use Perl

Oh boy, new toys!

pQuery

See also pQuery

I'm not a big fan of jQuery, but pQuery should keep me busy this weekend 8^))

Oh boy, new toys!

pQuery

See also pQuery

I'm not a big fan of jQuery, but pQuery should keep me busy this weekend 8^))

For "Tired of Perl Is Dead FUD", I generated a simple chart of Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby job listings. It generated a lot more interest than I expected.

One of the common comments went something like, "Yeah, but there's no Perl jobs in my backyard".

Which aggravated a chronic itch I've had since first releasing DBD::Chart/ DBIx::Chart several years ago: how to support some kind of GIS visualizations. I've occasionally had users ask about GIS support, but it seemed like such a huge challenge that I've always begged off.

All the online mapping services are about "geo-location"; I'm interested in "geo-intelligence".

So when people asked "yeah, but where are those jobs ?", I decided to scratch that itch.

I found GD::Map, but its interface and rendering weren't quite what I wanted. So I've created GD::Map::Mercator. (Alas, I still haven't figured out how to integrate it into DBIx::Chart, but the experience helped me better understand the issues)

With that, and a Javascript widget I've been working on for another project, and a bit more detailed screenscraping, I've whipped up a Dynamic Language Jobs Map that provides some relative indicators of where those jobs are, along with a drill-down breakout of the Javascript, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby job counts. (Sorry, USA only; free/open, current detail GIS data for other locations is hard to find)

Note that I've added Javascript to the list, because its become increasingly important to me personally, and I suspect it either already is, or soon will be, important to other dynamic language users.

The cosmetics are still a bit rough in spots (despite minor intervention with Microsoft Paint), but hopefully its a bit more insightful. I'd hoped to get a deeper drill down using area code GIS data, but I've been unable to locate a free/open source for the data (if anyone knows of a source of such data, I'd be grateful if you passed along the info).

I'll try to update the data every couple of weeks; I've imposed on DICE's hospitatilty a bit more than I should; hopefully they'll continue to be gracious about my occasional scraping.

For "Tired of Perl Is Dead FUD", I generated a simple chart of Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby job listings. It generated a lot more interest than I expected.

One of the common comments went something like, "Yeah, but there's no Perl jobs in my backyard".

Which aggravated a chronic itch I've had since first releasing DBD::Chart/ DBIx::Chart several years ago: how to support some kind of GIS visualizations. I've occasionally had users ask about GIS support, but it seemed like such a huge challenge that I've always begged off.

All the online mapping services are about "geo-location"; I'm interested in "geo-intelligence".

So when people asked "yeah, but where are those jobs ?", I decided to scratch that itch.

I found GD::Map, but its interface and rendering weren't quite what I wanted. So I've created GD::Map::Mercator. (Alas, I still haven't figured out how to integrate it into DBIx::Chart, but the experience helped me better understand the issues)

With that, and a Javascript widget I've been working on for another project, and a bit more detailed screenscraping, I've whipped up a Dynamic Language Jobs Map that provides some relative indicators of where those jobs are, along with a drill-down breakout of the Javascript, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby job counts. (Sorry, USA only; free/open, current detail GIS data for other locations is hard to find)

Note that I've added Javascript to the list, because its become increasingly important to me personally, and I suspect it either already is, or soon will be, important to other dynamic language users.

The cosmetics are still a bit rough in spots (despite minor intervention with Microsoft Paint), but hopefully its a bit more insightful. I'd hoped to get a deeper drill down using area code GIS data, but I've been unable to locate a free/open source for the data (if anyone knows of a source of such data, I'd be grateful if you passed along the info).

I'll try to update the data every couple of weeks; I've imposed on DICE's hospitality a bit more than I should; hopefully they'll continue to be gracious about my occasional scraping.

Yeah, me too. But I'm a capitalist, so I like to see what people are writing checks for. As I'm fed up with the various unsubstantiated claims, I've whipped up a little graphic that will hopefully cheer you up. I'll try to keep it updated regularly.

If nothing else, it'll give us all something to watch as we're overtaken by our Ruby and Python overlords.

Yeah, me too. But I'm a capitalist, so I like to see what people are writing checks for. As I'm fed up with the various unsubstantiated claims, I've whipped up a little graphic that will hopefully cheer you up. I'll try to keep it updated regularly.

If nothing else, it'll give us all something to watch as we're overtaken by our Ruby and Python overlords.