Beginning Perl, Second Edition
February 6th, 2010 by CGI & PHP.com
- ISBN13: 9781590593912
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
"Beginning Perl, Second Edition is a well-named text that starts exactly where it claims…This book is a fine place to start." — James Edward Gray II, Slashdot contributor "…there are great examples, and projects assigned after each chapter to help you really understand and remember how to code in Perl." — Mark Spritzler, JavaRanch Bartender "This book is a well-conceived introduction to Perl in tutorial form… A Very Good Book. 
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Beginning Perl, Second Edition
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February 6th, 2010 at 9:14 am
I've yet to really dig into this book, but it looks very promising. So far I am not disappointed with my purchase.
Rating: 4 / 5
February 6th, 2010 at 9:58 am
The book is acceptable for learning Perl. The examples are straight-forward, but seems to intended for non-programmers. Beginning Perl is not the same as Beginning Programming Using Perl.
Rating: 3 / 5
February 6th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Something I've wanted to do for the last couple of years is learn the Perl programming language. With that in mind, I decided to review James Lee's book Beginning Perl, 2nd Edition by Apress. Now I can't wait to get started.
Chapter List: First Steps in Perl; Scalars; Control Flow Constructs; Lists and Arrays; Hashes; Subroutines/Functions; Regular Expressions; Files and Data; String Processing; Interfacing to the Operating System; References; Object-Oriented Perl; Modules; Introduction to CGI; Perl and DBI; Exercise Solutions; Index
In my job, Perl isn't one of those things that I absolutely need. I don't have to administer a website that is driven by Perl scripts or anything. I simply want to learn the basics so that I can use Perl if I need to manipulate files to generate test data or things like that. This book delivers well for that need. Each chapter explains the basic language feature or construct with plenty of examples and explanations. The chapter ends with a summary and additional exercises you can do to practice the skills covered in the chapter. In all likelihood, I'll be most interested in the chapters through the string processing one. That will give me most of the tools I'll need to manipulate the files I'll encounter. But if I get really addicted to Perl, there's additional material here that will keep the book in the "highly useful" category.
As I move into 2005 and start to work on my technical goals, this book will be close at hand.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 6th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Another winning title from Apress, Beginning Perl, Second Edition provides a strong base of knowledge for anyone new to Perl or who needs to broaden their knowledge. Each of the fifteen chapters examines one of the common uses of Perl and provides sufficient detail to actually write some pretty sophisticated programs. It is pretty much impossible to do anything of any value in Perl without understanding data types, operators, and variables so these are all covered first. From there the reader enters the world of flow control constructs, lists and arrays, hashes, subroutines, and functions. This section includes information on passing arguments, an area that is left out of a lot of beginning books and is an exercise in frustration trying to find out how to do. The reader next moves on to regular expressions, file and data handling, string processing, interfacing with the operating system, and references. Finally the book winds up with object-oriented Perl, modules, CGI, and using Perl with DBI to interact with a SQL database.
The book is well written with lots of code examples so you can see exactly how something should be written to work correctly. While you might want a Perl cookbook to help resolve particular problems when you come across them, Beginning Perl, Second Edition is a great choice to move from no knowledge or little knowledge of Perl to becoming an intermediate Perl user. It is highly recommended to anyone wanting to acquire a well-rounded foundation in Perl.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 6th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
I know several programming languages and wanted to use Perl on my website. Within days I was able to take existing scripts and modify them to use on my site. I was able to generate several program to help maintain the site within weeks. Great book!
Rating: 5 / 5