Interview: Alexis Sukrieh - Inventor of the Perl Dancer web framework

In this article I track down the elusive creator of Perl’s Dancer web framework, Alexis Sukrieh. He reveals how Dancer came out of his work as a Ruby CTO and gives an insight into the driving force behind Dancer’s community.

A Perl professional learning Dancer

For the last six months Geekuni has been in the Beta phase. Several dozen people have taken my Perl Essentials and Web Development courses, giving me helpful feedback on the course content and technology. As market research I've interviewed a few of my graduates to understand what motivates people to learn Perl. I'm sharing these interviews to provide a glimpse of the future Perl community.

Serial entrepreneur learning Perl Dancer

For the last six months Geekuni has been in the Beta phase. Several dozen people have taken my Perl Essentials and Web Development courses, giving me helpful feedback on the course content and technology. As market research I've interviewed a few of my graduates to understand what motivates people to learn Perl. I'm sharing these interviews to provide a glimpse of the future Perl community.

Snapshot 2014* - The Perl web development job market

A survey of the Perl Web Development job market

Having used the Dancer web framework for a year I was so impressed by the simplicity and clarity that in 2011 I started giving an annual Web Development class at the London Perl Workshop. By 2013 I'd noticed that one of the questions which often came up was along the lines of "is this going to get me a job?"