index.html

[% 
    page.import({
        title    => 'The Perl Programming Language',
        section  => 'home',
        description 
            => 'The Perl Programming Language at Perl.org. Links and '
            _ 'other helpful resources for new and experienced Perl programmers.',
        include_sponsor => 1,
        quick_links_1_title => 'Current Perl version',
        quick_links_1_list => [
            "<a href=\"/get.html\">${perl_stats.perl_version} - download now</a>",
        ],
        quick_links_2_title => 'Find out more',
        quick_links_2_list => [
        '<a href="/learn.html">Learn</a>',
        '<a href="/docs.html">Documentation</a>',
        '<a href="/community.html">Community</a>',
        '<a href="/events.html">Events</a>',
        ],
    });
%]

[%  
    # Setup random messages
    cpan_msg = perl_stats.cpan_dists _ ' extensions on CPAN';
    headlines = [
        'Flexible &amp; Powerful',
        cpan_msg,
    ];

    rand_num = headlines.size.rand;
    headline = headlines.$rand_num;

%]

<div class="masthead">
	<p class="headline">[% headline %]</p>
	
	<p class="strap">That's why we love Perl 5</p>
	
	
	<p class="button"><a href="/get.html" class="download">Download Perl</a></p>
	
	
	<p class="cta"><a href="/get.html">Get started</a></p>

</div>

<p class="intro">Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over [% perl_stats.perl_age %] years of development. <a href="/about.html">More about why we love Perl...</a></p>

<table class="content_table">

    <tr>
        <td>
            <div class="module">
                <a href="/learn.html"><img alt="" src="[% combust.static_url("/images/icons/learn.png") %]" width="45" height="45" /></a>
                <h4>
                    <a href="/learn.html">Learning Perl 5</a>
                </h4>
                <p>
                    With free online books, over [% perl_stats.cpan_dists %] extension modules, and a large developer community, there are many ways to learn Perl 5.
                </p>
            </div>
        </td>
        <td>
            <div class="module">
                <a href="/community.html"><img alt="" src="[% combust.static_url("/images/icons/community.png") %]" width="45" height="45" /></a>
                <h4>
                    <a href="/community.html">The Perl Community</a>
                </h4>
                <p>
                    Perl has an active world wide community with over [% perl_stats.monger_groups %] local groups, mailing lists and support/discussion websites.
                </p>
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <div class="module">
                <a href="/docs.html"><img alt="" src="[% combust.static_url("/images/icons/docs.png") %]" width="45" height="45" /></a>
                <h4>
                    <a href="/docs.html">Documentation</a>
                </h4>
                <p>
                    Core documentation, FAQs and translations.
                </p>
            </div>
        </td>
        <td>
            <div class="module">
                <a href="/contribute.html"><img alt="" src="[% combust.static_url("/images/icons/cog.png") %]" width="45" height="45" /></a>
                <h4>
                    <a href="/contribute.html">Contribute to Perl</a>
                </h4>
                <p>
                    Perl is being <a href="/dev.html">actively developed</a>. There are many ways to <a href="/contribute.html">get involved</a>.
                </p>
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <div class="module">
                <a href="/cpan.html"><img alt="" src="[% combust.static_url("/images/icons/cpan.png") %]" width="45" height="45" /></a>
                <h4>
                    <a href="/cpan.html">CPAN</a>
                </h4>
                <p>
                    The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) has over [% perl_stats.cpan_dists %] open source distributions available for download.
                </p>
            </div>
        </td>
        <td>
            <div class="module">
                <a href="/events.html"><img alt="" src="[% combust.static_url("/images/icons/cal.png") %]" width="45" height="45" /></a>
                <h4>
                    <a href="/events.html">Events and Conferences</a>
                </h4>
                <p>
                    Conferences, social and technical events around the world offer lots of networking and learning opportunities.
                </p>
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <div class="module">
                <a href="http://www.perl6.org/"><img alt="" src="[% combust.static_url("/images/icons/perl6.png") %]" width="45" height="45" /></a>
                <h4>
                    <a href="http://www.perl6.org/">Perl 6</a>
                </h4>
                <p>
                    Perl 6 is a sister language, part of the Perl family. Perl 6 is not production ready yet, you can get involved with its <a href="/dev.html">development</a> though.
                </p>
            </div>
        </td>
        <td>
            <div class="module">
                <a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/"><img alt="" src="[% combust.static_url("/images/icons/onion.png") %]" width="45" height="45" /></a>
                <h4>
                    <a href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/">The Perl Foundation</a>
                </h4>
                <p>
                    The Perl Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code.
                </p>
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

<div class="bar">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div>

<table class="content_table">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2">
        [% quicknews ("cpanrecent", 'Latest Uploads to <a href="http://www.cpan.org/">CPAN</a>', 10) %]
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>