Herong's Tutorial Notes on Perl - Part A
Dr. Herong Yang, Version 4.09

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Web site URL: http://www.herongyang.com/perl/

Title: Herong's Tutorial Notes on Perl - Part A

Number of pages: 84

Cost/Price: Free

Short description: This free book is an excellent tutorial book for beginners. It is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning Perl himself. Topics include binary file, CGI, class, client server, DBM file, debug, directory handle, file handle, file test, function, hard reference, IIS, Internet, language, Linux, module, MySQL, name space, object, object method, online, open directory, open file, package, Perl, regular expression, RPC::XML, sample codes, SOAP, SOAP::Lite, socket communication, soft reference, split, subroutine, performance, TCP, XML, XML-RPC, XML::Simple. For more topics in Perl, see my other book "Herong's Tutorial Notes on Perl - Part B".

Long description: This free book is an excellent tutorial book for beginners. It is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning Perl himself. Topics include binary file, CGI, class, client server, DBM file, debug, directory handle, file handle, file test, function, hard reference, IIS, Internet, language, Linux, module, MySQL, name space, object, object method, online, open directory, open file, package, Perl, regular expression, RPC::XML, sample codes, SOAP, SOAP::Lite, socket communication, soft reference, split, subroutine, performance, TCP, XML, XML-RPC, XML::Simple. Key sections: Perl on Linux - ActivePerl - Data Types - Subroutines - Debug - Modules - References and Nested Data Structures - Objects - Typeglob and Package Exporter - Working with Strings - Input to and Output from Perl Programs - Input and Output in Binary Mode - Reading Directory Entries - Converting Perl Scripts to Executable Programs - Working with File Systems and DBM Files - Accessing MySQL from Perl Programs - String Performance. For more topics in Perl, see my other book "Herong's Tutorial Notes on Perl - Part B".

Keywords: binary file, book, CGI, class, client server, DBM file, debug, directory handle, example, file handle, file test, free, function, hard reference, IIS, Internet, language, Linux, module, MySQL, name space, object, object method, online, open directory, open file, package, Perl, regular expression, RPC::XML, sample codes, SOAP, SOAP::Lite, socket communication, soft reference, split, subroutine, performance, TCP, tutorial, XML, XML-RPC, XML::Simple.

Author: Dr. Herong Yang

Category: Perl/Book/Tutorial

Version/Edition: 4.07, 2005.

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Revision history:

  • Version 4.09, 2006. Minor updates.
  • Version 4.00, 2003. Reformatted in XHTML and PDF.
  • Version 3.00, 1999. Using Perl on MS Windows.
  • Version 2.00, 1997. Using Perl on Linux.
  • Version 1.00, 1995. Started to learn Perl.

Copyright:

  • The notes and example codes are Copyright © 1995 - 2006 by Dr. Herong Yang. All rights reserved.
  • Using and distributing the notes and example codes are permitted, as long as the above copyright notice is retained.
  • The example codes is provided as-is, with no warranty of any kind.
Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2006
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