We'll have our usual date in October but not our usual place. October 9th (2nd Tuesday): Mark Fowler, "Perl Advent Calendar Redux" ( ROAD TRIP )
"A resource for beginners and advanced Perl users alike, the Perl Advent calendar [ http://www.perladvent.org/2017/ ] features humourous stories featuring Santa's Elves and the fun they have with Perl. This talk will talk about all the exciting things that occurred in [last] year's calendar. Somewhat akin to twenty four two minute lighting talks, it'll expose you to a range of topics." Boston.PM is happy to accept offer of hosting and presenting from MaxMind.comof Waltham! ( *Boston.pm's Jerrad Pierce was the first Perl Advent interregnum editor after Mark's inaugural stint. We've not been involved in the 2nd interregnum or the Restoration, so it will be very good to hear this!* ) SITE: *14 Spring St, Waltham, MA 02451* (For CarFree folks, meeting will be on Express Bus / Bus network and short walk from Commuter Rail (transit map <https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.3767&mlon=-71.2390&zoom=17#map=17/42.37670/-71.23900&layers=T>), or you can Carpool with Bill! Free parking across the street.) - 556 & 553Express Buses (useful *outbound* *only*, last return service too early) - Fitchburg CR (Zone 2) Last inbound 1143PM to Porter (Red Line) & North Station (Green & Orange Lines) - 70 regular bus (all night, to University Park via Central Sq Red Line; off rush 45 minutes) - 170 Express Bus is *reverse commute only* express bus, so inapplicable to us - useful if working there and living in-town! Transit enhanced map - https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/240315386#map=17/42.37599/-71.23929&layers=T = = = = = = = September 11th: Ricky Morse - Perl 6 and Typesetting Formal Announcements [image: Commemorative text of a peal rung, with date, bells, wringers, and steeple indicated, and a chapter logo.] <https://bpm.qualitybox.us/wiki/File:BellRingHalfSheet.png> Sample output from P6 and Groff After ringing a bell for 45 minutes to 3 hours, you kind of want people to know you did it, and what you did it for. Ricky uses Perl 6 to replace a manual process for creating ?half-sheets? to post in the Old North ringing room, for tourists to see. Ricky sensibly doesn't want to retype or copy-paste what's already somewhere on-line, so he uses Perl 6 to pull the data from a database as XML, and then typeset the half sheets. This is using *Perl6*, *GROFF*, and *C6PAN* Modules *Template::Mustache*, *XML::XPath*, and *HTTP::User Agent*. Slide notes http://pukku.com/bostonpm/2018-09-ringing-halfsheet/ Program https://github.com/pukku/ringing_halfsheets [ link is in the notes above ] . *We did not watch all the videos or dive into all the reference links ... have fun with this rabbit warren of links!* *Ricky gave background on the Change Ringing style of bell ringing and also briefly listed various software paths he considered to transform XML to PDF for this print problem. *
