Google AI Challenge, Fall 2011 edition

It is this time of the year again. Google has set up its Fall 2011 Artificial Intelligence (AI) challenge.

The goal is to protect your ant hill and gather food while destroying the enemy's hills.

There are starter packages for 25 languages, including Perl, for Windows and Linux environments.

The contest closes on December 18th. Submit your best efforts to move Perl up the rankings!

Here is the ranking table for Perl, there were 35 entries at the moment this post was written with a best position of 198th by grand_sbor.

Google AI Challenge, Fall 2011 edition

It is this time of the year again. Google has set up its Fall 2011 Artificial Intelligence (AI) challenge.

The goal is to protect your ant hill and gather food while destroying the enemy's hills.

There are starter packages for 25 languages, including Perl, for Windows and Linux environments.

The contest closes on December 18th. Submit your best efforts to move Perl up the rankings!

Here is the ranking table for Perl, there were 35 entries at the moment this post was written with a best position of 198th by grand_sbor.

The Perl Weekly newsletter

When it comes to getting fresh Perl news, the community provides many resources.
It can be time consuming to sift through all of them and there is always the chance that you will miss interesting tidbits about your favorite scripting language.

Lo and behold, Gabor Szabo (szabgab) comes to your rescue. His weekly Perl Weekly newsletter is an aggregate of all the recent happenings in the world of Perl programming. He is doing a great job of extracting the big news for us in order to save time to everyone.

You can read the newsletter on the web or subscribe to receive it in your mailbox. 13 issues are out already!


The Perl Channel

Gabor has been keeping himself busy recently, having the courage to stand in front of the spotlights. A few months ago, he started a series of Perl videos on YouTube. There are, as of the end of October 2011, 25 segments of about 15 minutes.

If you are starting development of Perl programs on Windows, this is another great resource for learning. There are beginner lessons, Padre tutorials, Perl 6 videos and more.

If you prefer your information presented by a live person (as opposed to read from a document), I recommend that you check it out now. Even better, watch it on your phone during your commute (WARNING: do not drive and Perl at the same time!).

The Perl Weekly newsletter

When it comes to getting fresh Perl news, the community provides many resources.
It can be time consuming to sift through all of them and there is always the chance that you will miss interesting tidbits about your favorite scripting language.

Lo and behold, Gabor Szabo (szabgab) comes to your rescue. His weekly Perl Weekly newsletter is an aggregate of all the recent happenings in the world of Perl programming. He is doing a great job of extracting the big news for us in order to save time to everyone.

You can read the newsletter on the web or subscribe to receive it in your mailbox. 13 issues are out already!


The Perl Channel

Gabor has been keeping himself busy recently, having the courage to stand in front of the spotlights. A few months ago, he started a series of Perl videos on YouTube. There are, as of the end of October 2011, 25 segments of about 15 minutes.

If you are starting development of Perl programs on Windows, this is another great resource for learning. There are beginner lessons, Padre tutorials, Perl 6 videos and more.

If you prefer your information presented by a live person (as opposed to read from a document), I recommend that you check it out now. Even better, watch it on your phone during your commute (WARNING: do not drive and Perl at the same time!).