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Damian Conway

Dr. Damian Conway is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Software Engineering at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), where he teaches object-oriented software engineering. He is an effective teacher, an accomplished writer, and the author of several popular Perl modules. He is also a semi-regular contributor to the Perl Journal. In 1998 he was the winner of the Larry Wall Award for Practical Utility for two modules (Getopt::Declare and Lingua::EN::Inflect) and in 1999 he won his second "Larry" for his Coy.pm haiku-generation module. He has just published "Object-Oriented Perl" (Manning, 1999).

Ten Essential Development Practices
Perl lets you be productive in everything from quick and dirty throwaway programs to big, business-critical applications. Building the latter requires some discipline, though. Damian Conway shares ten essential development practices to make your Perl programming easier, more reliable, and even more enjoyable. [Jul 14, 2005]

Exegesis 7
Damian Conway explains how formatting will work in Perl 6 -- with a twist... [Feb 27, 2004]

Exegesis 6
Apocalypse 6 described the changes to subroutines in Perl 6. Exegesis 6 demonstrates what this will mean to you, the average Perl programmer. Damian Conway explains how the new syntax and semantics make for cleaner, simpler, and more powerful code. [Jul 29, 2003]

Synopsis 6
Damian Conway and Allison Randal bring you a handy summary of the Perl 6 subroutine and type system, as described in last month's Apocalypse. [Apr 9, 2003]

Exegesis 5
Are Perl 6's regular expressions still messing with your head? Never fear, Damian is here - with another Exegesis explaining what real programs using Perl 6 grammars look like. [Aug 22, 2002]

Synopsis 5
Confused by the last Apocalypse? Allison Randal and Damian Conway explain the changes in a more succinct form. [Jun 26, 2002]

Exegesis 4
What does the fourth apocalypse really mean to you? A4 explained what control structures would look like in Perl 6; Damian Conway expands on those ideas and presents a complete view of the Perl 6 control flow mechanism. [Apr 2, 2002]

Exegesis 3
Damian Conway puts Larry's third Apocalypse to work and explains what it means for the budding Perl 6 programmer. [Oct 3, 2001]

Exegesis 2
Having trouble visualizing how the approved RFC's for Perl 6 will translate into actual Perl code? Damian Conway provides and exegesis to Larry Wall's Apocalypse 2 and reveals what the code will look like. [May 15, 2001]

Bless My Referents
Damian Conway explains how references and referents relate to Perl objects, along with examples of how to use them when building objects. [Sep 16, 1999]