by Clinton Pierce (Author)
Learn Perl programming quickly and easily with 24 one-hour lessons in Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours. The book's step-by-step lessons teach you the basics of Perl and how to apply it in web development and system administration. Plus, the third edition has been updated to include five chapters on new technologies, information on the latest version of Perl, and a look ahead to Perl 6. Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours focuses on real-world development, teaching you how to:
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Edition: 3
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Published: 15 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0672327937
ISBN 13: 9780672327933
Book Overview: Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours, Third Edition teaches readers new to Perl the necessary basics of Perl and then shows them how to apply that knowledge in real-world development. The book is divided into three sections: the first third of the book teaches the basics of the Perl language; the second third of the book builds on this foundation, and shows the reader how to interact with the file system, operating system, and network; and the last third of the book focuses on real-world development. This includes: effectively using Perl for large development projects by developing Perl Modules and utilizing objects in Perl; using Perl for Data processing; utilizing Perl as a glue language with other programming languages; and using Perl as a web development language. Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours, Third Edition teaches the reader Perl using the long successful and popular teaching strategies from the Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours series that includes concise, modular chapter learning ideal for today's working professional.
Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours, Third EditionAbout the Author
Clinton Pierce is a software engineer, freelance programmer, and instructor. He has been answering questions about Perl on USENET for many years and has been writing courseware and teaching Perl to his co-workers and anyone else who will listen for about as long. He is a software engineer for a payroll company, who, when not designing middleware software to integrate legacy systems to the Web, navigating the intricacies of payroll taxes, teaching UNIX and Perl, writing books and articles, or writing programs at home Just For The Fun Of It, harbors secret dreams of being abducted by wood nymphs and living in the deep forest without technology. You can visit his Web site at http://www.geeksalad.org for updates and corrections, or just to say hello.
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