Do we really need another Perl book? Obviously yes: This is a book for people who already know how to program in another language, but don’t know Perl. A book that gets through the basics as quickly as possible. How to do the fun stuff. A book that emphasizes good programming style in Perl. Many …
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Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason
Mason is a tool for embedding the Perl programming language into text, in order to create text dynamically, most often in HTML. But Mason does not simply stop at HTML. It can just as easily create XML, WML, POD, configuration files, or the complete works of Shakespeare. Mason was originally written by Jonathan Swartz, with …
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Exploring Programming Language Architecture in Perl
By the end of this book you should have a thorough understanding of the inner workings of a programming language interpreter. The source code is presented in full, and several iterations add more features until it could be considered pretty complete. The interpreter is written to be as easy to understand as possible; it has …
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Extreme Perl
Extreme Perl is a book about Extreme Programming using the programming language Perl. This site contains the entire book. This book is about a marriage of two compatible yet unlikely partners. Extreme Programming (XP) is a software development methodology that enables users, business people, programmers, and computers to communicate effectively. Perl is a dynamic programming …
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Essential Perl
This document is a quick introduction to the Perl language. Perl has many features, but you can get pretty far with just the basics, and that’s what this document is about. The coverage is pretty quick, intended for people with some programming experience. This document is available for free in the spirit of engineering goodwill …
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Beginning Perl (free)
Perl is a well-established programming language that has been developed through the time and effort of countless free software programmers into an immensely powerful tool that can be used on pratically every operating system in the world. Perl started out as the “Swiss army knife” of computer languages and was used primarily by system administrators, …
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Take Control of Your Programming with Modern Perl
Perl programmers solve problems and get things done. Perl’s the secret weapon they reach for when they have to solve a problem right now. Modern Perl takes that productivity to the next level. Learn the philosophy of Perl to unlock the language’s full power. Explore the best the CPAN has to offer. See how new …
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Learning Perl the Hard Way
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