Perl Weekend Crash Course
- 4h 50m
- Joe Merlino
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2002
Get Up to Speed on Perl--in a Weekend!
The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about Perl. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you worked with Perl. Or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we've got a solution for you--Perl Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused sessions, you'll be able to jump right in and start writing Perl scripts. It's as simple as that.
The Curriculum
- Friday Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
- Getting and Installing Perl
- An Overview of the Language
- The Very Basics
- Getting Help
- Saturday--Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
- Using Text Editors
- Basics of Programming Style
- Variables 1: Scalar Data
- Variables 2: List and Hash Data
- Statements and Expressions
- Operators
- Saturday Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
- Basic Input and Output
- Control Structures
- Funtions I: Perl Native Functions
- Advance Input and Output: File Manipulation
- Advanced Input and Output: Directory Manipulation
- Using the Operating System
- Saturday Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
- Regular Expressions
- Data Transformations
- Formats
- Functions II: User-Created Functions and Subroutines
- Sunday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
- Getting and Installing Packages and Modules
- Using Packages and Modules
- A Case Study: The Database Interface Module
- Creating Your Own Packages and Modules
- The Standard Library References
- Sunday Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
- Introduction to Web Programming
- Passing Data via CGI
- The CGI.pm Module
- Apache and mod_perl
About the Author
Joe Merlino is a freelance consultant and technical author from Boston, Massachusetts. This is his sixth book.
In this Book
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Perl Weekend Crash Course
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Getting and Installing Perl
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An Overview of the Language
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The Very Basics
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Getting Help
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Part 1: Friday Evening Part Review
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Using Text Editors
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Basics of Programming Style
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Variables 1: Scalar Data
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Variables 2: List and Hash Data
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Statements and Expressions
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Operators
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Part II: Saturday Morning Part Review
-
Basic Input and Output
-
Control Structures
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Functions I: Perl Native Functions
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Advanced Input and Output: File Manipulation
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Advanced Input and Output: Directory Manipulation
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Using the Operating System
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Part III: Saturday Afternoon Part Review
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Regular Expressions
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Data Transformations
-
Formats
-
Functions II: User-Created Functions and Subroutines
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Part IV: Saturday Evening Part Review
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Getting and Installing Packages and Modules
-
Using Packages and Modules
-
A Case Study: The Database Interface Module
-
Creating Your Own Packages and Modules
-
The Standard Library
-
References
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Part V: Sunday Morning Part Review
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Introduction to Web Programming
-
Passing Data via CGI
-
The CGI.pm Module
-
Apache and mod_perl
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Part VI: Sunday Afternoon Part Review
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