ProgrammingNewsletters.com

The best weekly programming newsletters on one website

Features

• Ordered by last update
• Filter by category
• No email needed
• No CloudFlare
• No analytics
• Free

Development

Installing Perl and Carton deps

Perl

asdf plugin add perl https://github.com/ouest/asdf-perl.git #Install Perl plugin for asdf
asdf install perl 5.22.1 #Install latest Perl version at time of writing
asdf global perl 5.22.1 #Use as default Perl
perl --version #Confirm latest version is installed properly

cpanminus module installer (needed for Carton)

curl -L https://cpanmin.us > cpanm_setup.pl #Download cpanm setup script
perl cpanm_setup.pl App::cpanminus #Run cpanm setup

Perl deps needed before Carton

cpanm XML::Parser
cpanm DateTime

Carton (Perl lib dependencies)

cpanm Carton #Install Carton
asdf reshim perl #Set up binary "shim" (command line shortcut)
carton install #Install module deps for project from the cpanfile

Building the site

To build the site:

carton exec perl Run.pm

To force a rebuild, overriding newsletters cache:

carton exec perl Run.pm --rebuild

To build just the first item from newsletter.json (when adding new newsletters):

carton exec perl Run.pm --rebuild --first-only

Viewing the site locally

Download the code and start a webserver.

git clone git@github.com:szTheory/programmingnewsletters.com.git
cd programmingnewsletters.com
python3 -m http.server --directory public

Now visit localhost:8000 to view the website.

Netlify deploy command

export PERL5LIB=/opt/buildhome/perl5/lib/perl5 && curl -L https://cpanmin.us | perl - App::cpanminus && /opt/buildhome/perl5/bin/cpanm Carton && /opt/buildhome/perl5/bin/carton install && /opt/buildhome/perl5/bin/carton exec perl Run.pm

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