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Perl Index - Perl Book :
Perl Developer's Guide (Book/CD-ROM package)
by Ed Peschko, Michele Dewolfe, Edward S. Peschko, Michelle DeWolfe Paperback: 912 pages Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing ISBN: 0072126302; Bk&Cd-Rom edition (June 8, 2000) Perl is widely available across the various platforms that drive the Web, yet many developers overlook this powerful programming language. Even those coders who have some experience with Perl might not realize the language's full capabilities. In Perl Developer's Guide, authors Ed Peschko and Michele DeWolfe expand their readers' knowledge of Perl to leverage fully the powerful tool. This title follows a rather traditional path in presenting the programming language. It begins with an overview and proceeds through the mechanical constructs of Perl: variables, expressions, data structures, and functions. The coverage is quite good, but this systematic approach and rather small type demand a dedicated reader. Those who hang in there, however, will come away with a well-rounded command of Perl. A good amount of the text is devoted to the use of object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques as they apply to Perl. To illustrate OOP concepts, the authors take the reader through the construction of a board game called Stratagem and show how to convert procedural code into object-oriented code by using telnet and FTP scripts. If you're looking to explore fully the capabilities of Perl up to version 5.6, this book holds the key. A bit of patience and genuine curiosity on the reader's part are the only prerequisites. --Stephen W. Plain Topics covered: Perl 5.6 environment setup, variables, control structures, functions and scope, contexts, references, object-oriented programming, libraries and modules, abstraction and modular programming, converting procedural code, Perl development environment, and debugging tips. Developers will get hands-on knowledge of the latest version of Perl. Perl Developer's Guide has hundreds of examples showing solutions to real-world problems to reinforce learning. Professional development guide with 300 diagrams showing Perl concepts. CD-ROM--Install Perl, source code for book, and on-line Perl documentation with the included installer. Keep constantly up to date - install via online connection or via snapshot on compact disc. From the Back Cover: A Complete Resource for Developing Applications in Perl Of the multitude of languages available, Perl has emerged as the language of choice for Internet programmers and Web developers. In fact, over sixty-five percent of all dynamic Web pages are created using this platform-independent language. Perl Developer's Guide offers complete guidance for professional programmers wanting to create powerful Perl applications and develop robust Web sites. This requisite sourcebook covers it all--basic, syntax, references, regular expressions, flow control, in-depth object-oriented Perl, and much more. You'll find everything you need to: Master Perl as a programming language, with tons of explicit, relevant examples. Master the Perl programming environment (including profilers, debuggers, and the compiler) Develop reusable modules for both Windows NT and UNIX Develop and debug CGI applications, and add database backends to your CGI scripts Leverage existing Perl scripts and put CGI front ends onto them. Get familiar with powerful, free-to-use Perl APIs. The authors also maintain a Web site, allowing you to keep up-to-date on the latest Perl developments. Highly informative and useful, this is the one book that no Perl programmer should be without. Special features include: A guide to the Perl compiler and core modules An in-depth regular expression tutorial A library of syntax and modules Coverage of internal functions and switches Hundreds of diagrams and real-world solutions Tools and tips for debugging Supporting examples updated to cover version 5.6 On the CD-ROM: Perl 5.6 All of the book's source code Graphical installation tool and online documentation Helpful packages and binary installs for Windows NT and UNIX Customer Reviews Reviewer: A reader from Dayton, Ohio The book has much material, but the methodology is bad. The best methodology is to provide sample input, the code, and the output. The author in many cases provides just code with neither input nor output. The reader therefore cannot validate his understanding against any kind of input. There are also lots of little errors. Reviewer: thamizh from SMYRNA, GA United States This is one of the good books available in the market for a Perl Programmer. It has a lot of content, and if you take the font-size into account (fonts are small), you have lots to read. Perl programmers for the Windows platform would find this book to be pretty interesting. However, the authors could have done more justice if they could have given short but lucid examples to prove their point. Many a times, they either quickly digressed from their examples, or would have given some glib remarks about an important example. I would have given this book more than 3 stars, but for the numerous typos and other minor errors which have been overlooked by the authors. At one point the authors, proudly proclaim that they had used Perl's Regular-Expressions to edit the book (???). Nevertheless, I am sure the authors would notice the typos and minor mistakes that is rampant in this book and take remedial action in future editions. Perl being an idiosyncratic and idiomatic language, there should not be room for such syntactical errors which confounds the reader all the more. Despite these reservations, I would enthusiastically recommend this book to any Perl programmer, particularly Windows users, as a guide and reference. Reviewer: Bert van Leeuwen from Pretoria, Gauteng South Africa I bought this book with virtually no knowledge of programming in Perl, and it seemed quite good, and indeed I think it makes for a good introduction/tutorial for Perl. However, having now read "Programming Perl" (O'Reilly) written by Larry Wall et. al. , I've decided that it is a much better book than this one. On that basis, assuming "Programming Perl" gets 5 stars, this one only gets 3. Reviewer: Brad Snobar from Federal Way, WA USA This book was both clear and concise. That is a difficult job. I was impressed that throughout the entire book, I didn't find any bloated garbage. It was a pleasure to read. |
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