Join us for the first day of TPCiG, in the cPanel Theatre.

Schedule: https://act.perlconference.org/tpc-2018-glasgow/schedule?day=2018-08-15
Live Chat: On IRC at irc.perl.org #yapc

How should we deal with numbers vs strings in JSON? Perl doesn't care!

Cpanel::JSON::XS::Type to the rescue! I'll explain its motivation, show usage and possible traps, describe the implementation, and discuss related problems in other modules.

Learn why Microsoft's Playwright framework is a stellar solution for end-to-end testing and monitoring.

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Stefan Judis

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The Perl Conference 2018

• Revision Control System: track changes

• ~4:30: "This stuff should be taught in schools. If you are not teaching students version control you are doing them a vast disservice. I am super tired of having to spend the first month of onboarding every new junior developer on how to use git."

• ~5:20 Git is not only for code! He talks about text changes, but I think it is also good for tracking binary file changes (but you can't tell the differences).

• https://hellowebbooks.com/learn-command-line/

• ~9:30 git config

• ~15:20 - staging area allows you to build up commits - confusing for newbies

• https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2

• Talk lasts 30 minutes, and then questions: (git rebase)

• https://www.deckset.com/buy/