Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions - Softcover

Roth, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157870216X ISBN 13: 9781578702169

Publisher: Sams, 2001

Synopsis

This book is a guide to Perl¿s most common Win32 extensions, grouped by their functionality. The new edition updates coverage from Perl 5.05 to current Perl version 5.6. It also includes new chapters offering critical, badly-needed information regarding security for Win32Perl, the topic most highly requested by reviewers. The appendices have descriptions and syntax of each function in the extensions covered. Each chapter makes extensive use of code segments to illustrate the use of specific functions and real world scenarios in which these functions can be used.

About this title

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.

From the Back Cover

This book is a guide to Perl¿s most common Win32 extensions, grouped by their functionality. The new edition updates coverage from Perl 5.05 to current Perl version 5.6. It also includes new chapters offering critical, badly-needed information regarding security for Win32Perl, the topic most highly requested by reviewers. The appendices have descriptions and syntax of each function in the extensions covered. Each chapter makes extensive use of code segments to illustrate the use of specific functions and real world scenarios in which these functions can be used.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157870216X
• ISBN 13: 9781578702169
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 752