Perl How to Program
by Harvey M. Deitel
Category: Computers

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(TM), C#, C, Visual Basic(R), XML(TM), 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(TM) 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 cautions--all marked with icons