ActivePerl Developer's Guide (Application Development S.) - Softcover

Brown, Martin C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072123397 ISBN 13: 9780072123395

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2000

Synopsis

Each chapter in this guide covers a specific area of the ActivePerl language. It features general guidelines and tips and tricks in specific cross-platform development. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all of the code mentioned in the book.

About this title

From the Back Cover

A Complete Resource for Developing Applications Using ActivePerl!

Take advantage of the cross-platform functionality of ActivePerl, the most complete Perl package available. ActivePerl brings the same scripting capability to the Win32 environment as Perl has to the UNIX environment, and this groundbreaking guidebook will show you everything you need to develop powerful, real-world solutions quickly and easily.

From basic compatibility fundamentals to interface migration, this definitive reference will explain how to use the development tools to get the most out of ActivePerl when migrating Perl applications to the Windows environment.

Inside, Perl expert Martin Brown covers:

Migrating UNIX Applications to Windows

File and process management

Systems information and administration

CGI and ASP Development

ActiveState Perl Debugger

ODBC Database Connectivity

Perl and OLE Solutions

Object oriented programming

Up-to-date and thorough, no other book offers the depth and breadth of coverage as ActivePerl Developer's Guide, and is essential for any developer using ActivePerl.

Important coverage includes:

ActivePerl 5.6

Migrating to Perl from Visual Basic

VB/Perl function cross-reference

Cross-platform Interfaces with Tk

Communicating with Windows APIs

Using Perl with ActiveX

Programming with the Win32 Library

Debugging using ActiveState Perl Debugger

Tips and tricks for cross-platform development

On the CD-ROM:

All of the book's source code, and ready to run scripts for using databases, shared resources, and systems management

Edition details

• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072123397
• ISBN 13: 9780072123395
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 800