Perl Fundamentals LiveLessons (Video Training)

Product Author Bios

Peter Scott is the author of Perl Medic (2004) and Perl Debugged (2001), both from Addison-Wesley. A graduate of Cambridge University and former Jet Propulsion Laboratory developer, he’s been a Perl trainer since 1998 and taught Perl at top institutions as well as at prominent conferences, such as the Open Source Conference and Software Development Expo. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Grace, two cats, and a loud parrot, and enjoys kayaking.

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Peter Scott

The Basic Elements of Perl Every Developer Should Learn

4+ Hours

of Video Instruction

In this unique video package, renowned Perl author and speaker Peter Scott takes you through the fundamental elements of the Perl 5 language so that you have a strong foundation for creating robust Perl programs and learning more advanced aspects of the language.

Even if you’ve never run a Perl program before, you’ll learn what you need to know to get started on every popular platform. Scott advances through the language in a logical progression, from the basics of printing strings to the use of regular expressions for pattern matching and text manipulation. In between, he covers the core components of the language, demonstrating through many examples exactly how each one works. In the final lesson, he shows the power of Perl’s objects and modules for writing web programs. A uniquely valuable aspect of this video is Scott’s demonstrations of many common pitfalls and how to avoid them. You’ll learn a carefully crafted subset of the language that enables you to create powerful, robust programs while avoiding the traps that can result from learning Perl in the wrong sequence.

These practical, easy-to-use videos allow you to get the multimedia experience of a live instructor at your own pace—whenever you want. You get the benefit of Scott’s expertise as a decade-long Perl trainer and author of Perl Medic and Perl Debugged at your fingertips, so you can get started on mastering Perl. After a few hours with this DVD, you will be gaining entry into the market of thousands of jobs managing millions of lines of Perl, the world’s most popular scripting language.

Looking for a better way to master today’s rapidly changing technologies? Want expert help, but don’t have the time or energy to read a book? Can’t find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world’s leading experts.

• LiveLessons are video courses, on DVD with a book supplement, that are organized into bite-sized, self-contained sessions—you’ll learn key skills in as little as 15 minutes!
• Each session begins with well-defined learning objectives so you know exactly what you will learn in the lesson.
• Follow along as your instructor shows exactly how to get great results in your real-world environment.

Peter Scott is the author of Perl Medic (2004) and Perl Debugged (2001), both from Addison-Wesley. A graduate of Cambridge University and former Jet Propulsion Laboratory developer, he’s been a Perl trainer since 1998 and taught Perl at top institutions as well as at prominent conferences such as the Open Source Conference and Software Development Expo. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Grace, two cats, and a loud parrot, and enjoys kayaking.

System Requirements

  • Operating System: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, or Mac OS X

  • Multimedia: DVD drive, 1280 x 960 or higher display, and sound card with speakers

  • Computer: 500MHz or higher, 128MB RAM or more

Excerpt

Perl Fundamentals: Subroutines

Table of Contents

Lesson 1 Introduction: Creating and Running Your First Perl Program; Error Exits; Diagnostics

    Perl Ports

    Perldoc

    Perl Versions

    Program Editors

    Preparing Perl Programs

    Perl Syntax

    Input and Output Handles

Lesson 2 Arithmetic and String Operations with Scalar Variables; Conditional Statements

    Scalar Naming Rules

    Literal Number and Literal String Rules

    Interpolation

    Math Operators

    Logical Operators

    Operator Shortcuts

    Strictness and Warnings

    The Game of Life

Lesson 3 Arrays, Lists, Looping Statements, and Command Line Arguments

    Literal Lists

    Array Operations

    The Command Line

    Context

    Loop Control Statements

    The Spaceship Operator

    Tripartite For Loop

Lesson 4 Making Common Tasks Simple with Hashes; Logical Shortcuts

    Here Documents

    Logical Shortcuts

    Trinary Operator

Lesson 5 Defining and Calling Subroutines to Make Reusable Code

    Filetest Operators

    Subroutines

    Scoping

Lesson 6 Reading and Writing Files; Effective Use of Perl's Implicit Variable

    The Diamond Operator

    Chomp

    Opening Files

    Filehandles

    The $_ Variable

Lesson 7 Using Regular Expressions to Match and Change Text

    Regular Expressions

    Character Classes

Lesson 8 Finding and Using Perl Modules and the Perl Portal; Perl CGI and Web Programs

    Module Documentation

Appendix A Installing Perl

    Configuring Perl

    For Further Reading

AppendixB Perl Core Modules

AppendixC Commonly Useful CPAN Modules

Bibliography

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