What's new on CPAN - January 2020

Feb 10, 2020 by David Farrell

Welcome to “What’s new on CPAN”, a curated look at last month’s new CPAN uploads for your reading and programming pleasure. Enjoy!

APIs & Apps

• App::geoip show geological data based on hostname or IP addresses
• App::url format a URL according to a sprintf-like template
• Push metrics to prometheus exporter with Net::Prometheus::Pushgateway
• Shout is a thin wrapper around libshout, the live streaming library
• Report bad actors to AbuseDB via their v2 API: WebService::AbuseIPDB
• WebService::Mailgun is an API client for Mailgun

Config & Devops

• Clear the terminal using Term::Clear

Data

• Return an endless stream of distinct RGB colors with Chart::Colors
• File::BackupCopy makes backing up files easier
• Calculate the mean and variance of a set (Welford’s algorithm) using Math::StdDev
• TOML::Tiny is a minimal, pure perl TOML parser and serializer

Development & Version Control

• Express yourself through moo with MooX::Pression
• Object::Adhoc can mint objects without the hassle of defining a class first
• Sub::HandlesVia provies another way to define handles_via in Moo/Moose/Mouse

Web

• Detect User-Agents using Duadua
• FTN::Crypt can encrypt/decrypt Fido Technology Nets netmail
• Mojolicious::Plugin::Systemd lets you configure your mojo app with systemd
• The Mozilla Public Suffix List: Net::PublicSuffixList