Perl
The Complete Reference
2nd Edition
Published on 23. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
1207 pages
978-0-07-212950-2 (ISBN)
Description
With millions of users worldwide, Perl is increasingly the language of choice for Web development. This title is 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". It includes comprehensive coverage appropriate for developers of every level.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 60 mm
Weight
2058 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-212950-2 (9780072129502)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Martin Brown
Perl: The Complete Reference
Book
09/1999
2nd Edition
McGraw-Hill Professional
€40.84
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Person
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.
Content
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.