If you want to experience a modern Perl, you can use perlbrew[1] to install it for your user only (e.g. you won't need to muck with the system's Perl), cpanm[2]

If you want to experience a modern Perl, you can use perlbrew[1] to install it for your user only (e.g. you won't need to muck with the system's Perl), cpanm[2] is a modern and easy (and zero-configuration) tool for install modules from CPAN. MetaCPAN[3] is a modern browser for the CPAN archive. Task-*[4] collections are good for finding modules in the ecosystem related to a subcommunity or project. I think Task-Kensho[5] is a good collection of modern Perl modules to start out and try the language. To me, the most influential projects right now are Plack[6]/PSGI[7] and Moose[8]. Community-wise I'd keep an eye on the IronMan aggregator[9] and blogs.perl.org[10]. [1] https://metacpan.org/release/App-perlbrew https://metacpan.org/release/App-perlbrew [2] https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpanminus https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpanminus [3] https://metacpan.org/ https://metacpan.org/ [4] http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/search?query=Task-&mode=dist http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/search?query=Task-&mode=dist [5] https://metacpan.org/release/Task-Kensho https://metacpan.org/release/Task-Kensho [6] https://metacpan.org/release/Plack https://metacpan.org/release/Plack [7] https://metacpan.org/release/PSGI https://metacpan.org/release/PSGI [8] https://metacpan.org/release/Moose https://metacpan.org/release/Moose [9] http://ironman.enlightenedperl.org/ http://ironman.enlightenedperl.org/ [10] http://blogs.perl.org/ http://blogs.perl.org/