Chromatic (programmer)

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Chromatic
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Employer(s)Onyx Neon, Inc.
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Website modernperlbooks.com

Chromatic is a writer and free software programmer best known for his work in the Perl programming language. He lives in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. He wrote Extreme Programming Pocket Guide, co-wrote Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook, is the lead author of Perl Hacks, and is an uncredited contributor [1] to The Art of Agile Development. [2] He has a music degree. [3] Also, he has contributed to CPAN, Perl 5, Perl 6, and Parrot.

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In 2009, he founded Modern Perl Books, in part to revitalize the world of Perl and to publish materials that other publishers had neglected. [4]

In 2010, he released the book Modern Perl in print and in electronic form, with the latter redistributable freely (though with a suggested donation). An updated edition was released in 2012, with the entire text online. [5]

CPAN

While he may be most currently known for the module "Modern::Perl", chromatic originally wrote "Test::Builder", which is the foundation of the most testing in the Perl world.

Perl 6

Chromatic spent several years as the Perl 6 project secretary. He is one of the biggest proponents of "roles" in Perl 6 (what some other programming languages refer to as "traits"). [6]

Parrot

Chromatic has been a core developer of Parrot. He was also secretary of the Parrot Foundation from 2008 until 2010. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Books by chromatic
  2. ↑ Shore, James; Warden, Shane (October 2007). The Art of Agile Development. Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media. ISBN   978-0-596-55379-1.
  3. ↑ Shane Warden and Jim Shore (July 2008). On the Art of Agile Development (YouTube video). OSCON 2008. Portland, Oregon: O'Reilly Media. Event occurs at 3:15. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. I have a degree in music. The day I graduated I said, 'I like to eat and I don't want to be living in a van the rest of my life so I am going to go find something else to do.'{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Onyx Neon Press
  5. ↑ Modern Perl: The Book
  6. ↑ Who's Who in Perl 6, parrot and Pugs
  7. ↑ Who's Who in Parrot


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