Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9781565923249 ISBN: 1565923243 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 306 Publication Date: August 01, 1997 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sales Rank: 217137 Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product DescriptionIn this smooth, carefully paced course, leading Perl trainers and a Windows NT practitioner teach you to program in the language that promises to emerge as the scripting language of choice on NT. With a foreword by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, this book is the 'official' guide for both formal (classroom) and informal learning. Based on the 'llama book,' Learning Perl on Win32 Systems features tips for PC users and new NT-specific examples. Perl for Win32 is a language for easily manipulating text, files, user and group profiles, performance and event logs, and registry entries, and a distribution is available on the Windows NT Resource Kit. Peer-to-peer technical support is now available on the perl.win32.users mailing list. The contents include:
An introduction to 'the Perl way' for Windows users
A quick tutorial stroll through Perl in one lesson
Systematic, topic-by-topic coverage of Perl's broad capabilities
Innumerable, brief code examples
Programming exercises for each topic, with fully worked-out answers
Access to NT system functions through Perl
Database access with Perl
CGI programming with Perl
Erik Olson is director of advanced technologies for Axiom Technologies, LC, where he specializes in providing Win32 development solutions. Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Christiansen have also written Programming Perl, co-authored with Larry Wall and published by O'Reilly & Associates.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Good start
Very good basic Perl book, helped me out quite a bit, if you are new to Perl like I was this gives you a good basic understanding.
Rating: - Ok language intro, but missing context
This book provided a reasonable introduction to the language elements. As a complete novice, I learned enough to read CGI scripts. It was helpful to work on the well-done examples and then to look at the answers. I would have preferred a "log cracking" example rather than "secret words". Although I got the syntax of the hashes, I missed their glory in solving problems. The regular expression examples were good, but I could have used a full-blown example here also. This book sent me searching ... Read More
Rating: - Shallow, but a Helpful Intro to Perl for Win32 People
I concur with the bulk of the reviews here: This is a shallow book, especially given Perl's scope. But it WILL help Windows folks understand many of the key Perl concepts that otherwise go unmentioned.
And that's the major point here. The book may be a trivial intro to Perl, but at least it doesn't assume you're a *NIX weenie. After getting annoyed reading the 3rd edition of the camel book, I bought this book. It was helpful in clearing up all those references to the weird stuff that *NIX ... Read More
Rating: - Easy to read, easy to understand.
I found that this book was good, particularly for the Win32 platform, and recommend it to anyone who uses Windows, regardless of their initial interest in programming. The only problems I had with the book are that the CGI (and OOP, which is introduced only in the context of CGI...but it could be so much more) chapter is left in limbo as far as being able to use any of the examples. If it were used on a Unix webserver (which are almost always setup to handle Perl CGI scripts), the examples would work ... Read More
Rating: - Perl for Win32 People
I know this book has been bashed by some of the Amazon reviewers. However, I think the book has a particular audience (no surprise by the title): new Perl developers who are not from a UNIX background. It succeeds for that audience.
I love the O'Reilly books on Perl, and this book is written by the most influential people in Perl (apart from Larry).
I come from a UNIX background, I still found this book helpful. In fact, I even bought the book for my brother-in-law, who wanted to ... Read More
- Good start
- Ok language intro, but missing context
