Perl Fundamentals LiveLessons (Video Training)
- By Peter Scott
- Published Mar 9, 2009 by Addison-Wesley Professional. Part of the LiveLessons series.
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- Copyright 2009
- Edition: 1st
- DVD
- ISBN-10: 0-13-700127-4
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-700127-9
<>Perl Fundamentals
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.
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• 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
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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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