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Title: Perl Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

Author: Herong Yang - Contact by email via herong_yang@yahoo.com.

Category: Perl/Tutorial

Version/Edition: v6.03, 2025

Number of pages in PDF format: 338

Description: This Perl tutorial book is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning Perl language himself. Topics include introduction of ActivePerl; data types, variables and expressions; scalars, arrays, hash maps, and references; input/output and file systems; DBM files and MySQL access; socket communication; generating executables; XML::Simple and RPC:XML modules; LWP::UserAgent, HTTP::Request and SOAP::Lite modules; CGI, and IIS/Apache integrations. Updated in 2025 (Version v6.03) with minor updates.

Keywords: Perl, Script, Language, Example, Code, Tutorial, Book.

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Table of Contents

About This Book

 Perl on Linux Systems

 Perl on macOS Computers

 ActivePerl on Windows Systems

 Data Types: Values and Variables

 Expressions, Operations and Simple Statements

 User Defined Subroutines

 Perl Built-in Debugger

 Name Spaces and Perl Module Files

 Symbolic (or Soft) References

 Hard References - Addresses of Memory Objects

 Objects (or References) and Classes (or Packages)

 Typeglob and Importing Identifiers from Other Packages

 String Built-in Functions and Performance

 File Handles and Data Input/Output

 Open Files in Binary Mode

 Open Directories and Read File Names

 File System Functions and Operations

 Image and Picture Processing

 Using DBM Database Files

 Using MySQL Database Server

 Socket Communication Over the Internet

 XML::Simple Module - XML Parser and Generator

 XML Communication Model

 SOAP::Lite - SOAP Server-Client Communication Module

 Perl Programs as IIS Server CGI Scripts

 CGI (Common Gateway Interface)

 XML-RPC - Remote Procedure Call with XML and HTTP

 RPC::XML - Perl Implementation of XML-RPC

 Integrating Perl with Apache Web Server

 CGI.pm Module for Building Web Pages

 LWP::UserAgent and Web Site Testing

 Converting Perl Script to Executable Binary

 CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network)

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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