{"id":4817,"date":"2023-10-06T09:04:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/?p=4817"},"modified":"2024-06-21T11:30:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T11:30:33","slug":"perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development &#8211; SparkSupport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You still have to manage a legacy Perl-based web application that needs maintenance, enhancement, or bug fixing. Don&#8217;t worry, we have got you covered!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter if it&#8217;s a simple Perl CGI website or a complex Web portal built on an OOP layer with different user personas, we can cater to all your requirements. If you&#8217;re looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/hire-perl-developers\/\">hire Perl developers<\/a>, we are just an email away from you. Reach out to us, and let our engineers take care of the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>FaceLifting<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the time, legacy Perl applications would need a cosmetic facelift to give them a modern outlook, even though they work perfectly at a functional level. In those good olden days when Perl was extensively used for web development (when it competed with Ruby on Rails or PHP), HTML and CSS were comparably primitive. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The data was mostly presented using table tags, and the designs were never mobile-friendly. Now that modern HTML presents everything in a div and uses responsive design, the first thing that a Perl app would love to have is a cosmetic redesign.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Functional Enhancement<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High-speed Internet has opened revolutionary ideas over the last decades, and social media has influenced the lives of each of us. Desktop applications took a back seat when modern web applications revolutionized the IT industry. This demanded parallel solutions and user experience in web applications. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plenty of new features like content sharing via social media, SSO login, payment gateway integration, cloud solutions, etc. opened up a new world of possibilities. Perl applications might need to accommodate these changes in order to keep up with the industry while doing their normal jobs smoothly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Porting<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though Perl applications can be supported and maintained, sometimes we might need a complete application port to other modern languages like Python, NodeJS, etc. This can be due to one of the following reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scarcity of Perl developers<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developers are too expensive.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Future maintenance would be tough.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our engineers can help you with application porting from Perl to any of your preferred languages without losing the integrity of the old application.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Automation Scripting<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even today, Perl is extensively used by server administrators to automate many repetitive tasks like backup, monitoring, log analysis, etc. Perl has a powerful regex engine, which makes it easy to process and manipulate long sequences such as DNA and proteins.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Web Scraping<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web scraping is another interesting area where Perl has shown its strength. There are some simple yet powerful CPAN modules like Mechanise, HTML::Parser, etc., which make the developer&#8217;s job easy. Coupled with proxy IP pools, Perl can do wonders at scraping data from information websites.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next time you find any Perl requirements, think of <a href=\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/\">Sparksupport<\/a>!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You still have to manage a legacy Perl-based web application that needs maintenance, enhancement, or bug fixing. Don&#8217;t worry, we have got you covered! No<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[254,259,255,256,257,258],"class_list":["post-4817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perl","tag-perldeveloper","tag-bestperlservices","tag-hireperldeveloper","tag-perldevelopment","tag-perlmanagementservices","tag-perlwebappdevelopment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Perl Web App Maintenance and Development - SparkSupport -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development - SparkSupport -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You still have to manage a legacy Perl-based web application that needs maintenance, enhancement, or bug fixing. Don&#8217;t worry, we have got you covered! No\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-06T09:04:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-21T11:30:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SparkSupport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SparkSupport\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SparkSupport\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b359b1e8bc00b1d71637775f13a9ec44\"},\"headline\":\"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development &#8211; SparkSupport\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-06T09:04:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-21T11:30:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/\"},\"wordCount\":469,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png\",\"keywords\":[\"#perldeveloper\",\"bestperlservices\",\"hireperldeveloper\",\"perldevelopment\",\"perlmanagementservices\",\"perlwebappdevelopment\"],\"articleSection\":[\"perl\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/\",\"name\":\"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development - SparkSupport -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-06T09:04:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-21T11:30:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"PERL Web Application Maintanance &\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development &#8211; SparkSupport\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SparkSupport Blog\",\"description\":\"SparkSupport Blogs\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SparkSupport\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo-1.jpg\",\"width\":216,\"height\":44,\"caption\":\"SparkSupport\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b359b1e8bc00b1d71637775f13a9ec44\",\"name\":\"SparkSupport\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d86cc3c0d188e40e99abec16795ed658b95c89ab15427bd7254315e8115b40b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d86cc3c0d188e40e99abec16795ed658b95c89ab15427bd7254315e8115b40b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d86cc3c0d188e40e99abec16795ed658b95c89ab15427bd7254315e8115b40b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SparkSupport\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/author\/spark_wp_admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development - SparkSupport -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development - SparkSupport -","og_description":"You still have to manage a legacy Perl-based web application that needs maintenance, enhancement, or bug fixing. Don&#8217;t worry, we have got you covered! No","og_url":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/","article_published_time":"2023-10-06T09:04:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-21T11:30:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"SparkSupport","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SparkSupport","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/"},"author":{"name":"SparkSupport","@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b359b1e8bc00b1d71637775f13a9ec44"},"headline":"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development &#8211; SparkSupport","datePublished":"2023-10-06T09:04:38+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-21T11:30:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/"},"wordCount":469,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png","keywords":["#perldeveloper","bestperlservices","hireperldeveloper","perldevelopment","perlmanagementservices","perlwebappdevelopment"],"articleSection":["perl"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/","url":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/","name":"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development - SparkSupport -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png","datePublished":"2023-10-06T09:04:38+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-21T11:30:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PERL-Web-Application-Maintanance-.png","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"PERL Web Application Maintanance &"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/perl-web-app-maintenance-and-development\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Perl Web App Maintenance and Development &#8211; SparkSupport"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/","name":"SparkSupport Blog","description":"SparkSupport Blogs","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"SparkSupport","url":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo-1.jpg","width":216,"height":44,"caption":"SparkSupport"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b359b1e8bc00b1d71637775f13a9ec44","name":"SparkSupport","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d86cc3c0d188e40e99abec16795ed658b95c89ab15427bd7254315e8115b40b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d86cc3c0d188e40e99abec16795ed658b95c89ab15427bd7254315e8115b40b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d86cc3c0d188e40e99abec16795ed658b95c89ab15427bd7254315e8115b40b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SparkSupport"},"url":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/author\/spark_wp_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparksupport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}