CPAN

    It's a vast repository of modules that people have contributed.

    It stands for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network.

    Use the alternate search at metacpan.org

    There's a different interface to CPAN at .metacpan.org has more features and links for exploring the CPAN and distributions.

    http://cpanratings.perl.org lets you rate and comment on modules and see what others thought of them,before you try.

    Report bugs at rt.cpan.org

    lets you annotate the documentation for a module,with the hope that the author will incorporate the changes in the future.

    Find old versions of modules on the BackPAN

    http://backpan.perl.org/ has every module ever on CPAN,even if it's old and out of date.