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Perl Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM)
by Joseph Merlino, Joe Merlino

Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Hungry Minds, Inc
ISBN: 0764548271; 1st edition (October 15, 2001)


Covers the fundamentals of Perl programming including the basic grammar of Perl, syntax, and data manipulation and transformation. CD-ROM included.

From the Back Cover: 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

Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
• Basic Input and Output
• Control Structures
• Functions I: Perl Native Functions
• Advanced Input and Output: File Manipulation
• Advanced Input and Output: Directory Manipulation
• Using the Operating System

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

Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
• Introduction to Web Programming
• Passing Data via CGI
• The CGI.pm Module
• Apache and mod_perl

CD-ROM Includes:
• Perl 5.6.1, plus binary distributions for Red Hat and Debian
• Assessment software to help gauge your progress

System Requirements: PC running Windows 9x/2000/Me/XP; Linux or Unix; CD-ROM drive, See the "What's on the CD-ROM" appendix for details and complete system requirements For more information on Hungry Minds, go to hungryminds.com

About the Author: Joe Merlino is a freelance consultant and technical author from Boston, Massachusetts. This is his sixth book.






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