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NAnt is a free .NET build tool, in theory it is kind of like make without make's wrinkles, in practice it's a lot like Ant. NAnt is different - Instead of a model where it is extended with shell-based commands, NAnt is extended using task classes. Instead of writing shell commands, the... Platforms: Windows, *nix

Jabber::Lite is a standalone library for communicating with Jabber servers. SYNOPSIS use Jabber::Lite; my $jlobj = Jabber::Lite->new(); $jlobj->connect( %args ); $jlobj->authenticate( %args ); my $stillgoing = 1; while( $stillgoing ){ my $tval = $jlobj->process(); if( $tval == 1 ){... Platforms: *nix

XML::Writer::Simple is a Perl module to create XML files easily! SYNOPSIS use XML::Writer::Simple dtd => "file.dtd"; print para("foo",b("bar"),"zbr"); USAGE This module takes some ideas from CGI to make easier the life for those who need to generated XML code. You can use the module in... Platforms: *nix

SYNOPPSIS use LWP::Simple use XML::Parser; use XML::Parser::YahooRESTGeocode; #connect to yahoo geocode service my $url = http://api.local.yahoo.com/MapsService/V1/geocode; my $get = appid=YahooDemo&street=701+First+Street&city=Sunnyvale&state=CA; #call yahoo geocode service my $xml =... Platforms: *nix

Chatbot::Alpha::Tutorial is a beginners guide to Chatbot::Alpha 2.x. INTRODUCTION What is Chatbot::Alpha? Chatbot::Alpha is a Perl module for reading and processing Alpha code. Alpha code is a command-driven response language, primarily used for chatterbots. The language format is quite... Platforms: *nix

AjaxVTT is a "Virtual Table Top" utility for multi-user, web-based battle mapping. For quite some time I have wanted a way to play old-school, table-top, books-and-dice roll playing games online. Ive looked at the packages out there (oh, mine is far from the only one) and found them all...... Platforms: *nix

Class::Meta is a Perl class automation, introspection, and data validation. SYNOPSIS Generate a class: package MyApp::Thingy; use strict; use Class::Meta; use Class::Meta::Types::String; use Class::Meta::Types::Numeric; BEGIN { # Create a Class::Meta object for this class. my $cm =... Platforms: *nix

vars::global is a Perl module that tries to make global variables a little safer. SYNOPSIS # In the place/package where we want to create globals use vars::global create => qw( $foo @bar %baz ); # Add some more global symbols vars::global->create(qw( $hello @world %now )); # Somewhere... Platforms: *nix

gkII software is a Mandelbrot and Julia set image generator, derived from Osku Salermas Gfract. But, instead of just being plain happy with the mandelbrot calculations it does some more calculations developed with the artistic eye in mind. These calculations act like a mask, revealing,... Platforms: *nix

MWSpeaker project is the worst speech synthesis software ever. You provide a phrase, and MWSpeaker looks up each word in Merriam-Websters online dictionary, downloads the corresponding pronounciations, and plays them in sequence. M-W Speaker takes a phrase (no punctuation please), takes each... Platforms: *nix

ObjectivePerl is an Objective-C style syntax and runtime for perl. SYNOPSIS use ObjectivePerl; @implementation MyClass { $someInstanceVariable; @private: $privateInstanceVariable; @protected: $normalInstanceVariable, $anotherInstanceVariable; } + new { return ~[$super new]; } -... Platforms: *nix

JavaArray is a tied extension for Java arrays from Java.pm SYNOPSIS use Java; # Set up Java.pm to always return tied array references to me my $java = new Java(use_tied_arrays => 1); my $tied_array = $java->create_array("java.lang.String",5); OR # Roll my own tied arrays my... Platforms: *nix

CGI::kSession is a sessions manager for CGI. This module can be used anywhere you need sessions. As a session management module, it uses files with a configurable lifetime to handle your session data. For those of you familiar with PHP, you will notice that the session syntax is a little bit... Platforms: *nix

HTML::TreeBuilder is a parser that builds a HTML syntax tree. SYNOPSIS foreach my $file_name (@ARGV) { my $tree = HTML::TreeBuilder->new; # empty tree $tree->parse_file($file_name); print "Hey, heres a dump of the parse tree of $file_name:n"; $tree->dump; # a method we inherit from... Platforms: *nix

Code::Splice injects the contents of one subroutine at a specified point elsewhere. SYNOPSIS use Code::Splice; Code::Splice::inject( code => sub { print "fredn"; }, package => main, method => foo, precondition => sub { my $op = shift; my $line = shift; $line =~ m/print/ and $line =~... Platforms: *nix

Audio::TagLib is a library for reading and editing audio meta data, commonly known as tags. SYNOPSIS use Audio::TagLib; use warnings; use strict; my $f = Audio::TagLib::FileRef->new("Latex Solar Beef.mp3"); my $artist = $f->tag()->artist(); print $artist->toCString(), "n"; # got "Frank... Platforms: *nix

bpmcalc is an Amarok script that calculates BPM on song change and update Amaroks database. This is my first amaroK script which calculate the BPM of the currently playing file. I wrote it after the recent patch which add a BPM field in the playlist. It isnt really useful, but I think its cool;... Platforms: *nix

Search::FreeText is a free text indexing module for medium-to-large text corpuses. SYNOPSIS my $test = new Search::FreeText(-db => [DB_File, "stories.db"]); $text->open_index(); $text->clear_index(); $text->index_document(1, "Hello world"); $text->index_document(2, "World in motion");... Platforms: *nix

jukebox-control project is a complete automation for Sony A/V components featuring S-Link (CD, DVD, MD, etc). jukebox-control includes a Linux driver module for an easy/dirty cheap to build DIY parallel to the Sony S-Link interface, plus Perl modules with both control-A1 (II) and control-S... Platforms: *nix

E-Mail clogged with "Hey, check out this page!" messages? Bookmarks jammed with pages you've only looked at once? Desktop littered with clippings of potentially positive pages? No more. LinkPad is best described as a scratchpad for links, a scratchpad that fills a gaping void between... Platforms: Mac