Articles from the Perl Advent Calendar

This is a quick-reference list of all the Perl modules that have appeared in Mark Fowler's wonderful Perl Advent Calendar over the last 4 years. This is where I find all my best Perl modules...

The Perl 2003 Advent Calender

• 25th - PAR
• 24th - Data::Structure::Util
• 23rd - tbc
• 22nd - LWP::Simple
• 21st - Inline::Java
• 20th - Regex::Common
• 19th - Acme::Code::FreedomFighter
• 18th - PDF::Reuse
• 17th - diagnostics
• 16th - Math::BigInt
• 15th - Text::Glob
• 14th - Date::Parse
• 13th - only
• 12th - Class::ISA
• 11th - File::chdir
• 10th - Test::Inline
• 9th - Data::Dimensions
• 8th - CGI::Application
• 7th - Attribute::Handlers
• 6th - Mail::SpamAssassin
• 5th - Template::Extract
• 4th - PPerl
• 3rd - Hook::LexWrap
• 2nd - HTML::Entities
• 1st - CGI::Untaint

The Perl 2002 Advent Calender

• 25th - Devel::DProf
• 24th - Pixie
• 23rd - Class::DBI
• 22nd - XML::LibXML
• 21st - Tie::File
• 20th - Class::Data::Inheritable
• 19th - Inline::TT
• 18th - CPANPLUS
• 17th - Acme::Intraweb
• 16th - WWW::Mechanize
• 15th - YAML
• 14th - Test::MockObject
• 13th - Benchmark
• 12th - Object::Realize::Later
• 11th - File::Find::Rule
• 10th - Params::Validate
• 9th - XML::SAX
• 8th - XML::Handler::AxPoint
• 7th - File::MMagic
• 6th - Devel::Size
• 5th - Image::Size
• 4th - Test::Builder
• 3rd - DBD::SQLite
• 2nd - IO::AtomicFile
• 1st - URI::Find

The Perl 2001 Advent Calender

• 25th - Parse::RecDescent
• 24th - Quantum::Superpositions
• 23rd - Inline::Files
• 22nd - Text::Autoformat
• 21st - Exporter::Simple
• 20th - ExtUtils::ModuleMaker
• 19th - Class:MethodMaker
• 18th - Attribute::Overload
• 17th - Attribute::TieClasses
• 16th - Tie::Hash::Cannabinol
• 15th - Pod::Coverage
• 14th - Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
• 13th - Crypt::Solitaire
• 12th - POE::Component::Client::HTTP
• 11th - POE
• 10th - Test::More
• 9th - GraphViz
• 8th - List::Util
• 7th - Scalar::Util
• 6th - Acme::Pony
• 5th - XML::XPath
• 4th - File::Spec
• 3rd - Tie::DBI
• 2nd - Mail::ListDetector
• 1st - Mail::Audit

The Perl 2000 Advent Calender

1. Data::Dumper
2. LWP::Simple
3. POE::Component::IRC
4. Exporter
5. Time::Local
6. Time::Object
7. Tie::Scalar::Timeout
8. Tie::HashDefaults
9. Crypt::RC4
10. GD
11. Image::Imlib2
12. File::Remote
13. Lost.
14. XML::Grove
15. Getopt::Long
16. File::Find
17. DBI
18. Memoize
19. Storable
20. Inline
21. Class::Virtual
22. Class::Multimethods
23. Symbol::Approx::Sub
24. Template
25. Date::Christmas