CSS-Minifier-XS
(0.08)
Simple to use, well-explained documentation,
and even minifies less(css) without breaking it!
Randy Stauner - 2011-11-29T16:35:55 (permalink)
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String-Strip
(1.01)
I used to use this module in a project of mine where I'd be trimming potentially millions of strings during a program run because I thought any possible speed up from XS wouldn't hurt.
However I have noticed a 2 grievous bugs in the software:
1. Strings longer than 8 characters seem to get mangled on a 64bit machine (rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=70....
2. The tests actually fail, but the module STILL INSTALLS.
It is dangerous, and since it is long-unsupported I suggest staying away from it.
Randy Stauner - 2011-08-17T07:38:37 (permalink)
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HTML-Form
(6.00)
Incredibly easy way to fill in forms when using LWP.
I was prototyping a screen scraper that required 2 form posts prior to getting to the page I wanted and this module handled that in about 3 lines of code per form.
Very nice!
Randy Stauner - 2011-07-21T07:59:16 (permalink)
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CGI-Application-Emulate-PSGI
(0.02)
I was trying to run a CGI::Application::Dispatch-based module (CPAN::Mini::Inject::Server) with plackup...
I tried CGI::Application::PSGI and CGI::Application::Dispatch::PSGI but wasn't able to get either of them working right (according to their synopses). Third time's a charm.
CGI::Application::Emulate::PSGI made it super easy.
Randy Stauner - 2011-06-12T11:55:18 (permalink)
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Text-ASCIITable
(0.18)
The module may be aging a bit,
but it was quite simple to use and was exactly what I needed.
I had a nice easy-to-read table in my terminal
with 3 lines of code (plus 1 for the require).
Thanks!
Randy Stauner - 2011-05-24T09:30:52 (permalink)
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Perl-PrereqScanner
(1.001)
Great module!
Obviously it is used by the excellent Dist::Zilla::Plugin::AutoPrereqs,
but I've lately been doing some work on a 5-year old dist that is run on 50+ off-site machines.
It will take me a while to convert it to Dist::Zilla,
but in the meantime I have been able to keep myself from breaking things
with just a few lines of code in a Makefile that scans for all the prereqs and installs any missing ones from cpan.
A lifesaver for us absent-minded fellows.
Thank you!
Randy Stauner - 2011-01-11T13:40:52 (permalink)
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Test-MockDBI (0.64)
I liked this article: www.perl.com/pub/2005/07/21/test_mock...
but was unable to use the module.
The prepare() method returns the mocked database handle ($self)
instead of something like a statement handle.
The usual meta data (like $sth->{NAME}) is missing,
which was important for my module.
This code was sufficient for the tests I was running so I didn't end up using Test::MockDBI:
my $mock_sth = Test::MockObject->new({
NAME_lc => [@columns]
})->set_true('execute')->set_true('finish');
my $mock_dbh = Test::MockObject->new();
$mock_dbh->mock('prepare', sub { $mock_sth });
$mock_sth->set_series('fetchrow_hashref', @data)
Randy Stauner - 2010-11-30T13:16:42 (permalink)
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XML-Simple
(2.18)
It's great. It lives up to its name and makes XML Simple. I love how configurable it is.
I read the (extensive) documentation once and started using it.
I worked with it a little, realized I didn't like the output but remembered an option for changing it... looked it up, and poof: beautiful, simple output.
Repeated for more options.
Currently using:
my $xmls = new XML::Simple(ForceArray => \@array_tags, KeyAttr => [], KeepRoot => 1, SuppressEmpty => '');
Randy Stauner - 2010-02-15T15:10:11 (permalink)
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