I'm giving my CPAN workshop at cPanel* in Houston on Thursday July 31 at 7pm. In this workshop, you can go from nothing to releasing a CPAN distribute in a couple of hours. We'll go through the entire process using an actual distribution you create and uploading to a live server. You may even get actual CPAN Testers results by the end of the night.

If you plan to be there, make certain that you request a PAUSE account ahead of time.

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If you're going to YAPC::EU, why not take another couple days for a Perl class as Kloster Eberbach? You might have already seen this Cistercian abby in The Name of the Rose with Sean Connery (and a very young Christian Slater).

I've taught Perl classes there as part of Big Nerd Ranch, although this class would be an independent offering in the same model. You spend three or four days onsite, with room and all meals provided. In the middle of the day, we stop the class to take an easy hike in the …