When working with databases there are several solutions on CPAN that deal with Object Oriented access to database tables that either avoid completely or minimize the use of SQL. Unfortunately most of these modules have a rather large learning curve, not necessarily the module itself, but all the precursors to it.more..
The standard Perl distribution comes with a debugger, although it's really just another Perl program, perl5db.pl. Since it is just a program, I can use it as the basis for writing my own debuggers to suit my needs, or I can use the interface perl5db.pl provides to configure its actions. That's just the beginning, though. read more...
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