Beginning Perl

Everything beginners need to start programming with Perl Perl is the ever-popular, flexible, open source programming language that has been called the programmers’ Swiss army knife. This book introduces Perl to both new programmers and experienced ones who are looking to learn a new language. In the tradition of the popular Wrox Beginning guides, it presents step-by-step guidance in getting started, a host of try-it-out exercises, real-world examples, and everything necessary for a Perl novice to start programming with confidence. Introduces Perl to both new programmers and experienced ones who want to learn a new language Provides a host of real-world applications for today's environments so readers can get started immediately Covers the new features of Perl but fully applicable to previous editions Beginning Perl provides the information and instruction you need to confidently get started with Perl. For Instructors: Classroom and training support material are available for this book. What is Perl? -- Understanding the CPAN -- Variables -- Working with data -- Control flow -- References -- Subroutines -- Regular expressions -- Files and directories -- Sort, map and grep -- Packages and modules -- Object oriented Perl -- Moose -- Testing -- The interwebs -- Databases -- Plays well with others -- Common tasks -- The next steps Presents an overview of the Perl programming language, and offers exercises, advice, and examples to demonstrate how to use it, covering CPAN, control flow, subroutines, directories, packages, and moose syntaxes