Use a revision control system. [Revision Control]
Integrate non-Perl code into your applications via the Inline:: modules. [Other Languages]
Keep your configuration language uncomplicated. [Configuration Files]
Don't use formats. [Formats]
Don't tie variables or filehandles. [Ties]
Don't be clever. [Cleverness]
If you must rely on cleverness, encapsulate it. [Encapsulated Cleverness]
Don't optimize codebenchmark it. [Benchmarking]
Don't optimize data structuresmeasure them. [Memory]
Look for opportunities to use caches. [Caching]
Automate your subroutine caching. [Memoization]
Benchmark any caching strategy you use. [Caching for Optimization]
Don't optimize applicationsprofile them. [Profiling]
Be careful to preserve semantics when refactoring syntax. [Enbugging]
