modular/flexible code develop ment in Perl aided adapting these tools to the task of migrating the servi ce from Listproc to Lyris ListManager. DTEND:20070626T092000 DTSTART:20070626T090000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Automating Workflow UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/605 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/605 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Perl 6 on Parrot compiler is continuing to evolve. It is n ow able to compile and run a basic test suite\, including subroutines\, me thods\, and more.\n\nCome to this talk to learn more about the Perl 6 on P arrot compiler\, how it works\, the tools and components being used to bui ld the compiler\, and how you can get started with Perl 6 on Parrot. DTEND:20070626T142000 DTSTART:20070626T133000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Perl 6 Compiler Status UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/606 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/606 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Ask any programmer why they chose a specific editor and be prep ared for a passionate sermon on the virtues of vi or the infinite flexibil ity of emacs. Closely following brace placement\, conversations on editor s have been known to lead to flaring tempers and hours of heated debate. Of course\, debate over editors is not necessarily time wasted. Your code editor is a tool that enables you to do your job. Few programs on your s ystem receive as much attention day-in and day-out. Saving a couple of se conds by not typing repetitive code or a dozen hours by being able to effe ctively debug a problematic subroutine can make coding more fun and make y ou more productive.\n\nThere are undoubtedly hundreds of choices when it c omes to picking a code editor. Some are bare-bones\, some are click-and-d rag. Though a few editors seem to dominate the market\, others are still sitting on the web waiting to be discovered. This presentation will intro duce you to an editor that you've probably heard of\, but might not have t hought to use for editing Perl... Eclipse.\n\nYes\, Eclipse\, the 'Java' e ditor is actually an effective tool for editing Perl code. Eclipse is mor e than just an editor\, it is an application platform and on that platform numerous applications have been constructed. There are Eclipse plug-ins for Java\, Perl\, and C. There are plug-ins for working with Subversion a nd for browsing databases. Learn out you can customize Eclipse using tool s such as Epic to create a rich and powerful Perl programming environment. DTEND:20070626T164500 DTSTART:20070626T162500 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:EPIC Perl Coding UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/607 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/607 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Parrot compiler tools have evolved greatly over the past co uple of years\, and are now being used extensively for building compilers on Parrot\, including implementations of Perl 6\, Python\, PHP\, Perl 1\, APL\, and others.\n\nThis talk presents the tools and techniques that are successfully being used to build compilers in Parrot. The talk includes c overage of PGE\, the parser grammar engine\; TGE\, the tree grammar engine \, and the common\, generalized abstract syntax tree representation for dy namic languages. These tools have made it possible to quickly build worki ng compilers from language definitions -- for example\, a simple Python co mpiler (pynie) was created in less than a day using these tools. DTEND:20070625T165500 DTSTART:20070625T160500 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Parrot Compiler Tools UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/610 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/610 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:If you ever dreamed of having an instant code from some of Perl 's top coders\, Perl Critic may very well be the closest tool that you'll ever find. This talk will introduce you to Perl Critic\, a static source c ode analyzer for your code. Learn about the ideas behind Perl Critic\, the implementation of the system\, and how to apply it and improve the qualit y and consistency of your code. DTEND:20070625T135000 DTSTART:20070625T133000 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:An Introduction To Perl Critic UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/611 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/611 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Perl Critic alone is an amazing tool for statically analyzing a nd improving your code. However\, the out-of-the-box (or off-of-the-CPAN) solution might not be exactly what you are looking for. This talk will sho w how projects like Bangs have taken Perl Critic and built upon it to crea te a custom environment for statically analyzing your code. It will also s how you how to truly embrace and extend Perl Critic to fit the needs of yo ur development shop. DTEND:20070627T120000 DTSTART:20070627T111000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Customizing and Extending Perl Critic UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/612 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/612 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Learning how to properly use an MVC framework can make your pro ductivity skyrocket. This talk is the story of one Perl programmer's journ ey from "What does MVC stand for again?" to "Watch me code this applicatio n as you're explaining it to me."