Perl : The Complete Reference

*With millions of users worldwide, Perl is increasingly the language of choice for Web development*Updated to include coverage of Perl 5.6--a major new release which is not covered by most competing books*Written by a Perl expert--Martin Brown is the author of the well-received first-edition, as well as Perl Programmer's Reference*Comprehensive coverage appropriate for developers of every level

Martin C. Brown is the author of Perl: The Complete Reference and Perl Annotated Archives. He has more than 15 years of multi-platform programming experience in Perl, Shellscript, Basic, Pascal, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, and Awk.

Part I: Fundamentals.

Chapter 1: Perl Backgrounder.

Chapter 2: Perl Overview.

Chapter 3: Perl Parsing Rules.

Chapter 4: Variables and Data.

Chapter 5: Statements and Control Structures.

Chapter 6: Subroutines, Pacjages, and Modules.

Chapter 7: Working with Files.

Chapter 8: Data Manipulation.

Chapter 9: Errors and Trapping Them.

Part II: Programming with Perl.

Chapter 10: Complex Data Structures.

Chapter 11: System Information.

Chapter 12: Networking.

Chapter 13: Database Systems.

Chapter 14: Interprocess Communication.

Chapter 15: Other Execution Enhancements.

Part III: Developing Applications.

Chapter 16: User Interface Tools.

Chapter 17: Advanced User Interfaces.

Chapter 18: Developing for the World Wide Web (WWW).

Chapter 19: Controlling Execution with Pragmas.

Chapter 20: Extending and Embedding Perl.

Part IV: Fine-Tuning Applications.

Chapter 21: Debugging and Tuning.

Chapter 22: Perl Compiler.

Chapter 23: Perl Documentation.

Chapter 24: Cross-Platform Migration Traps.

Chapter 25: Distributing Modules and Applications.

Part V: Appendixes.

Function Reference.

Standard Perl Library.

Resources.

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