Perl Power!: A JumpStart Guide to Programming with Perl 5 (Paperback)

by Michael Schilli (Author)

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The Web is booming, the majority of CGI applications are coded in Perl. For this reason, there is a huge number of beginners and intermediate developers wanting to get to know Perl in general and Internet applications with Perl in particular.

Learn Perl basics and get up to speed with Internet and Object Oriented programming with just one book. Packed with hints and tips, solutions and exercises, Perl Power! is the perfect jumpstart guide to the hottest features of the latest Perl release. Beginners and intermediate developers an use the intermediate developers can use the introductory chapter to get up and running with Perl 5 fast, and a tutorial on object-oriented programming will supplement knowledge and help to fully exploit the power of Perl.

Since use of freely available modules (included on the CD that comes with the book) dramatically accelerates the development of Perl applications, the book shows how to find the right module for common programming tasks and illustrates the use of many of them in detail.

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beginners and intermediate developers can use the introductory chapter to get up and running with Perl 5 fast, and a tutorial on object-oriented programming will supplement knowledge and help to fully exploit the power of Perl.

internet users will learn how to automate repetitive tasks. Ready-to-go scripts show how to periodically check Web pages for changes, scan Newsgroups for interesting messages or send email. Perl Power! will enable you to write your own scripts to program-and-conquer the Internet!

system administrators will find ways to automate many tasks of their day to day work

software developers will gain advice on solving commonly occurring programming problems in short development cycles and unleashing the power of popular Perl modules. PERL POWER!

* will help you get up and running writing your own applications with a wealth of practical solutions and examples showing real programming problems
* provides detailed coverage of Perl on the Internet, including CGI,Web clients, Usenet, email, FTP and Telnet
* shows how to ease the use of command line-driven Perl scripts by full-fledged mouse-driven Perl/Tk graphic user interfaces
* comes with a CD and installation instructions for a quick start on the majority of UNIX system, Windows 95 and Windows NT

The accompanying CD-ROM features all the programming examples from the book, together with a complete ready-to use Perl distribution for Windows 95/NT a free Apache Web Server and freely available modules which can be used to solve everyday programming problems. 0201360683B04062001

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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (December 16, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201360683
• ISBN-13: 978-0201360684
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,780,281 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perl power, December 30, 1999

By	Dennis Krystowiak (Detroit, Michigan) - See all my reviews

Excellent book that gets you started with lots of areas of perl. Most of the code I have tried works fine with Activestates's 523 build and with the perl development kit 1.2.4. Having code that work is rare with these books especially with Windows. I use 98 and NT and unix. This book is not a diffinitive guide to perl but it gives you a good summay in most of the important area's and enought code to get started quickly. It gave me lots of ideas on things I could use perl for. I also like "Perl 5 complete" for theory, but the code for that book is very buggy and hard to get to work. I like its detailed explanation of how things are suppose to work. "Perl Cookbook" is also excellent for how to solve problems various kinds of problems. These are the best of the perl books I have.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, well-written with lots of valuable info., October 4, 1999

By	Michael E. Tacelosky "Techie Activist" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Although my bookshelves are already full of 700-page perl books of the "Teach Yourself" variety, I was unable to find any good explanations of the LWP module. When I found a chapter devoted to LWP in Perl Power, I was thrilled and immediately bought the book.

What I didn't expect was the bonus of someone finally providing a good explanation of Perl 5 and object-oriented perl. That section ALSO would have been worth the price of the book.

Even the first chapter had all sorts of insights and explanations I found invaluable. I've been using perl off and on for about 3 years, mostly writing quick utilities, and I'll credit this book with wanting to make me use perl more.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Perl, and great reference, March 9, 2000

By	C. Hulshof "Sic transit gloria mundi" (Enschede, OV Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

From its corny title you might expect another one of those sleazy introductions to Perl (I can name a few), but I can happily say that this book is an exception. The overview of the language is excellent and very comprehensible. Even after reading Learning Perl and Programming Perl, I picked up some valuable tips. The chapters on Object Oriented Programming and Perl/Tk are also good. For the Perl/CGI part, you might consider reading additional material, however. All in all, a surprisingly good introduction and reference to Perl 5, both for the beginner and the more advanced programmer.