Task::Kensho - A Glimpse at an Enlightened Perl This document describes Task::Kensho version 0.0.1 > cpan Task::Kensho From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensho>: KenshX (XX) (C. Wu) is a Japanese term for enlightenment experiencesXmost commonly used within the confines of Zen BuddhismXliterally meaning "seeing one's nature"[1] or "true self."[2] It generally "refers to the realization of nonduality of subject and object."[3] Task::Kensho is a first cut at building a list of reccomended modules for Enlightened Perl development. CPAN is wonderful, but there are too many wheels and you have to pick and choose amongst the various competing technologies. The plan is for Task::Kensho to eventually morph into an actual perl distribution. The modules that are bundled by Task::Kensho are broken down into several categories and are still being considered. They are all taken from various top 100 most used perl modules lists.

Basic Toolchain
Bundle to optimize the behaviour of CPAN.pm Create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB Perl extension for Version Objects

Testing
Basic utilities for writing tests. Test exception based code Check for POD errors in files Check for pod coverage in your distribution. Check for memory leaks and circular memory references

Object Oriented Programming
A postmodern object system for Perl 5 Autoboxed wrappers for Native Perl datatypes Extend your attribute interfaces An serialization framework for Moose classes A Moose role for processing command line options Keep imports and functions out of your namespace

Asynchronous Programming
portable multitasking and networking framework for Perl

Web Development
The Elegant MVC Web Application Framework Template View Class DBIx::Class::Schema Model Class Catalyst Development Tools Generic Session plugin - ties together server side storage and client side state required to maintain session data. Infrastructure plugin for the Catalyst authentication framework Display a stack trace on the debug screen

Database Development
Database independent interface for Perl Self Contained RDBMS in a DBI Driver Extensible and flexible object <-> relational mapper. Dynamic definition of a DBIx::Class::Schema Manipulate structured data definitions (SQL and more)

Web Crawling
Install all libwww-perl related modules Simple procedural interface to LWP Handy web browsing in a Perl object

Module Development
A simple starter kit for any module Standalone, extensible Perl module installer Powerful feature-rich perl source code profiler Parses and beautifies perl source

Date Modules
A date and time object A date object with as little code as possible Date parsing both relative and absolute

Config Modules
Load configuration from different file formats, transparently Generic Config Module

Useful Command-line Tools
A grep-like text finder Easy access to any pastebin A modern perl interactive shell What modules shipped with versions of perl

Script Hackery
Comments that do more than just sit there IO::All combines all of the best Perl IO modules into a single nifty object oriented interface to greatly simplify your everyday Perl IO idioms. XXX.pm exports a function called XXX that you can put just about anywhere in your Perl code to make it die with a YAML dump of the arguments to its right. This list is by no means comprehensive of the "Good" Modules on CPAN. Nor is this neccessarily the correct path for all developers. Each of these modules has a perfectly acceptable replacement that may work better for you. This is however a path to good perl practicies, and a starting place on the road to Enlightened Perl programming. No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-task-kensho@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>. <http://www.enlightenedperl.org/>, Perl::Dist::Strawberry, <http://gitorious.org/projects/task-kensho> Chris Prather "<perigrin@cpan.org>" Copyright (c) 2008, Chris Prather "<perigrin@cpan.org>". Some rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.