Perl How to Program

From the Publisher: 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™, C#, C, Visual Basic®, XML™, 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™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 Perl How to Program is the centerpiece of a complete family of resources for teaching and learning Perl, including Web sites with the book's source-code examples (which are also on the enclosed CD) and other information for faculty, students and professionals; an optional interactive CD (Perl Multimedia Cyber Classroom) containing thousands of hyperlinks and audio walkthroughs of hundreds of code examples in the book—