The book is coauthored by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl. Perl is a language for easily manipulating text, files, and processes. Perl is likely to be available wherever you choose to work. And if it isn't, you can get it and install it easily and free of charge. Two experienced Perl writers present a collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for Perl programmers.
Topics range from beginner questions to techniques for experienced programmers.
Covered topics include manipulation of strings, numbers, dates, and hashes, reading and writing text and binary files, pattern matching and text substitutions, and signals and exceptions. Others subjects are objects and classes, accessing text and SQL databases, graphical applications, writing secure scripts, and Internet applications programming. CGI is a generic interface for calling external programs to crunch numbers, query databases, generate customized graphics, or performing any other server-side task. Initially developed over a decade ago for text processing, Perl has evolved into a powerful object-oriented language, while retaining its simplicity of use. This book offers a comprehensive explanation of using CGI to serve dynamic web content.