Perl!: I Didn't Know You Could Do That... with CDROM [Paperback]

Book Description

Series: I Didnt Know You Could Do That | Publication Date: November 2000

Perl was originally created as a programming language for Unix, but the emergence of the Web has thrust Perl into the mainstream. Providing information on how to do really cool things with Perl, this text offers more than 50 Perl scripts which enable the user to do useful things, including tricks with CGI, handling Palm data and using XML. The CD provides ready-to-use Perl scripts and utilities.

Product Details

• Paperback: 214 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; 1st edition (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782128629
• ISBN-13: 978-0782128628
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,342,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars It's nice to know someone has been there before!, May 22, 2001

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"vik_olliver" (Waitakere, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perl!: I Didn't Know You Could Do That... with CDROM (Paperback)

I'm familiar with Perl, but I'm no Perl guru. For me, the book had a lot of new material in it, including two items (XML::Parser and Archive::Tar) that I really wanted but didn't even know I should be looking for.

It is full of twists and tricks for UNIX/Linux and Microsoft versions of Perl (can't comment on Macs as I'm not a Mac user), although it does not always make it clear whether a utility will or will not go under a particular operating system. The bits which are clearly platform specific are found at the back of the book in their own section, and the URLs are given for important sites.

I kept typing modified examples in - just to see if things really were that easy - and I wasn't disappointed. I should really have got the CD out earlier and saved myself some typing :) This one is living on the bookshelf over my PC, and its CD is going in a proper jewel case.

4.0 out of 5 stars The CD-ROM is very useful, worth of spending $$$!!, September 28, 2003

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amazingoffers (Aurora, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perl!: I Didn't Know You Could Do That... with CDROM (Paperback)

The ultimate programmer stocking stuffer, this book takes readers beyond what is found in other beginning-intermediate Perl books by providing more than 50 Perl scripts to do useful things, such as tricks with CGI, handling Palm data and using XML. CD-ROM is filled with more than 50 Perl scripts readers can download and use right away to do useful work.