Perl in a Nutshell 2e: A Desktop Quick Reference - Softcover

Patwardhan, Nathan; Siever, Ellen; Spainhour, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0596002416 ISBN 13: 9780596002411

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2002

Synopsis

This complete guide to the Perl programming language ranges widely through the Perl programmer's universe, gathering together in a convenient form a wealth of information about Perl itself and its application to CGI scripts, XML processing, network programming, database interaction, and graphical user interfaces. The book is an ideal reference for experienced Perl programmers and beginners alike.With more than a million dedicated programmers, Perl is proving to be the best language for the latest trends in computing and business, including network programming and the ability to create and manage web sites. It's a language that every Unix system administrator and serious web developer needs to know. In the past few years, Perl has found its way into complex web applications of multinational banks, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and hundreds of large corporations.In this second edition, Perl in a Nutshell has been expanded to include coverage of Perl 5.8, with information on Unicode processing in Perl, new functions and modules that have been added to the core language, and up-to-date details on running Perl on the Win32 platform. The book also covers Perl modules for recent technologies such as XML and SOAP.Here are just some of the topics contained in this book:

Basic Perl referenceQuick reference to built-in functions and standard modulesCGI.pm and mod_perlXML:: * modulesDBI, the database-independent API for PerlSockets programmingLWP, the library for Web programming in PerlNetwork programming with the Net modulesPerl/Tk, the Tk extension to Perl for graphical interfacesModules for interfacing with Win32 systems

As part of the successful "in a Nutshell" book series from O'Reilly & Associates, Perl in a Nutshell is for readers who want a single reference for all their needs."In a nutshell, Perl is designed to make the easy jobs easy, without making the hard jobs impossible."-- Larry Wall, creator of Perl

About this title

About the Author

Ellen Siever co-authored Perl in a Nutshell, 1st Edition and the Perl Modules Reference for the Unix edition of the Perl Resource Kit. She is also co-author of Linux in a Nutshell. Ellen was a programmer for many years, until she decided that writing about computers was more fun. Stephen Spainhour co-authored Webmaster in a Nutshell, Perl in a Nutshell, 1st Edition, and contributed to many other O'Reilly titles. He is an avid fan of professional tennis, and when he's not checking for tennis scores on the Web, he enjoys cooking, electronic music, troubleshooting his home-built PC, and watching too much television. Nathan Patwardhan is an active Perl Monger and has extensive experience in system administration and application development for web based corporations. He is also the co-author of the first edition of Perl in a Nutshell and Programming with Perl Modules (distributed with the O'Reilly Perl Resource Kit).

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0596002416
• ISBN 13: 9780596002411
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 759