Bringing Perl to a Younger Generation

Frankfurt -- 21st August 2012

Paul Johnson & Wes Johnson

@pjcjohnson & @wesjdj


www.pjcj.net

Why do we care about Perl?

Why do we care about Perl?

Why do we care about languages?

Why do we care about languages?

Roasting and Poaching

Roasting and Poaching

A programmer who hasn't been exposed to all four of the imperative, functional, objective, and logical programming styles has one or more conceptual blindspots. It's like knowing how to boil but not fry.

Tom Christiansen

Become a better programmer

Become a better programmer

Language Requirements

Language Requirements

How do we attract a younger audience?

How do we attract a younger audience?

Who is our target group?

Who is our target group?

Larry Wall and Soline Mengué

Image credit: Olivier Mengué

Who is our target group?

Who is our target group?

What attributes should they have?

What attributes should they have?

What experience do they have?

What experience do they have?

Get involved in the community?

Image credit: NBC

Why Perl?

Why Perl?

GCI

GCI

TPF and GCI

TPF and GCI

The contest

The contest

Mentoring

Mentoring

Translations

Translations

Results

Results

This year

This year

Hire Me!

Hire Me!

Conclusion

Conclusion

Stars of the Show

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