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Perl is a general-purpose interpreted programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, Web development including CGI, network programming, GUI development, and more.

The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). Its major features are that it’s easy to use, supports both procedural and OOP programming, has powerful built-in support for text processing, and has one of the world’s most impressive collections of third-party modules (CPAN).

Different definitions of Perl are given in the perl manpage, the perlfaq1 manpage and no doubt other places. From this we can determine that Perl is different things to different people, but that lots of people think it's at least worth writing about.

(Extracted, paraphrased and augmented from the perlintro manpage)

Perl is a language for getting your job done.

—Larry Wall

Updated: Saturday, November 15th, 2008 @ 6:30 PM EST

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• 1.Perl.com: The Source for Perl

  Perl put O'Reilly on the map, and this development center portal is chock-full of content related to Larry Wall's venerable scripting language. With articles, news, tutorials and many other resources, it truly is "all things Perl." [115]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://www.perl.com/
  Author:
  O'Reilly Network
  [13]
  Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 8:17 PM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Perl.com: The Source for Perl cpandeveloperoreillyperlprogramming
   

• 2.Salon.com: The Joy of Perl

  A fascinating article on the history and folklore of Perl, or: how Larry Wall invented a messy programming language and changed the face of the Web. [124]

  ★★★★★
  URI:http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/10/cov_13feature.html
  Author:
  Andrew Leanord
  [2]
  Reviewed:Friday, April 8th, 2005 @ 1:25 AM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Salon.com: The Joy of Perl historylanguagesperlprogramming
   

• 3.The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

  A large collection of Perl software and documentation. CPAN is also the name of a Perl module, CPAN.pm, which is used to download and install Perl software from the CPAN archive. [116]

  ★★★★★
  URI:http://www.cpan.org/
  Author:
  Jarkko Hietaniemi
  [1]
  Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 9:11 PM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network cpanperlrepository
   

• 4.MovableType

  Just as well-known as WordPress, MovableType is a full-featured blogging software package written in Perl/CGI. It features multiple blogs, user, role, and asset management, custom templates, categories and tags, trackbacks, and TypePad, a hosted version. [1831]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://movabletype.org/
  Author:
  Six Apart
  [2]
  Reviewed:Saturday, November 15th, 2008 @ 6:30 PM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  MovableType blogcgihostingperlsoftwaretemplatetrackback
   

• 5.Catalyst

  An MVC Web application framework in Perl, with the entire arsenal of CPAN modules at your disposal for solving most any problem. Hook into your Web server (typically Apache), use friendly URIs, interact with databases, use any Perl templating module... [1813]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://www.catalystframework.org/
  Author:
  Marcus Ramberg
  [1]
  Reviewed:Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 @ 1:54 AM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Catalyst cpandatabasedryframeworkmodulemvcperltemplate
   

• 6.LovePerl

  A new site dedicated to helping Perl programmers seeking their perfect Perl module. Launching Valentine's Day 2006, with a featured module every week, LovePerl is committed to finding you that special module. Begin a new relationship with a Perl today. [1639]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://loveperl.com/
  Author:
  Mark Fowler
  [1]
  Reviewed:Thursday, February 9th, 2006 @ 9:07 PM EST
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  LovePerl cpanmoduleperlsearch
   

• 7.AnnoCPAN

  AnnoCPAN is a Web interface for the documentation of all the modules on CPAN, where users can add annotations on the margin of specific paragraphs throughout the POD (Plain Old Documentation). Similar to the user comments on php.net and dev.mysql.com. [1538]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://annocpan.org/
  Author:
  Ivan Tubert-Brohman
  [1]
  Reviewed:Saturday, October 15th, 2005 @ 12:45 AM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  AnnoCPAN cpanhelphowtoperlreference
   

• 8.Bricolage

  An open-source enterprise-class Content Management System that greatly simplifies the complex tasks of creating, managing, and publishing the vast libraries of content essential to any organization. Updates from any Web browser, lots of other features. [1511]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://bricolage.cc/
  Author:
  David Wheeler
  [1]
  Reviewed:Thursday, August 25th, 2005 @ 9:15 AM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Bricolage cmsperl
   

• 9.Ten Essential Development Practices

  Although written in terms of the Perl language, the advice in this article on designing software rings true no matter what you're coding in. Not much is said about usability in programming, so consider how your module will be used before writing it. [1416]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://perl.com/lpt/a/2005/07/14/bestpractices.html
  Author:
  Damian Conway
  [1]
  Reviewed:Sunday, July 17th, 2005 @ 6:17 PM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Ten Essential Development Practices designmoduleperlprogrammingsoftwareusability
   

• 10.perl.faqts

  Perl frequently asked questions and tips. [1203]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/200
  Author:
  Community
  [19]
  Reviewed:Thursday, May 19th, 2005 @ 1:19 AM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  perl.faqts faqperl
   

• 11.Perl Buzz

  Outstanding community/blogger site from Artima Developer. They also have categories for Design, Java, Linux, MacOS, Open Source, PHP, Python, Ruby, XML and a few others I won't mention. RSS feeds of new posts, impressive blogroll as well. [1172]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://www.artima.com/buzz/community.jsp?forum=166
  Author:
  Artima Developer
  [9]
  Reviewed:Monday, May 16th, 2005 @ 2:02 PM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Perl Buzz blogdeveloperperlrss
   

• 12.Perl Documentation

  perldoc.perl.org contains the core documentation for Perl version 5.8.6, in HTML and PDF formats. [1020]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://perldoc.perl.org/
  Author:
  Jon Allen
  [1]
  Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 9:22 PM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Perl Documentation pdfperl
   

• 13.ActiveState: ActivePerl

  An implementation of Perl for the Windows OS, and may other tools and services for dynamic languages. [125]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
  Author:
  Developers
  [2]
  Reviewed:Friday, April 8th, 2005 @ 1:46 AM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  ActiveState: ActivePerl perl
   

• 14.Perl Monks

  A community which allows everyone to grow and learn from one another, a place for individuals to polish, improve and showcase their Perl skills, an attempt to make learning Perl as non-intimidating and easy to use as possible. [121]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://perlmonks.org/
  Author:
  Community
  [1]
  Reviewed:Friday, April 8th, 2005 @ 12:02 AM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Perl Monks developerperl
   

• 15.Perl Mongers

  An association of Perl User Groups. Individual groups vary in the details of what they actually do, but in most cases they are groups of Perl users in a particular location who get together periodically to discuss Perl and related topics. [120]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://www.pm.org/
  Author:
  Community
  [1]
  Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 11:48 PM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  Perl Mongers developerperl
   

• 16.The Perl Directory

  The central directory of all things Perl: Books, history, lists, news, jobs, learn, applications, documentation, communities, and events. [119]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://www.perl.org/
  Author:
  Community
  [1]
  Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 9:22 PM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  The Perl Directory directoryperl
   

• 17.use Perl;

  A site where the user community can get information about and discuss the latest news and issues related to Perl. [118]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://use.perl.org/
  Author:
  Community
  [1]
  Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 9:49 PM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  use Perl; developerperl
   

• 18.The Perl Foundation

  The Perl Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code. [117]

  ★★★★☆
  URI:http://www.perlfoundation.org/
  Author:
  Committee
  [1]
  Reviewed:Thursday, April 7th, 2005 @ 9:21 PM EDT
  by:
  Douglas Clifton
  
  The Perl Foundation developerperl
   

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