I've read about half of this book, and found it to be decent. The typo issues cited in the other reviews do exist, but I found them to be minor and easy to work around. I really like the examples & discussion of language fundamentals. But there is one big problem... once you start getting to the
Learn Perl In a Weekend (In a Weekend (Indianapolis, Ind.).)
β Scribed by Thomas Nowers
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 248
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Get ready to learn the most popular programming language of the Internet! Begin your journey into the world of Perl Friday evening as you install ActivePerl and create an HTML page. On Saturday, cover the basic building blocks of Perl, Perl operators, statements, and expressions. On Sunday, learn object-oriented programming and pull your earlier sessions together in a complete Perl game program. Wrap things up as you touch on advanced Perl topics including security, XML integration, and using Perl with CGI.
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