DataCage is broadcasting Left Of The Dial
Welcome to DataCage, providing entertaining coding methods in Data that’s Left Of The Dial.
We offer a simple, concise site that lays out small examples of data processing, data munging, data prepping, database related exercises and more, that can be utilised on larger-scale projects.
The majority of exercises use Modern Perl. Let’s clear up an issue straight away. Perl might have a reputation of being a bit old-school. Let’s address that.
Firstly, there’s nothing wrong with old-school. But, Modern Perl isn’t old-school. It offers scope to accomplish modern tasks.
Grabbing data from APIs, turning JSON into something more humanly readable, tackling wild CSV files, creating web apps and a whole lot more… Perl is capable. CPAN is a treasure trove of modules to accomplish these tasks.
One of Perl’s claims is “There’s more than one way to do it”. This is both a help and a hindrance. My chief aims are to get the required results, and to get them with the most concise, easy-to-read code possible. There could be a quicker solution with less lines of code, one that when bench-marked against the clearer code runs faster.
Feel free to offer alternate methods.
As the proverb says…
“Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand.”
On with the show.
