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Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days: Laura Lemay's Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 720 pages
  • Publisher: Sams; 3rd Revised edition edition (9 April 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0672313057
  • ISBN-13: 978-0672313059
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.3 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 464,195 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days will cover the basics in the first few chapters, and then move to practical uses of Perl and in-depth discussions of more advanced topics. Later chapters will also delve into software engineering topics, with discussions of modular code and object-oriented programming. CGI will be covered in one chapter, but will not be the focus of the book. Teach Yourself Perl will rely heavily on longer working examples and code, as opposed to small snippets and code fragments. Each chapter will include two to three smaller complete examples and one major one that illustrates most of the concepts for that chapter and builds on the chapters before it.



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Perl for beginners on up!
Sams Teach Yourself Perl 5 in 21 Days is the ideal book for beginner and intermediate level users who want to gain a solid understanding of this programming language. Using step-by-step tutorials, you'll learn everything you need to know about this popular programming language. Discover how to manipulate text, generate reports, and perform system tasks. Through practical, hands-on instructions, logically organized lessons, and helpful Q&A sections, you'll master Perl functions and concepts and be developing robust programs in no time. Plus, Do/Don't boxes show you how to avoid potential programming pitfalls, illustrations explain constructs such as associative arrays, and tables serve as handy references.

Explores the old and new features of Perl and Perl 5.

No previous programming experience is required.

Teaches Internet programming with Perl 5.

CD-ROM includes all project files developed by the author, plus Perl 4.0 and Perl 5.0 to get you programming on the Internet right away. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not for complete beginners!, 22 Aug 2000
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I didn't feel that this book was for complete beginners which have no programming experience what so ever! It, at places went in to too much detail and didn't tell you why many of the functions of perl were there and what they did! This really annoyed me! Some functions were though explained on later days but these were days too late as I wanted to know later on! Although, im sure it would be ok if you had some programming experience!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best programming language tutorial I have ever used., 14 Aug 1999
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Even a novice should learn Perl quickly and easily from this book. If you already know C, Laura Lema makes adding Perl to your linquistic abilities a breeze.

I looked at regular expressions with awk a number of years ago, but remembered very little. Laura Lemay makes it easy to add regexps to your programming toolkit.

Perl is C with a dash of spice and a twist of lemon. Laura Lemay is a Master Chef of Perl.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not longer than 21 days to get it! Really good for beginners, 30 Aug 1998
By A Customer
This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days: Version 5 (Paperback)
This book is well-written for the real Perl beginners. You can get the hang of the regular experssion (called 'pattern matching' in this book) very easily. If you have any skill or experience in programming with other languages, I bet it will take much shorter than 21 days for you to write the powerful text-manipulating Perl script for your own use. I really recommend this book for the beginners. This book, however, could be cheaper without the useless CD-ROM attached.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Does the job
Excellent introductory text. I have very little programming experience and this got the basics over very well, although it tends to be a little repetitive. Read more
Published on 18 Jul 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars No matter what level you want to use Perl at, get this book!
Although there is a mass of Perl-related material on the Internet, this books' organisation and structure makes it simple to learn one of the most practical and powerful languages... Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!
i started out knowing a little bit of C, and no perl, at the end of a week (ok, it didn't take me 21 days... sue me), i was fluent enough to get a job as a perl programmer. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read, great for beginners
This book was just what I needed. I've never looked at Perl before so I needed a book that would get me started immediately. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff. Great author.
This is a great book if you know next-to-nothing about Perl and as time goes on it's still a decent reference. Read more
Published on 24 Jun 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Well intended for the novice?
This book was bought as a reference and tutorial

Not the case! Still don't know how to check for browsers and insert simple code to suit, although I suspect it may be useful... Read more

Published on 19 Jun 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for complete beginners.
If you are new to the world of programming, have no previous experience with Perl or any other language then this book is for you. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars I feel obligated to update my earlier review
I reviewed this book last September; at the time, I thought it was a really good start for beginners. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars More money down the pipes...
They should include a toilet bowl plunger instead of a CD.
Published on 24 Jun 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars simply too many mistakes, Listing 10_7 is completely wrong
Just look at Listing 10_7, the author got this tree completely wrong, makes me wonder is he a real "expert". Read more
Published on 23 May 1998

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