Effective Perl Programming: Ways to Write Better, More Idiomatic Perl (Effective Software Development)

Effective Perl Programming: Ways to Write Better, More Idiomatic Perl (Effective Software Development)

<b>The Classic Guide to Solving Real-World Problems with Perl—Now Fully Updated for Today’s Best Idioms!</b> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">For years, experienced programmers have relied on <b> <i>Effective Perl Programming </i> </b>to discover better ways to solve problems with Perl. Now, in this long-awaited second edition, three renowned Perl programmers bring together today’s best idioms, techniques, and examples: everything you need to write more powerful, fluent, expressive, and succinct code with Perl.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Nearly twice the size of the first edition, <b> <i>Effective Perl Programming, Second Edition, </i> </b>offers everything from rules of thumb to avoid common pitfalls to the latest wisdom for using Perl modules. You won’t just learn the right ways to use Perl: You’ll learn why these approaches work so well.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">New coverage in this edition includes</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <ul> <li>Reorganized and expanded material spanning twelve years of Perl evolution</li> <li>Eight new chapters on CPAN, databases, distributions, files and filehandles, production Perl, testing, Unicode, and warnings</li> <li>Updates for Perl 5.12, the latest version of Perl</li> <li>Systematically updated examples reflecting today’s best idioms</li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">You’ll learn how to work with strings, numbers, lists, arrays, strictures, namespaces, regular expressions, subroutines, references, distributions, inline code, warnings, Perl::Tidy, data munging, Perl one-liners, and a whole lot more. Every technique is organized in the same Items format that helped make the first edition so convenient and popular.</p>