The start of a new year has me thinking of how I can improve things. Like the way I develop, debug and test code.
Do you develop with an xterm tailing the logs, an emacs window (or other editor) to edit the script and/or the packages (and on some occassions httpd.conf), and a web browser (on an alternate virtual desktop)? Do you pepper code with : print "option:" . $option{$foo . "<br>" if $debug; Fairly low tech, huh. At apachecon, a speaker (who neither bragged nor rambled) mentioned lwp use instead of (or to complement) the web browser portion. Will the use of lwp instead of a browser improve my coding ability (either in terms of speed or just improving my perl coding)? Seems like I'd have to spend too much time with the lwp script (tell it to first request the page then choose option A and B then hit the "submit" button ... ) Is there some way to improve this cycle : edit code -> refresh browser -> possibly look at the error log -> edit code -> ... Or maybe you use another approach that's better? Happy new near (9 days late), Big big Jim