I have written up a first working version of yet another Perl::Critic policy, also this policy suggestion is highly experimental.

The policy assists in enforcing a package/module/class naming strategy, so if you prefer to have your modules names follow a certain pattern this policy could be of interest to you.

If you do not configure the policy it does not do anything. You can however configure…

Inspired by my fellow hackers attending the Nordic Perl Workshop, I took the time to sit down (I was actually attending the Internetdagarna conference in Stockholm) and wrote up a first working version, so for now I consider this policy suggestion highly experimental.

The policy evaluates Perl subroutines for the presence of use of Params::Validate. It currently only evaluates public facing APIs,…

CPAN Release Perl::Critic::logicLAB 0.04 and 0.05

I have just uploaded Perl::Critic::logicLAB 0.05 to CPAN. I did not announce the release of 0.04 due to time constraints and since it was released during Easter I thought I could just as well announce them together.

The two releases introduces two new policies of mine:

Perl::Critic::Policy::logicLAB::RequireSheBang

Perl::Critic::Policy::logicLAB::ProhibitShellDispatch

The two policies focus on…

CPAN Release Perl::Critic::logicLAB 0.01 and policies

After a long time I finally got my own Perl::Critic policies released and uploaded to CPAN.

I have created a Task implementation bundle listing my two own policies for now (I expect to add other policies used later on). This gives you the opportunity to download the policies by themselves if they look like something you would like to use or you can even bundle them yourself with other policies…

Jobindex hosted the latest Copenhagen Perl Mongers meeting. The topic was Perl::Critic. Henrik Hald Nørgaard from Jobindex gave a nice general presentation on Perl::Critic. During and after there was a lot of discussion on various aspects of Perl::Critic, testing and Perl in general.

Jobindex was also disabling the Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitConstantPragmapolicy, which is…