Graphics Programming with Perl [Paperback]

Martien Verbruggen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2002

A reference and introduction to graphics programming with Perl and Perl modules that includes simple graphics recipes and techniques for designing flexible graphics software.

Editorial Reviews

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"A fine book... The section on designing graphics for the Web is, if you'll allow a slight exaggeration, flawless..." -- Perl.com

"Tons of annotated code examples, comparisons and explanations...this book is bloody brilliant." -- Perl Monks.org

About the Author

Verbruggen is senior programmer and project leader for Commercial Dynamics. He wrote GIFraph and its progenitor GD:Graph to be able to display graphs without external programs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications; 1st edition (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930110022
• ISBN-13: 978-1930110021
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,398,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book Available, August 12, 2002

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Michael Accardo (Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Graphics Programming with Perl (Paperback)

Simply put: if you want to learn how Perl can interact with graphics, then you need to get this book. It is far superior to O'Reilly's outdated and thin book, Programming Web Graphics with Perl & GNU Software.

Thankfully Graphics Programming with Perl does not limit itself to Web graphics. While dedicating many chapters to Web graphics, the author also discusses topics, such as 3D animation using OpenGL and Renderman, that most people do not associate with the Perl programming language. Very informative!

The author, Martien Verbruggen, cleary knows his stuff and it shows, especially in the opening chapters where he presents in-depth overviews of the bits and pieces in graphics programming (e.g, the drawing primitives, color spaces and palettes, file formats, et cetera). Many other books would probably breeze through such information, but not here. Not only did I learn about the graphic tools available to the Perl programmer, but I also learned a great deal about the graphic programming world in general.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slightly dated, February 8, 2005

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A good discussion of Perl graphics programming - however, it needs updating to discuss the GD 2 graphics library.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good resource, November 23, 2010

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This review is from: Graphics Programming with Perl (Paperback)

This is a good resource for GD and ImageMagick programming in Perl. I like the author's approach to laying out ways to combine the two interfaces. A little more information on what is going on behind the scenes would be helpful and the documentation is not complete nor exhaustive around IM.

I think this is a great tool for understanding how to manipulate images, draw graphs and charts and other basic tasks. Well written and easy to understand.