Awesome Raku

Useful resources for the Raku programming language

Raku, formerly known as Perl 6, is a multi-paradigm language with exceptional string-processing support. It is not a new version of Perl 5. Instead, it is regarded as a new member of the Perl family breaking compatibility with its older sister language. Among many improvements, the string-processing capabilities of Raku were brought to a higher level by adding so-called grammars to the language.

⚠️ The name change from Perl 6 to Raku is still in progress. Some resources on this list might still refer to it's old name. Some of them might never be updated and refer to Perl 6 forever. ⚠️

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Contents

• Introduction
  • Overview
  • First Steps
  • Sample Code
  • Learning
  • Official Resources
• Community
• People
• Information
  • Blogs
  • Raku Grammars
  • Raku vs. Perl 5
  • Raku for Converts
  • Interaction
  • Videos
• Modules
  • Installation
  • Development
  • Catalogue
• Tools
  • Compilers
  • Editors

Introduction

Overview

• Raku - Official website.
• Wikipedia - Wikipedia entry about Raku.

First Steps

• Getting Started - First steps with Raku.
• Why Raku? - Reasons for learning and using Raku.
• REPL - Try Raku in your browser.
• Cheat Sheet - Raku cheat sheet.
• Operators - Comprehensive list of Raku operators.
• Style Guide - Suggestions about formatting Raku code.

Sample Code

• Rosetta Code - Raku on Rosetta Code.

Learning

• Books - List of published Raku books with a flow chart.
• Wikibook - Open-content textbook on Raku.
• Raku Guide - Guide to Raku in several languages.
• Learn Raku in Y minutes - List of common operations in Raku.
• Exercism.io - Programming exercises for Raku.
• Golfing - List of tips for code golf with Raku.

Official Resources

• Documentation - Language, type and routine reference.
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions.
• Glossary - List of terms related to Raku.
• Specification - Description of the language design.
• Resources - Official collection of resources.
• Whatever - Miscellaneous related things: Tools, merchandising and more.

Community

• IRC - IRC channel.
• IRC Bots - Description of #raku IRC bots.
• Mailing Lists - Links to several mailing lists.
• reddit - Raku subreddit.
• Stack Overflow - Raku tag on Stack Overflow.

People

• Larry Wall - Designer of Perl and Raku.
• Zoffix Znet - Core developer.

Information

Blogs

• Blog Posts - Aggregation of blog posts about Raku.
• Advent Calendar - Yearly blog post series about Raku.
• Rakudo Weekly - Weekly summary of Raku community activity.

Raku Grammars

• Documenation - Documentation for grammars.
• Tutorial - Introduction to grammars.
• Book - Extract from a book on Raku grammars.
• Example I - Parsing Wikipedia infoboxes with grammars.
• Example II - Debugging of complex grammars.

Raku vs. Perl 5

• Raku in a Nutshell - Pitfalls for Perl 5 programmers.
• Perl 5 to Raku - Collection of blog posts about the changes from Perl 5 to Raku.

Raku for Converts

• Haskell - Introduction for Haskell programmers.
• Python - Introduction for Python programmers.
• Ruby - Introduction for Ruby programmers.

Interaction

• Inline::Perl5 - Use Perl 5 in Raku.
• Inline::Perl6 - Use Raku in Perl 5.

Videos

• FOSDEM 2016 - Talk about Raku at FOSDEM 2016.
• Talk Collection - Collection of talks on Raku.
• TPC 2018 - Videos from the The Perl Conference 2018.

Modules

Installation

• zef - Module manager.
• Modules - Raku module directory.

Development

• How-to - How to write your own module.
• App::Mi6 - Helper for writing modules.
• Most Wanted - List of most wanted modules and features for Raku.

Catalogue

• XLSX::Writer - Module for creating Excel files.
• JSON::Fast - Pure JSON module.
• Red - ORM for Raku.

Tools

Compilers

• Compilers - List of compilers.
• Rakudo - Probably the most advanced compiler.

Editors

• Atom - Atom package for Raku support.
• vim - Vim support for Raku.
• Emacs - Emacs major mode for Raku.
• Padre - Integrated Development Environment for Raku.
• COMMA - Integrated Development Environment for Raku.
• Jupyter - Raku kernel for Jupyter notebooks.