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| author | Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org> | 2002-07-09 02:50:55 +1000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2002-07-08 12:11:31 +0000 |
| commit | ccbb3b41ea16d89eb30c068060208b3313b4a11f (patch) | |
| tree | 7f4b2202d99adfa5c4d17d2ea8a6a94b60153d6b | |
| parent | 9e75ef81e1568429e0c4568e9b0c249c1402730d (diff) | |
| download | perl-ccbb3b41ea16d89eb30c068060208b3313b4a11f.tar.gz | |
[DOC PATCH] perlfaq2.pod, perlmodstyle.pod
Message-ID: <20020708065055.GC14168@eh.org>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17418
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfaq2.pod | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlmodstyle.pod | 3 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod index 7fbed98b7e..2f496818cd 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod @@ -183,9 +183,10 @@ following groups: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi Writing CGI scripts for the Web. -There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at -nntp://nntp.perl.org , or a web interface to the same lists at -http://nntp.perl.org/group/ . Other groups are listed at +There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at +nntp://nntp.perl.org , a web interface to the same lists at +http://nntp.perl.org/group/ and these lists are also available under the +C<perl.*> hierarchy at http://groups.google.com . Other groups are listed at http://lists.perl.org/ . =head2 Where should I post source code? @@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow. =head2 Perl in Magazines -The first and only periodical devoted to All Things Perl, +The first (and for a long time, only) periodical devoted to All Things Perl, I<The Perl Journal> contains tutorials, demonstrations, case studies, announcements, contests, and much more. I<TPJ> has columns on web development, databases, Win32 Perl, graphical programming, regular @@ -419,6 +420,8 @@ Most of the major modules (Tk, CGI, libwww-perl) have their own mailing lists. Consult the documentation that came with the module for subscription information. +A comprehensive list of Perl related mailing lists can be found at: + http://lists.cpan.org/ =head2 Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc diff --git a/pod/perlmodstyle.pod b/pod/perlmodstyle.pod index 558edcf26a..9431691b80 100644 --- a/pod/perlmodstyle.pod +++ b/pod/perlmodstyle.pod @@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ You may not even need to write the module. Check whether it's already been done in Perl, and avoid re-inventing the wheel unless you have a good reason. +Good places to look for pre-existing modules include +http://search.cpan.org/ and asking on modules@perl.org + If an existing module B<almost> does what you want, consider writing a patch, writing a subclass, or otherwise extending the existing module rather than rewriting it. |