At YAPC::NA 2011, I whined about the lack of codification of tribal knowledge in Perl. One area that’s ripe for fixing is the documentation on open. There’s a section in perlfunc for open, and a tutorial: perlopentut. That tutorial is where I’ve started my campaign to have the tutorials and FAQs give good advice.
Revising perlopentut
YAPC::NA day two
If you haven’t already, read about day one.
Postmodern Module Packaging
I began day two with “Postmodern Module Packaging” with Ingy döt Net. This was a great comparison of the current module packaging toolchains, and a good introduction to a philosophy Ingy calls “Acmeism.”