Programming Perl, 2nd Edition, is the authoritative guide to Perl version 5, the scripting utility that has established itself as the programming tool of choice for the World Wide Web, UNIX system administration, and a vast range of other applications. Version 5 of Perl includes object-oriented programming facilities. The book is coauthored by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl. A guide for both novice and experienced programmers who will find Perl a useful language for the tasks of manipulating text, files, and processes, superseding C, sed, awk, and the UNIX shell. Perl Cookbook 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. The DBI is a database interface module for Perl. He and Descartes, one of the most active members of the DBI community, explain the architecture of DBI and show how to write DBI-based programs. For the DBI expert, they cover the nuances and peculiarities of each individual database driver. Perl For Dummies Created to have you writing Perl programs in a matter of minutes, the second edition of IDG's Perl for Dummies serves as a highly useful introduction to the Perl 5 programming language.