Reading Perl 5 by Example is the easiest way to learn Perl! Teach yourself Internet programming and CGI scripting. This book is based on the learn-by-doing principle because I believe simply reading about a subject is not the best way to learn.
Book Description
After all, you don’t read about putting together a jigsaw puzzle, you put the puzzle together yourself! Programming is the same way. You must actually run some programs in order to really understand the concepts. Perl 5 by Example teaches you how to use the Perl programming language by showing examples that demonstrate the concepts being discussed. The examples are designed to give you a chance to experiment-which in turn should clarify the material.
The topics are covered in a straightforward, non-technical manner which allows you to quickly understand the fundamental principles. After the main topic of each chapter is introduced, sub-topics are explored in their own sections. Each section has its own Perl examples with explanations given in psuedocode.
Table of Contents
- Getting Your Feet Wet
- Numeric and String Literals
- Variables
- Operators
- Functions
- Statements
- Control Statements
- References
- Using Files
- Regular Expressions
- Creating Reports
- Using Special Variables
- Handling Errors and Signals
- What Are Objects?
- Perl Modules
- Debugging Perl
- Command line Options
- Using Internet Protocols
- What is CGI?
- Form Processing
- Using Perl with Web Servers
- Internet Resources