Perl For Dummies - Softcover

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This updated text demonstrates the ability of Perl to integrate XML with existing Web data and update it to the latest Web standard. Topics include installing Perl on several platforms, reading a program and creating a program using text, numbers, lists and conditionals. A CD is included.

Reseña del editor

Perl 5 For Dummies helped non-programmers build their own scripts and programs with Perl without having to labor over the language's intricacies. Perl For Dummies, 2nd Edition, carries on this mission with an eye on the latest updates to the popular scripting language. The most notable update is the ability of Peri to integrate XML with existing Web data and update it to the newest Web standard. Along with information on incorporating Peri with XML, author Paul Hoffman also introduces readers to installing Perl on several platforms, reading a program, and creating a program using text, numbers, lists, and conditionals. Perl For Dummies, 2nd Edition, also helps readers build and manage files and directories, work with Perl-based databases, and use Perl as a gateway to the Internet.

The CD included with this book contains the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) library, a freely distributed archive which includes the Perl program as well as documentation on Perl programming from other experts and Perl modules that can be used when programming.