Beginning Perl

by Curtis 'Ovid' Poe

Key Features A beginner's guide to Perl, the enduringly popular open source Swiss Army Chainsaw of programming languages Teaches Perl non/new developers as well as those who have experience in other languages Provides a host of real world examples applicable in today's workplace and covers the most recent versions of Perl while still fully applicable to previous versions About the Book: Beginning Perl Perl is a popular, highly-flexible open sourceprogramminglanguage known as the Swiss Army Chainsaw of languages.Perl hasbeen used by development professionals and hobbyists forover 20years. Still under active development, Perl enjoys anestablishedcommunity of third-party developers that have producedover 95,000modules available on CPAN. Perl excels in textprocessing and isuseful for system administrators and networkprogrammers. It isalso a great language for database architects andgraphicprogrammers. Perl is the ever-popular, flexible, open sourceprogramminglanguage that has been called the programmers' Swissarmy knife.This book introduces Perl to both new programmers andexperiencedones who are looking to learn a new language. In thetradition ofthe popular Wrox Beginning guides, it presentsstep-by-stepguidance in getting started, a host of try-it-outexercises,real-world examples, and everything necessary for a Perlnovice tostart programming with confidence. Introduces Perl to both new programmers and experienced oneswhowant to learn a new language Provides a host of real-world applications fortoday'senvironments so readers can get started immediately This is an ideal Perl book both for those needing tomaintainexisting Perl systems or wish to make a change in theircareer.Though not specifically aimed at beginning programmers, fromthevery first chapter it presents plenty of resources for those newtoprogramming to learn Perl while using this book. Startingwith"basic Perl" but quickly move on to concepts the programmerwilllikely encounter in real systems. Contents Chap

Genres: Programming

744 pages, Paperback

First published August 29, 2012

Reviews

[Chankey Pathak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book on Perl programming language. If you need to get a Perl job, this book will suffice. It even covers DBIx, Test:: and Catalyst. Read this along with Modern Perl to become a Perl Guru.

[L3ghost · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!! I learned so much from this book; atleast Im comfortable with Perl now.

[Alvaro Tejada Galindo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just woaw! My very first book on Perl...and actually...my very first attempt to learn Perl...

I gotta say...this book is massive...with more than 700 pages! But totally a delight to read...well explained...full of examples and written in a perfect way...

After reading this I'm not more than a Perl newbie...but being a Perl newbie is better than being a zero Perl -;)

If you haven't...read this book...it will introduce you to the world of Perl is the most fantastic way...simply...pure magic...

[Hessam Mohajeri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for Perl

In depth coverage of the fundamental and advanced topics. Good examples of how syntax works and some good complete programs.

[smonff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Since I read Beginning Perl around 2014, I regret not more books follows its aim: « getting a job and having fun while learning the skills you need », (« get a job, hippy! » being the rejected subtitle).

More, a programming book which focuses on tests before the last chapter is definitively a great one.

[BT · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands down the best introduction to the language I've encountered. If you read this entire book, you'll be able to handle most reasonable Perl code, and even some of the unreasonable bits.