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Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions
by Dave Roth Paperback: 614 pages Dimensions (in inches): 1.59 x 8.96 x 5.99 Publisher: New Riders Publishing ISBN: 1578700671; 1st edition (January 1999) Core Perl is an incredibly powerful programming language that has proved a major hit with the Unix and Windows programming community. Add a whole heap of plug-in modules, and it raises the language to a whole new level of usability and usefulness. In this excellent volume, author Dave Roth (who, coincidentally, is a prolific Win32 Perl module writer) thoroughly documents and explains the standard extensions, gathering for the first time all of the information vital to squeezing the best from these freeware ad-ins. From ODBC to user authentication over networks and even playing .wav files, there's something here to interest anyone using Perl on a Windows-based platform. Roth even explains the intricacies of using the Win32::API module to access dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) directly--powerful stuff, indeed. Backed up by dozens of useful code snippets and examples, this is such a useful book that no self-respecting Win/Perl hacker should be without it. Book Description: Designed to provide in-depth documentation on Windows-specific funtionality in Perl. This book is the ideal resource for system administrators, and programmers who want to employ the Perl language in their Windows NT or Windows 95 network. Intended for intermediate advanced level users, this authoritative guide includes: critical information on program automation covering OLE and COM object management; thorough coverage of communication-oriented procedures; detailed guidelines for data access with ODBC including routing operations, advanced features, and troubleshooting fixes; hard to find information on extension and function syntax, Win32:ODBC function constants, and Win32network error descriptions; and numerous proven scripts ready for use. Ingram: The creator of most of the Win32 extensions of Perl provides numerous proven examples and practical uses of Perl to solve everyday Win32 problems. The book will attract a mix of programmers, experienced UNIX users who are working with Windows, the Perl community, and NT users. From the Back Cover: Designed to provide in-depth documentation on Windows-specific funtionality in Perl. This book is the ideal resource for system administrators, and programmers who want to employ the Perl language in their Windows NT or Windows 95 network. Intended for intermediate advanced level users, this authoritative guide includes: critical information on program automation covering OLE and COM object management; thorough coverage of communication-oriented procedures; detailed guidelines for data access with ODBC including routing operations, advanced features, and troubleshooting fixes; hard to find information on extension and function syntax, Win32:ODBC function constants, and Win32network error descriptions; and numerous proven scripts ready for use. About the Author: Dave Roth is the contributor of various popular Win32 Perl Extensions, including Win32::ODBC, Win32::AdminMisc, Win32::Daemon, and Win32::Perms, and has been providing solutions to the Perl community since 1994. Dave has been a speaker at the O'Reilly Perl and USENIX LISA NT conferences. He has contributed to The Perl Journal and is the author of Win32 Perl Scripting: The Administrator's Handbook (1578702151, New Riders, 10/00). Dave has been programming since 1981 in various languages, from assembler to C++, LPC and Perl. His code is used by organizations as diverse as Microsoft, the U.S. Department of Defense, Disney, Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Paper,Hewlett-Packard, Metagenix, Radcom, and various colleges and universities. Formerly, Dave helped assemble and admister a statewide WAN for the state of Michigan, and he has designed and administered LANs for Ameritech and Michigan State University. Customer Reviews Reviewer: A reader from New York It definitely goes well beyond the O'Reilly "Learning Perl on Win32 Systems" book. However as other people have mentioned ther are numerous errors in it. An example of an error is the fact that it claims that DeleteKey will delete subkeys if there are any. I must however admit that I still do use this book and am glad I have it. Reviewer: wizard_oz from Roswell, US I found only a few books dealing with the WIN32 extensions of PERL and after reading only parts of the book I am already impressed since this is not some theoretical book like many others but also deals with an overview about perl and how it's extensions in general work. He explains and lists the most common tasks like network administration, OLE, data access and so on. I didn't know PERL was able to accomplish so many goals when used with Windows NT. Looks better than O'REILLYs "Learning PERL on WIN32 systems" to me ... So: Forget ASP - Go PERL ! Reviewer: Andrew Duncan from HENLEY-ON-THAMES, SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE United Kingdom All I can say about this book, is that when I teach Perl courses for Learning Tree, I always take out about five minutes from the course to thoroughly recommend this book to all of our NT administrators, other users of Win32 Perl and anyone else who happens to be in the vicinity. I've found it absolutely essential in the last year or so, on many occasions, and carry it with me on every assigment, come rain, snow or shine, along with "Advanced Perl", "The Perl Cookbook" and "Programming Perl". I use it as more of a reference, than as a tutorial, but basically it's a lifesaver. Recommendation: Buy. Reviewer: Adam Jones from Indianapolis, Indiana This book has cleared up a lot of mysteries about Win32 specific topics. Made using Win32 extensions easy. Great examples. Just be aware that this cannot be your only PERL book on the shelf. This is about interfacing with the Win32 platform, not really about how to program in PERL. You'll also need a more general PERL programming book such as "PERL by Example", if you're just starting out. I've got both and am constantly bouncing between them. |
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