Stories for 2008-02-12

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In this issue:
    *  "Tired of FUD" Followup: Where the Jobs Are
    * New CPAN Distributions for February 11, 2008

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|  "Tired of FUD" Followup: Where the Jobs Are                       |
|   posted by brian_d_foy on Monday February 11, @16:13 (User Journal|
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/11/2053257              |
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For [0]"Tired of Perl Is Dead FUD", I generated a [1]simple chart of
Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby job listings. It generated a lot more
interest than I expected.

One of the common comments went something like, "Yeah, but there's no
Perl jobs in my backyard".

Which aggravated a chronic itch I've had since first releasing
[2]DBD::Chart/ [3]DBIx::Chart several years ago: how to support some kind
of GIS visualizations. I've occasionally had users ask about GIS support,
but it seemed like such a huge challenge that I've always begged off.

All the online mapping services are about "geo-location"; I'm interested
in "geo-intelligence".

So when people asked "yeah, but where are those jobs ?", I decided to
scratch that itch.

I found [4]GD::Map, but its interface and rendering weren't quite what I
wanted. So I've created [5]GD::Map::Mercator. (Alas, I still haven't
figured out how to integrate it into DBIx::Chart, but the experience
helped me better understand the issues)

With that, and a Javascript widget I've been working on for another
project, and a bit more detailed screenscraping, I've whipped up a [6]
Dynamic Language Jobs Map that provides some relative indicators of where
those jobs are, along with a drill-down breakout of the Javascript, Perl,
PHP, Python, and Ruby job counts. (Sorry, USA only; free/open, current
detail GIS data for other locations is hard to find)

Note that I've added Javascript to the list, because its become
increasingly important to me personally, and I suspect it either already
is, or soon will be, important to other dynamic language users.

The cosmetics are still a bit rough in spots (despite minor intervention
with Microsoft Paint), but hopefully its a bit more insightful. I'd hoped
to get a deeper drill down using area code GIS data, but I've been unable
to locate a free/open source for the data (if anyone knows of a source of
such data, I'd be grateful if you passed along the info).

I'll try to update the data every couple of weeks; I've imposed on DICE's
hospitatilty a bit more than I should; hopefully they'll continue to be
gracious about my occasional scraping.

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/11/2053257

Links:
    0. http://use.perl.org/~renodino/journal/34444
    1. http://www.presicient.com/langjobs.html
    2. http://www.presicient.com/dbdchart
    3. http://www.presicient.com/dbixchart
    4. http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?GD::Map
    5. http://www.presicient.com/gdmapmerc
    6. http://www.presicient.com/langjobs/usajobs.html


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| New CPAN Distributions for February 11, 2008                       |
|   posted by pudge on Monday February 11, @18:30 (Module Listings)  |
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/11/1530207              |
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  * [0]Acme-Note-0.6 -- Make a mental note for programming style
  * [1]Algorithm-VectorClocks-0.0.1 -- Generating a partial ordering of
    events in a distributed system
  * [2]App-Bondage-0.2.4 -- A featureful IRC bouncer based on
    POE::Component::IRC
  * [3]BSD-Getfsent-0.17 -- Get file system descriptor file entry
  * [4]Catalyst-Model-DBIDM-0.03 -- DBIx::DataModel model class
  * [5]Class-Inspector-1.19_01 -- Get information about a class and its
    structure
  * [6]Config-Model-Xorg-0.509 -- Xorg configuration model for
    Config::Model
  * [7]Data-Presenter-1.03 -- Reformat database reports
  * [8]GD-Map-Mercator-1.01 -- Create Mercator projected map images using
    GD
  * [9]Gaim-Log-Mailer-0.01 -- Have your Gaim/Pidgin logs mailed to you
  * [10]Gaim-Log-Parser-0.10 -- Parse Gaim's Log Files
  * [11]Geo-Query-0.03 -- Perl extension for querying geo related data
    from different sources.
  * [12]IO-Async-0.13 -- a collection of modules that implement
    asynchronous filehandle IO
  * [13]Kephra0.3.6_4
  * [14]Keystone-Resolver-1.18 -- an OpenURL resolver
  * [15]List-Maker-v0.0.4 -- Generate more sophisticated lists than just
    $a..$b
  * [16]NetSuite-1.00 -- A perl-based interface to the NetSuite SuiteTalk
    (Web Services) API
  * [17]PDF-API2-Simple-1.1.4 -- Simplistic wrapper for the excellent
    PDF::API2 modules
  * [18]PDF-API2-Simple-1.1.4u -- Simplistic wrapper for the excellent
    PDF::API2 modules
  * [19]Params-Validate-Checks-0.01 -- Named checks for use with
    Params::Validate
  * [20]Params-Validate-Checks-Net-0.01 -- Params::Validate checks for
    functions taking network-related arguments
  * [21]Perl6-Say-0.12 -- print -- but no newline needed
  * [22]SOAP-WSDL-2.00_31 -- SOAP with WSDL support
  * [23]Text-TermExtract-0.01 -- Extract terms from text
  * [24]Video-Dumper-QuickTime-1.0001 -- Dump QuickTime movie file
    structure
  * [25]YAML-YuyuPress-0.07 -- Tool for making presentations out of YAML
    files.
  * [26]YAML-YuyuPress-0.07_1 -- Tool for making presentations out of
    YAML files.

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/11/1530207

Links:
    0. http://search.cpan.org/~ferreira/Acme-Note-0.6
    1. http://search.cpan.org/~takeru/Algorithm-VectorClocks-0.0.1
    2. http://search.cpan.org/~hinrik/App-Bondage-0.2.4
    3. http://search.cpan.org/~schubiger/BSD-Getfsent-0.17
    4. http://search.cpan.org/~cbouvi/Catalyst-Model-DBIDM-0.03
    5. http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/Class-Inspector-1.19_01
    6. http://search.cpan.org/~ddumont/Config-Model-Xorg-0.509
    7. http://search.cpan.org/~jkeenan/Data-Presenter-1.03
    8. http://search.cpan.org/~darnold/GD-Map-Mercator-1.01
    9. http://search.cpan.org/~mschilli/Gaim-Log-Mailer-0.01
   10. http://search.cpan.org/~mschilli/Gaim-Log-Parser-0.10
   11. http://search.cpan.org/~retoh/Geo-Query-0.03
   12. http://search.cpan.org/~pevans/IO-Async-0.13
   13. http://search.cpan.org/~lichtkind/Kephra0.3.6_4
   14. http://search.cpan.org/~mirk/Keystone-Resolver-1.18
   15. http://search.cpan.org/~dconway/List-Maker-v0.0.4
   16. http://search.cpan.org/~jlloyd/NetSuite-1.00
   17. http://search.cpan.org/~redtree/PDF-API2-Simple-1.1.4
   18. http://search.cpan.org/~redtree/PDF-API2-Simple-1.1.4u
   19. http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/Params-Validate-Checks-0.01
   20. http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/Params-Validate-Checks-Net-0.01
   21. http://search.cpan.org/~jkeenan/Perl6-Say-0.12
   22. http://search.cpan.org/~mkutter/SOAP-WSDL-2.00_31
   23. http://search.cpan.org/~mschilli/Text-TermExtract-0.01
   24. http://search.cpan.org/~grandpa/Video-Dumper-QuickTime-1.0001
   25. http://search.cpan.org/~jmerelo/YAML-YuyuPress-0.07
   26. http://search.cpan.org/~jmerelo/YAML-YuyuPress-0.07_1



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