Using perl to solve integration tasks
So I recently sat in a discussion with a small company that needed to integrate and automate a catalog import. After describing some of the integration tools that would work they asked, “What if you don’t have any of that?”
It made me laugh, because really many times we get caught up in the environment that our favorite tool gives us that we don’t see the simple task that we are really solving.
So I am now building a integration solution based solely on Perl. It takes me back with nostalgia to my early days working with integrations. When I am done, I’m going to have a really simple mapping solution.
Makes me wonder if people might be interested in it.
So along the way I am going to post some Perl stuff. Tips, Tricks and things I learn and do to solve integration challenges. I know that it will be fun for me to go back and solve integration tasks with a tool like Perl. And I think it might be fun to read about as well as informative.
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April 15th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I’d be surprised if (free) tools/parts don’t already exist, cleverly masquerading as a command line… make it work, then optimize?
In any case this blog came to mind:
http://blog.commandlinekungfu.com/
(mmmm, tasty perl…)
April 15th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Drew,
Thanks for the link. I will definitely be frequenting this blog. Seems he is writing about the stuff I like to read.
As for the free tools/parts. Its hard to say. For the project in question, I am writing a very simple mapping solution that can be maintained after it is implemented with a basic knowledge of Perl.
Without going into too much detail the chances of finding an already existing tool to do everything that this project needs is pretty small.
Cheers.