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If any specific niche +has been forgotten, it is not meant as an insult but an omission for the sake +of brevity. +.PP +The Perl community is as diverse as Perl, and there is a large amount of +evidence that the Perl users apply TMTOWTDI to all endeavors, not just +programming. From websites, to IRC, to mailing lists, there is more than one +way to get involved in the community. +.SS "Where to Find the Community" +.IX Subsection "Where to Find the Community" +There is a central directory for the Perl community: <https://perl.org> +maintained by the Perl Foundation (<https://www.perlfoundation.org/>), +which tracks and provides services for a variety of other community sites. +.PP +\fIRaku\fR +.IX Subsection "Raku" +.PP +Perl's sister language, Raku (formerly known as Perl 6), maintains its own +directory of community resources at <https://raku.org/community/>. +.SS "Mailing Lists and Newsgroups" +.IX Subsection "Mailing Lists and Newsgroups" +Perl runs on e\-mail; there is no doubt about it. The Camel book was originally +written mostly over e\-mail and today Perl's development is co-ordinated through +mailing lists. The largest repository of Perl mailing lists is located at +<https://lists.perl.org>. +.PP +Most Perl-related projects set up mailing lists for both users and +contributors. If you don't see a certain project listed at +<https://lists.perl.org>, check the particular website for that project. +Most mailing lists are archived at <https://www.nntp.perl.org/>. +.SS IRC +.IX Subsection "IRC" +The Perl community has a rather large IRC presence. For starters, it has its +own IRC network, <irc://irc.perl.org>. General (not help-oriented) chat can be +found at <irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>. Many other more specific chats are also +hosted on the network. Information about irc.perl.org is located on the +network's website: <https://www.irc.perl.org>. For a more help-oriented #perl, +check out <irc://irc.libera.chat/#perl> +(webchat <https://web.libera.chat/#perl>). Most Perl-related channels +will be kind enough to point you in the right direction if you ask nicely. +.PP +Any large IRC network (Dalnet, EFnet) is also likely to have a #perl channel, +with varying activity levels. +.SS Websites +.IX Subsection "Websites" +Perl websites come in a variety of forms, but they fit into two large +categories: forums and news websites. There are many Perl-related +websites, so only a few of the community's largest are mentioned here. +.PP +\fINews sites\fR +.IX Subsection "News sites" +.IP <https://perl.com/> 4 +.IX Item "<https://perl.com/>" +Originally run by O'Reilly Media (the publisher of the Camel Book, +this site provides quality articles mostly about technical details of Perl. +.IP <http://blogs.perl.org/> 4 +.IX Item "<http://blogs.perl.org/>" +Many members of the community have a Perl-related blog on this site. If +you'd like to join them, you can sign up for free. +.IP <https://perl.theplanetarium.org/> 4 +.IX Item "<https://perl.theplanetarium.org/>" +Planet Perl is one of several aggregators of Perl-related blog feeds. +.IP <https://perlweekly.com/> 4 +.IX Item "<https://perlweekly.com/>" +Perl Weekly is a weekly mailing list that keeps you up to date on conferences, +releases and notable blog posts. +.PP +\fIForums\fR +.IX Subsection "Forums" +.IP <https://www.perlmonks.org/> 4 +.IX Item "<https://www.perlmonks.org/>" +PerlMonks is one of the largest Perl forums, and describes itself as "A place +for individuals to polish, improve, and showcase their Perl skills." and "A +community which allows everyone to grow and learn from each other." +.IP <https://stackoverflow.com/> 4 +.IX Item "<https://stackoverflow.com/>" +Stack Overflow is a free question-and-answer site for programmers. It's not +focussed solely on Perl, but it does have an active group of users who do +their best to help people with their Perl programming questions. +.SS "User Groups" +.IX Subsection "User Groups" +Many cities around the world have local Perl Mongers chapters. A Perl Mongers +chapter is a local user group which typically holds regular in-person meetings, +both social and technical; helps organize local conferences, workshops, and +hackathons; and provides a mailing list or other continual contact method for +its members to keep in touch. +.PP +To find your local Perl Mongers (or PM as they're commonly abbreviated) group +check the international Perl Mongers directory at <https://www.pm.org/>. +.SS Workshops +.IX Subsection "Workshops" +Perl workshops are, as the name might suggest, workshops where Perl is taught +in a variety of ways. At the workshops, subjects range from a beginner's +introduction (such as the Pittsburgh Perl Workshop's "Zero To Perl") to much +more advanced subjects. +.PP +There are several great resources for locating workshops: the +websites mentioned above, the +calendar mentioned below, and the YAPC Europe +website, <http://www.yapceurope.org/>, which is probably the best resource for +European Perl events. +.SS Hackathons +.IX Subsection "Hackathons" +Hackathons are a very different kind of gathering where Perl hackers gather to +do just that, hack nonstop for an extended (several day) period on a specific +project or projects. Information about hackathons can be located in the same +place as information about workshops as well as in +<irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>. +.PP +If you have never been to a hackathon, here are a few basic things you need to +know before attending: have a working laptop and know how to use it; check out +the involved projects beforehand; have the necessary version control client; +and bring backup equipment (an extra LAN cable, additional power strips, etc.) +because someone will forget. +.SS Conventions +.IX Subsection "Conventions" +Perl had two major annual conventions: The Perl Conference (now part of OSCON), +put on by O'Reilly, and Yet Another Perl Conference or YAPC (pronounced +yap-see), which is localized into several regional YAPCs (North America, +Europe, Asia) in a stunning grassroots display by the Perl community. +.PP +In 2016, YAPC was rebranded as The Perl Conference again. It is now referred +to as The Perl and Raku Conference. +.PP +OSCON had been discontinued. +.PP +For more information about either conference, check out their respective web +pages: +.IP \(bu 4 +The Perl Conference +.Sp +<http://perlconference.us/>. +.IP \(bu 4 +OSCON +.Sp +<https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/> +.PP +An additional conference franchise with a large Perl portion was the +Open Source Developers Conference or OSDC. First held in Australia, it +also spread to Israel and France. More information can be found at: +<http://www.osdc.org.il> for Israel, and <http://www.osdc.fr/> for France. +.SS "Calendar of Perl Events" +.IX Subsection "Calendar of Perl Events" +The Perl Review, <http://www.theperlreview.com> maintains a website +and Google calendar for tracking +workshops, hackathons, Perl Mongers meetings, and other events. A view +of this calendar is available at <https://www.perl.org/events.html>. +.PP +Not every event or Perl Mongers group is on that calendar, so don't lose +heart if you don't see yours posted. To have your event or group listed, +contact brian d foy (brian@theperlreview.com). +.SH AUTHOR +.IX Header "AUTHOR" +Edgar "Trizor" Bering <trizor@gmail.com> |