Customer Reviews

Cross-Platform Perl

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

As a new person to the World of Perl, I selected this book as a good way to learn PERL across both NT and Unix Systems. I was impressed with the books coverage of the basic elements of PERL, but disappointed in the lack of real world solutions. This book is a good beginner for the budding Perl Developer, but it falls short for the Perl folks that really want to do some heavy stuff.

If you looking for a great book on learning Perl, look no further. It covers everything a starting Perl programmer needs to know. You'll learn everything from writing a "while loop" to "regular expressions". When I finished reading this book I had a clear understanding of the Perl language. This is a book I always refer back to.

While there are plenty of good UNIX Perl books this is the first book I have seen that addresses the differences between Perl for UNIX and Perl for Windows NT clearly and definitively. The author not only describes both Win32 and OLE Automation Windows NT applications but supplies several good examples for each. Furthermore he dissects each piece of example code and highlights each method and function within the example. The examples, fortunately, are not code "fragments" but examples you can run immediately. The CD-Rom saves typing. I would have given the book a 10 but I would have liked to have seen more examples. All in all a good text you can pick up and use right away

If you want to LEARN Perl, this is the book for you. If you know Perl and want a more in depth discussion or a good all-purpose reference, get something else.

But, as I said, if you want to learn Perl and don't know it yet, get this book. You will use and use and use this book!

"Cross-Platform" is always out on my desk. It is an excellent reference book and explains difficult concepts simply. The only criticism that I have is that it doesn't explore ODBC programming in-depth (but, nobody does!?). The author is accesible for questions as directed in the book. The CD is perfect for establishing a PERL environment on your WIN32 desktop. If Eric writes an ODBC book and I'll be first in line.

This book is one of the best I have seen on CGI and Perl. It is put together like a programmer likes to see things. Eric, just opens up and lets us into his vast knowledge of programming. This is one of my most valuable books.

If your looking to start learning Perl, this is the book to have. I didn't know anything about Perl when I started and this book got me going quick. I often refer back to it as a reference and I'm starting to wear down the book binder.

This is a good introductory Perl book, with logical treatments for basic Perl commands. With the "cross-platform" in the title, however, I would expect more in-depth discussion about how things (complicated things) can be done in Perl Win32, such as multithreading.

I bought this book hoping for a quick and easy to understand guide to how to write a CGI script in PERL. In 2 days I was able to write a fairly complex CGI script thanks to this book. It is easy to understand, and has GREAT examples that you can lift almost straight from the book and into your own applications.

This book took me from a novice perl developer to a competent and knowledgable one. I really enjoyed the way each chapter seemed to build upon the previous one. The only reason I did not rate it a 10 was becuase the chapter on Web pages did not provide any information on how to run CGI scripts in a local browser under Windows 95/NT. Despite this, a must for anyone interested in learning perl.