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Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules
by Randal L. Schwartz with Tom Phoenix.
240 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(June 9, 2003).
Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules picks up where
Learning Perl leaves off. This new book offers a gentle introduction to the
world of references, object-oriented programming, and the use of Perl
modules that form the backbone of any effective Perl program. Following the
successful format of Learning Perl, each chapter in the book is designed to
be small enough to be read in just an hour or two. Each chapter ends with a
series of exercises to help you practice what you've learned with answers
in an appendix for your reference. In short, this book covers everything
that separates the Perl dabbler from the Perl programmer.
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Beginning Perl
by Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright.
700 pages.
Wrox Press, Inc..
(May 25, 2000).
Beginning Perl is a different kind of Perl book. It's written
particularly with the beginning programmer in mind, but it doesn't treat
you like an idiot, and experienced programmers will not feel patronised.
It covers a lot of ground, from the very basics of programming, right
through to developing CGI applications for the web. More importantly, it
emphasises good Perl practice, and readable and maintainable code.
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Elements of Programming with Perl
by Andrew L. Johnson.
350 pages.
Manning Publications Company.
(October 1999).
"If you come from a non-programming background and you want to learn
Perl go and buy this book. Now. The rest of the review will wait until
you get back. If you're coming to Perl from another language and you
have basic to intermediate knowledge and experience of programming
concepts go and buy this book. If you know Perl well then buy this
book and when ever anyone asks you a lot of questions hand it to them
and smile as you realise you've just done them a favour." -- Dean Wilson, London.pm
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Perl Fast and Easy Web Development
by Les Bate.
405 pages.
Premier Press.
(November 12, 2002).
Perl Fasy and Easy Web Development is book is intended to get new web
developers started building Web applications with Perl as quickly as
possible. The first part of the book familiarizes the reader with
enough of the basics of the Perl language to get started in web
development, using brief examples to illustrate each point. From there,
the reader is shown how forms can interact with Perl CGI programs and
how to build CGI programs into Web-based, database-driven applications.
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CGI Programming with Perl (2nd ed)
by Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram, Gunther Birznieks, Linda Mui.
451 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(January 15, 2000).
The authors' second pass at CGI pedagogy is a lucid, honest, and
expanded account that develops functionality of dynamic Web pages in a
rational progression--from HTML client-server and CGI syntax basics to
general input/output, forms, e-mail, graphics, and simple database
applications, including maintaining client state and data persistence
under the otherwise stateless HTTP protocol. The authors offer synopses
of cookies, JavaScripting, server security, and XML, all of which are
described in detail in other books. (from Amazon.com's review)
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MacPerl: Power & Ease
by Vicky Brown and Chris Nandor.
372 pages.
(1998).
MacPerl: Power and Ease is designed for both the beginner to Perl, and
those who want to take advantage of Perl on Mac OS. It's divided into
three primary sections: learning about programming, learning about
Perl, and advanced topics. The latter includes brief sections on
objects and references, and more complete information on how to use the
Mac toolbox modules for making windows and dialog boxes and using
AppleScript with Perl. It covers the MacPerl based on perl 5.004, and
Mac OS (Classic), but much of the first two parts apply to any
platform, and much of the third part applies to Mac OS X
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Perl & LWP
by Sean M. Burke.
264 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(June 2002).
The LWP (Library for WWW in Perl) suite of modules lets your programs
download and extract information from the Web. Perl & LWP shows how to make
web requests, submit forms, and even provide authentication information,
and it demonstrates using regular expressions, tokens, and trees to parse
HTML. This book is a must have for Perl programmers who want to automate
and mine the Web.
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Picking Up Perl
by Bradley M. Kuhn.
self published.
(July 1999).
This book has been created for a number of reasons. The primary
reason is to provide a freely redistributable tutorial for the Perl
language. In writing this freely redistributable tutorial, it is our
hope that the largest number of people can have access to it and share
it.
In the Perl community, we have discovered ways to save time by writing
Perl programs that make our jobs and lives easier. Surely, Perl is not
a panacea, but it has certainly made our lives a little bit better. It
is hoped that you can use Perl to make your jobs and lives easier, too.
The Perl Cookbook
by Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, Larry Wall.
964 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(August 21, 2003).
"Precious few books can meet the needs of novices and experts
simultaneously. The Perl Cookbook does, and on nearly every
page. It has the perfect mix of instruction, revelation, and
attitude." --Jon Orwant, editor of The Perl Journal
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Perl 6 Essentials
by Allison Randal, Dan Sugalski and Leopold Totsch.
208 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(June 27, 2003).
Perl 6 Essentials is the first book that offers a peek
into the development of the new Perl language while it's still in flux.
