Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs With Perl

Effective Software Development

by Joseph Hall

Powerful and flexible, Perl has established itself as a premier programming language, especially as a tool for World Wide Web development, text processing, and systems administration. The language features full support for regular expressions, object-oriented modules, network programming, and process management. Perl is extensible, and supports modular, cross-platform development.In "Effective Perl Programming," Perl experts Joseph Hall and Randal Schwartz share programming solutions, techniques, programming pointers, rules of thumb, and the pitfalls to avoid, enabling you to make the most of Perl's power and capabilities.

The authors will help you develop a knack for the right ways to do things. They show you how to solve problems with Perl, and how to debug and improve your Perl programs. Offering examples, they help you learn good Perl style. Geared for programmers who have already acquired Perl basics, the book will extend your skill range, providing the tactics and deeper understanding you need to create Perl programs that are more elegant, effective, and succinct. This book also speaks to those who want to become more fluent, expressive, and individualistic Perl programmers.

To help you design and write effective Perl progams, Effective Perl Programming includes: Perl basics Idiomatic Perl Regular expressions Subroutines References Debugging Usage of packages and modules Object-oriented programming Useful and interesting Perl miscellany

Numerous thought-provoking examples appear throughout the book, highlighting many of the subtleties that make Perl such a fascinating, fun, and effective language to work with.

Genres: Programming, Computers, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Technology, Reference, Technical

273 pages, Paperback

First published January 9, 1997

Reviews

[Nathan Glenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the most awesome resource on Perl I have ever found. I just finished reading it through for the second time; it was a good read when I was a beginner, and it is still a good reader as an advanced programmer.

[Mark A.]

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[Clintweathers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ultimately, it doesn't matter what scripting language you use.

Perl, Python, R, Javascript, Ruby (ok, maybe not Ruby), whatever.
Having your code be lucid, literate and readable is important no matter what language.

If you work in Perl, this is a great book to help make your code more idiomatic (or, as Perl coders say, "Perlish").

This is one of the two books (along with The Camel) I have at my elbow every time I code in Perl.

[Psoup1965 · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book context was good. As a professional Perl programmer I did find some information useful.

However, I purchased this for my eReader as a quick reference and the code samples are extremely hard to read. I am disappointed in the eReader version of this book.

[Amanda]

A second edition?? The first one was brilliant. Before I've even finished chapter one of the new edition, I've been introduced to the goatse operator... it's the slightly-unhinged quality of the language that gives it that distinct Bukowski flavor.

[Ramesh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helps separate the kiddies and the adults in the Perl world.

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

A simply wonderful perl book. Has some really nice features of 5.10 & 5.12. It's been wonderfully updated and is now on my wishlist.

[Дмитрий Лобанов · Rating 5 out of 5]

Effectiveness is my power

Great book.
From every chapter I take minimum 10 tips and tricks.
Each bad style has fail example in this book.

Thank you, guys, for this book!

[Ajitabh Pandey · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book about how to write perl programs effectively. A must read for all perl programmers.

[David Sewell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book for advanced perl programmer.