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        "NAME": {
            "content": "perlcommunity - a brief overview of the Perl community\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This document aims to provide an overview of the vast perl community, which is far too large\nand diverse to provide a detailed listing. If any specific niche has been forgotten, it is\nnot meant as an insult but an omission for the sake of brevity.\n\nThe Perl community is as diverse as Perl, and there is a large amount of evidence that the\nPerl users apply TMTOWTDI to all endeavors, not just programming. From websites, to IRC, to\nmailing lists, there is more than one way to get involved in the community.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "Where to Find the Community",
                    "content": "There is a central directory for the Perl community: <https://perl.org> maintained by the\nPerl Foundation (<https://www.perlfoundation.org/>), which tracks and provides services for a\nvariety of other community sites.\n\nRaku\n\nPerl's sister language, Raku (formerly known as Perl 6), maintains its own directory of\ncommunity resources at <https://raku.org/community/>.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Mailing Lists and Newsgroups",
                    "content": "Perl runs on e-mail; there is no doubt about it. The Camel book was originally written mostly\nover e-mail and today Perl's development is co-ordinated through mailing lists. The largest\nrepository of Perl mailing lists is located at <https://lists.perl.org>.\n\nMost Perl-related projects set up mailing lists for both users and contributors. If you don't\nsee a certain project listed at <https://lists.perl.org>, check the particular website for\nthat project.  Most mailing lists are archived at <https://www.nntp.perl.org/>.\n\nIRC\nThe Perl community has a rather large IRC presence. For starters, it has its own IRC network,\n<irc://irc.perl.org>. General (not help-oriented) chat can be found at\n<irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>. Many other more specific chats are also hosted on the network.\nInformation about irc.perl.org is located on the network's website:\n<https://www.irc.perl.org>. For a more help-oriented #perl, check out\n<irc://irc.libera.chat/#perl> (webchat <https://web.libera.chat/#perl>). Most Perl-related\nchannels will be kind enough to point you in the right direction if you ask nicely.\n\nAny large IRC network (Dalnet, EFnet) is also likely to have a #perl channel, with varying\nactivity levels.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Websites",
                    "content": "Perl websites come in a variety of forms, but they fit into two large categories: forums and\nnews websites. There are many Perl-related websites, so only a few of the community's largest\nare mentioned here.\n\nNews sites\n\n<https://perl.com/>\nOriginally  run  by  O'Reilly  Media (the publisher of the Camel Book, this site provides\nquality articles mostly about technical details of Perl.\n\n<http://blogs.perl.org/>\nMany members of the community have a Perl-related blog on this site.  If  you'd  like  to\njoin them, you can sign up for free.\n\n<https://perl.theplanetarium.org/>\nPlanet Perl is one of several aggregators of Perl-related blog feeds.\n\n<https://perlweekly.com/>\nPerl  Weekly  is a weekly mailing list that keeps you up to date on conferences, releases\nand notable blog posts.\n\nForums\n\n<https://www.perlmonks.org/>\nPerlMonks is one of the largest Perl  forums,  and  describes  itself  as  \"A  place  for\nindividuals  to  polish, improve, and showcase their Perl skills.\" and \"A community which\nallows everyone to grow and learn from each other.\"\n\n<https://stackoverflow.com/>\nStack Overflow is a free question-and-answer site  for  programmers.  It's  not  focussed\nsolely  on  Perl,  but  it  does  have an active group of users who do their best to help\npeople with their Perl programming questions.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "User Groups",
                    "content": "Many cities around the world have local Perl Mongers chapters. A Perl Mongers  chapter  is  a\nlocal user group which typically holds regular in-person meetings, both social and technical;\nhelps  organize  local conferences, workshops, and hackathons; and provides a mailing list or\nother continual contact method for its members to keep in touch.\n\nTo find your local Perl Mongers (or PM as  they're  commonly  abbreviated)  group  check  the\ninternational Perl Mongers directory at <https://www.pm.org/>.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Workshops",
                    "content": "Perl workshops are, as the name might suggest, workshops where Perl is taught in a variety of\nways. At the workshops, subjects range from a beginner's introduction (such as the Pittsburgh\nPerl Workshop's \"Zero To Perl\") to much more advanced subjects.\n\nThere  are  several great resources for locating workshops: the websites mentioned above, the\ncalendar mentioned below, and the YAPC Europe website, <http://www.yapceurope.org/>, which is\nprobably the best resource for European Perl events.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Hackathons",
                    "content": "Hackathons are a very different kind of gathering where Perl hackers gather to do just  that,\nhack  nonstop  for  an  extended  (several  day)  period  on  a specific project or projects.\nInformation about hackathons can be located in the same place as information about  workshops\nas well as in <irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>.\n\nIf  you  have  never been to a hackathon, here are a few basic things you need to know before\nattending: have a working laptop and know how to use it;  check  out  the  involved  projects\nbeforehand;  have  the necessary version control client; and bring backup equipment (an extra\nLAN cable, additional power strips, etc.)  because someone will forget.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Conventions",
                    "content": "Perl had two major annual conventions: The Perl Conference (now part of  OSCON),  put  on  by\nO'Reilly,  and  Yet  Another Perl Conference or YAPC (pronounced yap-see), which is localized\ninto several regional YAPCs (North America, Europe, Asia) in a stunning grassroots display by\nthe Perl community.\n\nIn 2016, YAPC was rebranded as The Perl Conference again. It is now referred to as  The  Perl\nand Raku Conference.\n\nOSCON had been discontinued.\n\nFor more information about either conference, check out their respective web pages:\n\n•   The Perl Conference\n\n<http://perlconference.us/>.\n\n•   OSCON\n\n<https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/>\n\nAn  additional  conference franchise with a large Perl portion was the Open Source Developers\nConference or OSDC. First held in Australia, it  also  spread  to  Israel  and  France.  More\ninformation  can  be found at: <http://www.osdc.org.il> for Israel, and <http://www.osdc.fr/>\nfor France.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Calendar of Perl Events",
                    "content": "The Perl Review, <http://www.theperlreview.com> maintains a website and Google  calendar  for\ntracking  workshops,  hackathons,  Perl  Mongers  meetings,  and other events. A view of this\ncalendar is available at <https://www.perl.org/events.html>.\n\nNot every event or Perl Mongers group is on that calendar, so don't lose heart if  you  don't\nsee   yours   posted.   To   have   your   event   or  group  listed,  contact  brian  d  foy\n(brian@theperlreview.com).\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Edgar \"Trizor\" Bering <trizor@gmail.com>\n\nperl v5.38.2                                 2026-08-18                             PERLCOMMUNITY(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "perlcommunity - a brief overview of the Perl community",
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