What's new on http://perl-begin.org/

http://perl-begin.org/ is a site for Perl Beginners, that aims to collect t=
he
Internet's best resources for learning Perl. Here are the major changes to =
it
since the last update:

1. The book [Modern Perl](http://perl-begin.org//books/#modern-perl) is now
recommended, and [a local copy](http://perl-begin.org//tutorials/modern-per=
l/)
of it, under the CC-by-nc-sa licence is available on Perl-Begin, thanks to
[chromatic](http://www.modernperlbooks.com/).

2. We added [a Page](http://perl-begin.org//exercises/) with links to
**exercises and challenges**.

3. There's a new topical page about [Modules and
Packages](http://perl-begin.org//topics/modules-and-packages/).

4. [A page about using Perl for writing Chat robots and
scripts](http://perl-begin.org//uses/chat-scripting/) (IRC, Jabber, etc.) h=
as
been added. We also added [a page about developing games with
Perl](http://perl-begin.org//uses/games/).

5. More non-recommended Perl elements have been added to [=E2=80=9CPerl Ele=
ments to
Avoid=E2=80=9D page](http://perl-begin.org//tutorials/bad-elements/).

6. [The web-development with Perl page](http://perl-begin.org//uses/web/) w=
as
enhanced with new frameworks and information.

7. Added [a list of GUI
debuggers](http://perl-begin.org//IDEs-and-tools/#gui-debugger) to the IDEs=
 and
tools page.

8. We're now mirroring the now offline [=E2=80=9CLife with CPAN=E2=80=9D by=
 Jeremy
Mates](http://perl-begin.org//topics/cpan/#life-with-cpan).

9. A page about the [differences between =E2=80=9CPerl=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=9Cp=
erl=E2=80=9D and
=E2=80=9CPERL=E2=80=9D](http://perl-begin.org//learn/Perl-perl-but-not-PERL=
/) was added. It was
inspired by [a similar page](http://perl.org.il/misc.html#pl_vs_pl) on the
Israeli Perl Mongers site.

10. Many anchors were added to the pages using id=3D attributes.

11. We're now maintaining the sources of the Perl Beginners' Site in [a
bitbucket.org repository](http://perl-begin.org/source/#vcs) and there are
instructions for contributing in the link.

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If you have any input to give regarding http://perl-begin.org/ , or can help
with its ongoing maintenance, we'd be happy to hear from you. Perl-Begin is
mostly available under the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC-by) with
parts that are Public Domain, GFDL, and CC-by-nc-sa, and is maintained in a
public bitbucket.org repository.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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