Summary
This new book by the world's leading programming language textbook authors carefully explains how to use Perl as a general-purpose programming language and how to program multi-tier, client/server, database-intensive, Internet-and-Web-based applications.
Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the principals of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized corporate training and content-creation organization specializing in C++, Java, C#, C, Visual Basic®, XML, Python, Perl, Internet, World Wide Web and object technologies. The Deitels are also the authors of the world's #1 Java and C++ textbooks, Java How to Program, 3/e and C++ How to Program, 3/e.
In Perl How to Program, the Deitels and their colleagues, Tem R. Nieto and David C. McPhie, discuss topics you need to build complete, Web-based applications including:
- CGI/HTML forms/XML/CGI.pm
- Control Structures/Arrays/Hashes
- Regular Expressions/Strings
- Objects/Encapsulation
- OOP/Inheritance/References
- Database/DBI/SQL/Signals/Contexts
- Security/Accessibility
- Typeglobs/File Globbing
- Networking/Sockts/Internet Protocols
- Cookies/Session Tracking
- Filehandles/Data Structures
- Process Control/Forking/Piping
- Subroutines/Modules/Packages/Overloading
- Web Automation/OLE Automation
- Server-Side Includes/Ties/Closures
- Graphics/GUI/Perl/TK
Perl How to Program includes extensive pedagogic features:
- Hundreds of LIVE-CODE programs with screen captures that show exact outputs
- Extensive World Wide Web and Internet resources to encourage further research
- Hundreds of tips, recommended practices and cautionsall marked with icons
Perl How to Program is the centerpiece of a complete family of resources for teaching and learning Perl, including Web sites (www.deitel.com and www.prenhall.com/deitel) with the book's source-code examples (which are also on the enclosed CD) and other information for faculty, students and professionals; an optional interactive CD (Perl Multimedia Cyber Classroom) containing thousands of hyperlinks and audio walkthroughs of hundreds of code examples in the book