The highly-anticipated update to this classic book - now fully reflects today's most powerful idioms and adds nine new chapters!
• Packed with carefully-explained examples that show how to write Perl code like the experts do and why
• New chapters on CPAN, databases, debugging, distributions, external processes, files, production Perl, testing, and Unicode
• Follows Scott Meyers' best-selling Effective C format
• An indispensable resource for every experienced Perl programmer
Table of Content
Introduction 1. The Basics of Perl
2. Idiomatic Perl
3. Regular Expressions
4. Subroutines
5. Files and File handles
6. References
7. CPAN
8. Unicode
9. Distributions
10. Testing
11. Warnings
12. Databases
13. Miscellany Appendix A: Perl Resources
Appendix B: Map from First to Second Edition
Books
Websites
Blogs and Pod casts
Getting Help
Index