Nytro Posted January 6, 2013 Report Posted January 6, 2013 16 of the Best Free Perl BooksIndividuals wanting to learn and develop their understanding of the Perl programming language have a huge selection of books to choose from. There are hundreds of enlightening Perl books that are available to purchase at reasonable cost. However, given that Perl is an open source programming language, with an eclectic heritage written by Larry Wall and a cast of thousands, it is satisfying to see that some authors have made their Perl publications available to download without charge, and released under a freely distributable license. Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, scripting, dynamic programming language released under the GPL or Artistic license. It is available for most operating systems. Perl is implemented as an interpreted (not compiled) language. It is procedural, with variables, expressions, assignment statements, control structures, blocks and subroutines. Whilst Perl is not an acronym, it is sometimes known as Practical Extraction and Report Language and lightheartedly as the Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister. Perl can be used for a large number of tasks. It is often used to write CGI scripts. It is also frequently used for text manipulation, general web programming, networking, system administration, prototyping, database access, and graphical programming. One of the most powerful features of Perl is its extensive library of modules. Many of these modules are available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, which mirrors over 100,000 Perl modules. The focus of this article is to select some of the finest Perl books which are available to download for free. The majority of the books featured here can also be freely distributed. So get reading, learning and sharing. [TABLE=width: 100%][TR] [TD=colspan: 2] 1. Modern Perl [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD][/TR][/TABLE][TABLE=width: 100%][TR][TD]Website[/TD] [TD]www.onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/index.html[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Author[/TD] [TD]chromatic[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Format[/TD] [TD]PDF, A4 PDF, HTML, ePub[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Pages[/TD] [TD]204[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]Modern Perl is designed to help programmers of all levels of proficiency. The book is not only a Perl tutorial. It concentrates on Perl 5.12 and 5.14, to demonstrate the latest and most effective time-saving features. Modern Perl explains how and why the language works, so that the full power of Perl can be unleashed. Modern Perl is one way to describe the way the world's most effective Perl 5 programmers work. They use language idioms. They take advantage of the CPAN. They show good taste and craft to write powerful, maintainable, scalable, concise, and effective code. This book providing a wealth of information on: The Perl PhilosophyPerl and its Community focusing on CPAN, community and development sitesThe Perl Language introducing names, variables, values, control flow, scalars, arrays, hashes, coercion, packages, references, and nested data structuresOperators - a series of one or more symbols used as part of the syntaxFunctions - a discrete, encapsulated unit of behaviourRegular Expressions and Matching - the use of these expressions gives Perl its incredible text processing powerObjects - discrete, unique entities with their own identitiesStyle and Efficacy explaining the importance of writing maintainable, idiomatic, and effective PerlManaging Real Problems covering testing, handling warnings, files, modules, distributions, and morePerl Beyond SyntaxWhat to AvoidThe electronic versions of this book are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. 2. Beginning Perl [TABLE=width: 100%][TR][TD]Website[/TD] [TD]www.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Author[/TD] [TD]Simon Cozens[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Format[/TD] [TD]PDF, HTML[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Pages[/TD] [TD]672[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]Beginning Perl is a book which as its name suggest is written for individuals that are new to programming who want to learn Perl. It starts from the absolute basics of Perl, guiding the reader carefully through up to complex operations such as using Perl as a CGI language. The book covers the following topics: Installing Perl on Windows and UNIXMaking use of online Perl resources like CPANFirst principles in programming and the Perl syntaxWorking with simple valuesLists and HashesLoops and DecisionsRegular ExpressionsWorking with files and databasesWriting web pages in PerlSubroutinesRunning and Debugging PerlModulesUsing Perl as an object-oriented languagePerl and DatabasesThe World of PerlThe book is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial License. Restul cartilor:http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/2013010507211097/16oftheBestFreePerlBooks-Part1.html Quote