\n\nAny programmer who codes things that live on the web has reinvented the wh^H^Hquery string parser once or twice \, or written generic functions to generate and parse form elements. It's probably the closest thing to hazing there is in web programming. And like most rites of passage\, it's better to be done with it. Once you get frie ndly with Catalyst\, you'll be able to spend more of your working hours on actual application logic instead of re-coding the wheels that are the ubi quitous details of web programming. DTEND:20070626T092000 DTSTART:20070626T090000 LOCATION:Cougar Den SUMMARY:Cathartic Catalytic Conversion UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/614 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/614 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Parrot is a virtual machine designed to efficiently compile and execute bytecode for dynamic languages.\n\nThe presentation will describe :\n- the current project status of parrot (i.e. "what's done")\n- remainin g features to be implemented (i.e. "what's left")\n- roadmap for getting t o 1.0 (i.e. "how will we get there?") DTEND:20070625T135000 DTSTART:20070625T133000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Parrot: Roadmap to 1.0 UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/615 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/615 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Perl is a primary component of Openmake Meister. It is used to support the Meister community developed knowledge base allowing developer s to eliminate build script redundancy. This session will review how Pe rl has been leveraged to create the Meister Knowledge base. Perl was the selected language to be included in Meister due to its object oriented cap abilities\, the ease of writing if then else statements\, iteration\, and variable manipulation within the build process. This session will demonst rate how the core Perl modules have been extended to support a reusable bu ild environment. In particular\, the Perl module File::Spec will be revie wed for manipulating file and directory names in conjunction with Meister' s object oriented classes. The File::Spec methods are used by Meister to create reusable build scripts that are both dynamic and adaptable. Elimin ating redundancy within the build process is a cornerstone in agile enviro nments where continuous builds are performed. Real world examples of reusa ble build scripts written in Perl will be demonstrated. Attendees will ga in an understanding of how Perl can be used to wrapper compiler calls and standardize the build process for cross platform and cross tool environmen ts.\n\nThe talk will be given by Steve Taylor. Mr. Taylor is an experienc ed senior developer with 19 years of experience in both distributed and ma inframe application development. Prior to founding OpenMake Software in 19 95\, Mr. Taylor served as a Technical Consultant assisting companies with defining a solid build and release process. In this capacity\, Mr. Taylor became expert in the use of configuration management and release tools and recognized the need for a solid\, unscripted repeatable build process. At this time he began developing the build procedures which have since becom e Openmake. Mr. Taylor received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Compute r Science/Mathematics from the University of Illinois-CU. DTEND:20070625T160000 DTSTART:20070625T151000 LOCATION:Pacific SUMMARY:Leveraging Perl for Build Reuse UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/618 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/618 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Social applications like wikis are great for encouraging collab oration\,\nlowering barriers to entry\, and allowing both technical and\nn on-technical people to work together to generate content -- but\nthey're n ot always the best way to *present* that content. People often\nwant to us e a wiki to create and maintain information\, but then deliver\nit some ot her way\, outside of the original wiki environment.\n\nThe Perl Foundation website provides a good example of this. It's\nrecently been recreated us ing a lightweight web framework over a\nSocialtext wiki\, connected via a REST interface. This combination of\nfreely available Perl-based tools all ows authors to edit the content\nand appearance of the website via the wik i\, but deliver the content in\na variety of different views (including th e original "Web 0.9" look of\nthe original site).\n\nIn this presentation\ , I'll demonstrate that the same information is\nvisible:\n* In the origin al wiki workspace (and discuss the use of tags to\norganize the website co ntent)\n* On the Perl Foundation website\n* In a "blog view" of the "News" category\n\nI'll also cover the building blocks that make Hydra possible\ , including:\n* The Perl modules needed for display (and the logic therein )\n* The templates that control the appearance of the site\n* The configur ation information contained in the wiki\n* The REST interface that ties ev erything together DTEND:20070627T111000 DTSTART:20070627T102000 LOCATION:Houston SUMMARY:Hydra: Multiple Faces for Collaborative Content UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/702 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/702 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Selenium controls browsers to automate testing your webapp. Thi s talk will show you how to get started with selenium\, and how it can be used by teams. DTEND:20070626T114500 DTSTART:20070626T105500 LOCATION:Mediterranean SUMMARY:Agile Testing with Selenium UID:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/703 URL:http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/talk/703 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR