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Bring new power, performance, and scalability to your existing Perl code!
If you've ever inherited Perl code that's hard to maintain, if you write Perl code others will read, if you want to write code that'll be easier for you to maintain, the book that comes to your rescue is Perl Medic.
If you code in Perl, you need to read this book.
–Adam Turoff, Technical Editor, The Perl Review.
Perl Medic is more than a book. It is a well-crafted strategy for approaching, updating, and furthering the cause of inherited Perl programs.
–Allen Wyke, co-author of several computer books including JavaScript Unleashed and Pure JavaScript.
Scott's explanations of complex material are smooth and deceptively simple. He knows his subject matter and his craft-he makes it look easy. Scott remains relentless practical-even the 'Analysis' chapter is filled with code and tests to run.
–Dan Livingston, author of several computer books including Advanced Flash 5: Actionscript in Action
Preface.
Perl or perl? Obtaining Perl. Historical Perl. Who This Book Is For. Typographical Conventions. For Further Reference. Perl Versions. Perl 6. Acknowledgments.
First Things First. Reasons for Inheritance. What Next? Observe the Program in Its Natural Habitat. Get Personal. Strictness. Warnings.
Versions. Part or Whole? Find the Dependencies.
Testing Your Patience. Extreme Testing. An Example Using Test: Modules. Testing Legacy Code. A Final Encouragement.
Strategizing. Why Are You Doing This? Style. Comments. Restyling. Variable Renaming. Editing. Line Editing. Antipatterns. Evolution.
Package Variables vs Lexical Variables. Warnings and Strictness. use strict in Detail. use warnings in Detail. Selective Disabling. Caveat Programmer. Perl Poetry.
Keep It Brief. Cargo Cult Perl. Escaping the Global Variable Trap. Debugging Strategies.
Strategies. Perl 4. Perl 5.000. Perl 5.001. Perl 5.002. Perl 5.003. Perl 5.004. Perl 5.005. Perl 5.6.0. Perl 5.6.1. Perl 5.8.0. Perl 5.8.1. Perl 5.8.2. Perl 5.8.3.
The Case for CPAN. Using CPAN. Improving Code with Modules. Custom Perls.
Static Analysis. Eliminating Superfluous Code. Finding Inefficient Code. Debugging.
Making It Robust. Advanced Brevity. Documentation. Custom Warnings. Version Control System Integration.
The Setup. Triage. Desperately Seeking Sanity. Coming into the 21st Century. Incorporating Modules Effectively, Part 1. Incorporating Modules Effectively, Part 2. Making It Mature, Part 1. Making It Mature, Part 2. Making It Mature, Part 3. Advanced Modification.
In Conclusion. Perl People. A Final Thought.
Tie::Array::Bounded. Benchmark::TimeTick. smallprofpp.