Professional Perl Development [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

~ Randy Kobes (Author), Peter Wainwright (Author), Shishir Gundavaram (Author), Gavin Brown (Author), Arthur Corliss (Author), Joshua Ellis (Author), Pancrazio De Mauro (Author), Mark Wilcox (Author)

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Product Description

Perl is not only the scripting language of choice for many people, but a powerful programming language that can be used to develop serious applications. Backed by numerous libraries, this language is capable of performing just about any task.

This book examines the Perl libraries that are most interesting to developers of professional, real-world applications. It covers web client and server programming, manipulating data in databases and LDAP servers, network and distributed programming, embedding Perl into web pages (templates, HTML::Mason, HTML::Embperl, Apache::ASP, and PerlScript), mathematical and computational applications, graphics and GUI programming, and creating and manipulating XML.

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With its broad and deep coverage of key topics in advanced Perl programming, this book is an essential read for developers who are interested in integrating Perl with various technologies and developing sophisticated applications. Building on a working knowledge of Perl, this book provides clear and detailed coverage of its topics using illustrative examples. Even experienced Perl programmers are certain to find something new in this book about this genuinely extensible language.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 700 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press; illustrated edition edition (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861004389
• ISBN-13: 978-1861004383
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,965,613 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Non Fiction, September 2, 2007

By	Blue Tyson "- http://freesf.blogspot.com" - See all my reviews

Professional Perl Development by Randy Kobes and a whole bunch of others is really boring. Luckily this was cheap, or I would have really regretted getting this one. For me, pretty much no use at all, so far, so you can probably pretty safely stay away from this title unless you have some burning obscure need for it, or find it at a really cheap price.

4.0 out of 5 stars Covers a broad range of topics, May 8, 2001

By A Customer

Seems to cover a lot, from networking to graphics to XML & CGI. I was surprised that the chaper on CGI was so short, given that its not covered at all in Professional Perl also by Wrox press. Also the book was a lot shorter, but still long at 650 pages.