Perl Fundamentals
Peter Scott
The Basic Elements of Perl Every Developer Should
Learn
4+ Hours
of Video Instruction
In this unique video package, renowned Perl author and
speaker Peter Scott takes you through the fundamental elements of
the Perl 5 language so that you have a strong foundation for
creating robust Perl programs and learning more advanced aspects of
the language.
Even if you’ve never run a Perl program before, you’ll learn
what you need to know to get started on every popular platform.
Scott advances through the language in a logical progression, from
the basics of printing strings to the use of regular expressions
for pattern matching and text manipulation. In between, he covers
the core components of the language, demonstrating through many
examples exactly how each one works. In the final lesson, he shows
the power of Perl’s objects and modules for writing web programs. A
uniquely valuable aspect of this video is Scott’s demonstrations of
many common pitfalls and how to avoid them. You’ll learn a
carefully crafted subset of the language that enables you to create
powerful, robust programs while avoiding the traps that can result
from learning Perl in the wrong sequence.
These practical, easy-to-use videos allow you to get the
multimedia experience of a live instructor at your own
pace—whenever you want. You get the benefit of Scott’s expertise as
a decade-long Perl trainer and author of
Perl Medicand
Perl Debuggedat your fingertips, so you can
get started on mastering Perl. After a few hours with this DVD, you
will be gaining entry into the market of thousands of jobs managing
millions of lines of Perl, the world’s most popular scripting
language.
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Each session begins with well-defined learning objectives so
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Follow along as your instructor shows exactly how to get
great results in your real-world environment.
Peter Scott is the author of
Perl Medic(2004) and
Perl Debugged(2001), both from Addison-Wesley.
A graduate of Cambridge University and former Jet Propulsion
Laboratory developer, he’s been a Perl trainer since 1998 and
taught Perl at top institutions as well as at prominent conferences
such as the Open Source Conference and Software Development Expo.
He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Grace, two cats,
and a loud parrot, and enjoys kayaking.
System Requirements
• Operating System: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista,
or Mac OS X
• Multimedia: DVD drive, 1280 x 960 or higher display,
and sound card with speakers
• Computer: 500MHz or higher, 128MB RAM or
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