Todd introduced the Net::Jabber::Bot module he has
been developing. The group helped to improve the testing of the module
and began the process of turning it into a group project.
Wade gave a presentation about code references in Perl 5. This
talk explains some of the things you can do with coderefs, including
the concept of closures and ending with an introduction to
currying.
Glenn introduced the PDF::API2 module and showed how
it had been used to produce printable receipts online. He also
provided a brief introduction to HTML::Template.
Will and Jeremy presented their experiences at YAPC::NA
this year in Chicago. Jeremy also gave an update on the current
state of our proposal for YAPC::NA 2007 in Houston.
Paul covered two separate topics this month. The first was a
quick overview of the Subversion version control system. Afterwards,
he explained the topics of caching and memoization as discussed in the
book Higher Order Perl.