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Mark Allen will be presenting the "Intro to Dancer" talk he gave at OSCON 2011. If he has time, Mark has also offered to give a quick overview of some of the Perl information he learned at OSCON.

Gordon Child presented the Cobbler installation system. It supports rapid deployment and configuration of servers via a network boot.

In this talk, Wade introduces the basics of automated testing assuming little knowledge of the Perl testing culture. The purpose of the presentation is not to make you an expert tester, but to introduce the concepts, tools, and reasoning behind automated testing in Perl.

Gordon described the problem with testing Web Applications. He demonstrated using Selenium to test applications by automating different browsers to actually execute the web application.

Nick Koston explored using Devel::NYTProf, Benchmark, and Data::Dumper to optimize Perl code. He explored some of the reasons that Perl code can be slow, and how to fix it.

Todd gave a short presentation showing how Dist::Zilla simplifies the maintainence of CPAN-compatible modules. Afterward, we applied the experience and skills of the group to solving a problem presented by one of the attendees.

This was a much more entry-level presentation, aimed at introducing computer-savvy individuals to basic programming. Wade walked through the process of automating a few repetitive tasks with a little relatively simple code.

Erin demonstrated some of the low-level code needed to work with MIDI and WAV files in Perl. In the process, he demonstrated some of the basics of generating sound with Perl.

Wade previewed the talk he will present at YAPC::NA 2010. This lead to a lively discussion about the capabilities of the SVG image format. Todd Rinaldo asked for help on the Net::Ident module.

Wade introduced a few of the major programming paradigms and explained how they relate to Perl. There were a few examples and a fair bit of discussion.

Todd introduced Object Oriented programming in Perl using the Moose library. Unlike most Moose talks, Todd targeted people with less OO experience, teaching Moose without an assumption of familarity with Perl OO Programming.

Robert did a quick overview, with example code, of some of the web development frameworks available to Perl programmers.

Wade continued the introductory Perl theme with more information about the Perl community and Perl documentation. He also walked the group through solving a (mostly) real-world problem.