Written by members of the Perl 6 core development team, the book covers the
development not only of Perl 6 syntax but also Parrot, the
language-independent interpreter developed as part of the Perl 6 design
strategy. This book is essential reading for anyone committed to the Perl
community. It will satisfy their curiosity and show how changes in the
language will make it more powerful and easier to use.
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Perl Debugged
by Peter J. Scott, Ed Wright.
288 pages.
Addison-Wesley Pub Co.
(March 27, 2001).
I *highly* recommend Perl Debugged to anyone at
the beginning or intermediate stage in Perl
programming, particularly to programmers who have
less than 2-4 years of debugging experience in
general. An experienced programmer, on the other
hand, will want to buy a copy (copies?) to browse
and then hand to his junior co-worker(s) with
stern instructions to "read first, code later."
-- Joseph N. Hall (author of Effective Perl
Programming)
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Effective Perl Programming
by Joseph N. Hall.
288 pages.
Addison-Wesley Pub Co.
(January 1998).
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Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason
by Dave Rolsky, Ken Williams.
318 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(October 2002).
This book shows you how to create large, complex, dynamically
driven web sites that look good and are a snap to maintain. You'll
learn how to visualize multiple Mason-based solutions to any given
problem and select among them. The book covers the latest line of Mason
development 1.1x, which has many new features, including line number
reporting based on source files, sub-requests, and easier use as a CGI.
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Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C: The Apache API and mod_perl
by Lincoln Stein, Doug MacEachern, Linda Mui (Editor).
724 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(March 1999).
Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C will allow you to enhance
your Apache HTTP server in just about any way you'd like. Overall, it
is an excellent book, and it has a lot of good information and terrific
examples on everything from "Content Handlers" to customizing the
Apache server configuration process. -- Doug Beaver.
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Practical mod_perl
- http://modperlbook.org/
by Stas Bekman & Eric Cholet.
924 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(May 27, 2003).
Mod_perl embeds the popular programming language Perl in
the Apache web server, giving rise to a fast and powerful web programming
environment. Written for Perl web developers and web administrators,
Practical mod_perl is an extensive guide to the nuts and bolts of the
powerful and popular combination of Apache and mod_perl. From writing and
debugging scripts to keeping your server running without failures, the
techniques in this book will help you squeeze every ounce of power out of
your server. True to its title, this is the practical guide to mod_perl.
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mod_perl2 User Guide
- http://modperl2book.org/
by Stas Bekman & Jim Brandt.
OnyxNeon.
(August 2007).
mod_perl 2, the next generation of the Apache Perl module, gives you full access to the Apache 2 internals via the Perl programming language, just as mod_perl 1 gave you access to Apache 1. New features in Apache and Perl make mod_perl 2 even more powerful and useful than before, allowing you to quickly write and deploy fast, robust web applications.
As with any major upgrade, there are new features and key changes to mod_perl from the 1.x generation. The mod_perl 2 User's Guide explains these key changes and demonstrates the tools that you can use to port modules and migrate your existing code.
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mod_perl Developer's Cookbook
by Geoffrey Young, Paul Lindner, Randy Kobes.
650 pages.
Sams Publishing.
(January 2002).
A practical, hands-on guide that shows you how to exploit
the power of mod_perl.
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Mastering Regular Expressions, 2nd edition
by Jeffrey E. Friedl.
496 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(July 15, 2002).
Mastering Regular Expressions, Second Edition has been thoroughly
updated to include all the new features of Perl 5.8, as well as several
other languages, including Java, VB.NET, C#, Python, JavaScript, Tcl,
and Ruby. Written in the lucid, entertaining tone that made a complex,
dry topic crystal-clear to thousands of programmers, and sprinkled with
solutions to complex real-world problems, Mastering Regular Expressions
offers a wealth information that you can put to immediate use.
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Extended and Embedding Perl
by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens.
384 pages.
Manning Publications Company.
(July 2002).
Extending and Embedding Perl explains how to expand the
functionality and usefulness of the Perl programming language and how
to use Perl from C programs. It begins simply but also covers complex
issues using real code examples from the Perl source. The book
discusses how to write interfaces to C libraries (as well as C++ and
Fortran libraries). It shows you how to implement Perl callbacks for C
libraries, how to pass Perl hashes and arrays between Perl and C, and
how to use the Perl Data Language infrastructure to improve the speed
of array operations.
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Programming the Perl DBI
by Alligator Descartes, Tim Bunce.
346 pages.
O'Reilly Media, Inc..
(February 2000).
Database programming with Perl
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Object Oriented Perl
by Damian Conway.
490 pages.
Manning Publications Company.
(August 1999).
Filled with syntactic tips and tricks, Object Oriented Perl is a
sure bet for any programmer who wants to learn how to use Perl objects
effectively.
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Perl: The Programmer's Companion
by Nigel Chapman.
292 pages.
John Wiley & Sons.
(September 25, 1997).
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