Milestones in the Perl 5 Renaissance

• 2001: Lexical file-handles, Test::Simple
• 2002: Module::Build, Test::Builder,
• 2003: PAR, Perl 5.8.1
• 2004: Perl 6 Apocalypse 12 (Roles), CPANTS
• 2005: PPI, Perl::Critic
• 2006: CPAN Testers, Moose, Strawberry Perl
• 2007: Devel::Declare, local::lib
• 2008: Padre, Enlightened Perl Organization
• 2009: Iron Man Blogging Challenge

Source: http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2009/07/milestones-in-the-perl-renaissance.html