Software Engineering Meets CPAN With Cpx
Introducing cpx: a npx-like tool for CPAN. Execute scripts from CPAN with ease, install and reuse binaries in CI pipelines.
(Picture from Erda Estremera) Background I'm sometimes doing Front End dev. Or sometimes the best tool for the job is only installable via npm. It can be scripts to "uglify" or "beautify" css/js, optimize svg files (svgo) or clients to SaaS platforms (wrangler). Actually, it's not that important if it's part of javascript ecosystem, what I want is just to execute them! The usual process: I start testing it locally, quickly and in a "trash-able" way, then install in a continuous integration pipeline, then forget 😄 So far, do you feel some resemblance with some periodical process or...