The Complete Perl Training Course [Paperback]

The ultimate Perl programming package. The Complete Perl Training Course, Student Edition features Harvey and Paul Deitel's Perl How to Program text along with a fully-interactive CD-ROM—The Perl Multimedia Cyber Classroom CD-ROM—and provides students and programmers with the ideal medium for learning how to program with Perl. It's a proven fact that the more involved students are, the more they learn. That's what The Complete Perl Training Course is all about—helping students learn in every way possible.

Includes the best-selling, 900-page Perl introduction Perl How to Program — in print and searchable electronic versions

MASTER PERL DEVELOPMENT — HANDS-ON!

With this hands-on, interactive training course, you won't just learn Perl: you'll use it to create dynamic CGI applications for the Web, e-commerce, and beyond! Created by leading corporate trainers Deitel & Associates, this revolutionary course brings together the world's #1 interactive Perl training CD-ROM, The Perl Multimedia Cyber Classroom, and the outstanding introductory Perl textbook, Perl How to Program. You'll start with basic Perl syntax and control structures; then master CGI programming, the powerful Perl Database Interface, session tracking, cookies, advanced Web automation, security — even XML! If you're ready to build robust, high-performance Perl/CGI Web applications, this course will help you get started now — and gain true mastery faster than you ever thought possible! 

Build complete Web-based applications using Perl and CGI!

• Master today,s most important Perl web development skills hands-on, with real programs and expert instruction from world-renowned corporate trainers!
• Quickly learn everything from basic Perl syntax to advanced topics including Perl's powerful database interface, web automation and security
• Get powerful real-world experience with 12,000+ lines of live code, 250+ programs, 12+ hours of audio, hundreds of programming exercises, and more

PERL MULTIMEDIA CYBER CLASSROOM

More than 18 hours of detailed audio explanations walk you through 250+ complete, ready-to-run programs — 12,000+ lines of fully-tested program code you can load, run, and adapt!

Test your knowledge with hundredsof interactive self-review questions and programming exercises!

Get fast, in-depth answers from the fully searchable copy of Perl How to Program!

Discover hundreds of tips and ideas for maximizing performance, interoperability, and reusability — and for avoiding and troubleshoot problems!

THE WORLD'S #1 PERL DEVELOPER,S GUIDE

Start-to-finish, 900-page guide to Perl!

Master all this: Regular expressions, string manipulation, object-oriented Perl, references, complex data structures, Perl DBI, Perl/Tk GUIs, graphics, security, XML, and much more

Includes detailed instructions for installing Perl on multiple platforms, and configuring web servers to run Perl CGI scripts

Contains start-to-finish XML Web application case study!

Hands-on tutorials with tips and tricks for troubleshooting and optimization

BONUS 2nd CD-ROM packed with live Perl source code, plus links to the Web's best Perl resources!

The authors can be contacted at: deitel@deitel.com Visit: http://www.deitel.com

SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR:

• All programmers who want to master Perl — including those familiar with other scripting languages
• Web developers who want to master CGI and database integration
• Perl users who want to learn more sophisticated techniques