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diff --git a/_posts/2009-06-12-shape-of-cpan.textile b/_posts/2009-06-12-shape-of-cpan.md index 0b051ab..0e4ef86 100644 --- a/_posts/2009-06-12-shape-of-cpan.textile +++ b/_posts/2009-06-12-shape-of-cpan.md @@ -1,27 +1,27 @@ --- layout: post -category: graph -title: shape of CPAN +summary: In which I talk about the shape of the CPAN +title: The shape of the CPAN --- -My talk at the "FPW":http://conferences.mongueurs.net/fpw2009/ this year is about the shape of the Perl and CPAN community. This talk was prepared by some "$coworkers":http://labs.rtgi.eu/ and me. +My talk at the [FPW](http://conferences.mongueurs.net/fpw2009/) this year is about the shape of the Perl and CPAN community. This talk was prepared by some [$coworkers](http://labs.rtgi.eu/) and me. !/static/imgs/draft_cpan_prelimsmall.png(map of the Perl community on the web)! We generated two maps (authors and modules) using the CPANTS' data. For the websites, we crawled a seed generated from the CPAN pages of the previous authors. -Each of this graphs are generated using a "force base algorithm":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force-based_algorithms, with the help of "Gephi":http://gephi.org/. +Each of this graphs are generated using a [force base algorithm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force-based_algorithms), with the help of [Gephi](http://gephi.org/). All the map are available in PDF files, in creative common licence. The slides are in french, but I will explain the three maps here. - * "slides (french)":http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/resources/slides/ - * "authors map":http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/resources/pdf/cpan_authors_core_march2009.pdf - * "modules map":http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/resources/pdf/cpan_packages_core_march2009.pdf - * "community maps":http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/resources/pdf/cpan-web-may2009-poster.pdf - * "community map (flash version)":http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/map/ - * "cpan-explorer.org":http://cpan-explorer.org/ + * [slides (french)](http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/resources/slides/) + * [authors map](http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/resources/pdf/cpan_authors_core_march2009.pdf) + * [modules map](http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/resources/pdf/cpan_packages_core_march2009.pdf) + * [community maps](http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/resources/pdf/cpan-web-may2009-poster.pdf) + * [community map (flash version)](http://labs.rtgi.eu/fpw09/map/) + * [cpan-explorer.org](http://cpan-explorer.org/) -h3. CPAN's modules +### CPAN's modules The first map is about the modules available on the CPAN. We selected a list of modules which are listed as dependancies by at least 10 others modules, and the modules who used them. This graph is composed of 7193 nodes (or modules) and 17510 edges. Some clusters are interesting: @@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ The first map is about the modules available on the CPAN. We selected a list of * TK is isolated from the CPAN * Moose, DBIx::Class and Catalyst are forming a group. This data are from march, we will try to do a newer version of this map this summer. This one will be really interesting as Catalyst have switched to Moose -h3. The CPAN's authors +### The CPAN's authors This map is about the authors on the CPAN. There is about 700 authors and their connections. Each time an author use a module of another author, a link is created. * Modern Perl, constitued by Moose, Catalyst, DBIx::Class. Important authors are Steven, Sartak, perigin, jrockway, mstrout, nothingmuch, marcus ramberg * Slaven Rezi? and others TK developpers are on the border -h3. Web map +### Web map We crawled the web using the seed generated using the CPAN's authors pages. |