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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Sams; 2 edition (17 Oct 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0672322765
  • ISBN-13: 978-0672322761
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.8 x 2.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 621,552 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours teaches readers new to Perl the necessary basics of Perl and then shows them how to apply that knowledge in real-world Web development.

The book is divided into three sections:

  • The first third of the book teaches the basics of the Perl language.
  • The second third of the book builds on this foundation, and shows the reader how to interact with the file system, operating system, and network.
  • The last third of the book focuses on Web development.It begins with the basics of CGI and then moves quickly into building common Web solutions such as data collection, multi-page forms, e-mail forms, and using Perl as a Web templating system.


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Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours teaches readers new to Perl the necessary basics of Perl and then shows them how to apply that knowledge in real-world Web development.

The book is divided into three sections:

  • The first third of the book teaches the basics of the Perl language.
  • The second third of the book builds on this foundation, and shows the reader how to interact with the file system, operating system, and network.
  • The last third of the book focuses on Web development.It begins with the basics of CGI and then moves quickly into building common Web solutions such as data collection, multi-page forms, e-mail forms, and using Perl as a Web templating system.


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5.0 out of 5 stars Easily the best introduction to Perl, 20 Jan 2006
Perl is without doubt one of the most complex languages in wide use today - even C++ arguably seems simple in comparison, while Java, C#, Python, etc are a snap. In the past there has been a strong tendency for writers of introductory books to deal with this complexity by leaving important features out. Worse, for marketing reasons they often don't tell readers they have done this.

This makes writing much easier, but can mean readers can finish books as bad or even dangerous programmers. (For instance if you learned Perl from Randall Schwartz's "Learning Perl", you not only wouldn't be able to write a function that could add two lists of numbers, but you wouldn't know that you didn't know this, and wouldn't know what was going on when you tried..)

By comparison, this text (part of a series editted by the legendary Scott Meyers, author of "Effective C++") is exemplary. It is both thorough and clear, giving crystal clear explanations of all Perl's major features, including arguably the best introduction to regular expressions anywhere, and covering superbly the essential but tricky subject of references (one of the things introductions often drop).

While thorough enough to suit the professional programmer, TYP24H is also clear and friendly enough to be used as in an introduction to Perl by first time programmers.

A truly superb achievement - I'm horribly envious!

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ahhh...now i understand what they mean!, 29 May 2002
By R. Boxall "Crazy Biker" (Ipswich, UK) - See all my reviews
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Are you new to programming with Perl? If so, get this book. Out of all the books i've tried to have a go at learning with (and there have been a few over the last couple of years) this has been far and away the best one yet.

All the lessons are nicely spaced out and you're not overwhelmed with too much information at one time but you always have the option of learning more with the supplied CD. And though they say "24 hours" you'll find you're locking yourself in the study/bedroom/library from dawn to dusk engrossed in every detail. Tell the family not to worry, you're just programming (most learn to accept it after a while!)

The book is written for Mac, unix and windows and explains what the difference is within the pages. It's very easy to set up and you'll be up and running very quickly. There's no need for you to change OS or anything daft like that.

Initially, i bought this book to learn Perl for personal use. I wanted to create a guestbook for my website but i found i could do so much more. Being a webdesigner i now also use it to get forms sent back and have data verified. And this book shows you how to do it. It's not made for pro's but then, you can't learn to run if you've not managed to walk yet now can you?

Thanks Pierce for the great information and Sams for producing another title to help mine, and i'm sure many many more's, knowledge of IT.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great beginner's title, 15 Sep 2002
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SAMS TY Perl in 24 Hours was the first book I'd ever read on Perl. I found it extremely helpful, especially the chapter on regular expressions. This is a great book for programmers or non-programmers, as the learning curve is just right. Although this book doesn't cover some of the new aspects of Perl 5.8, it is still a good resource. I have programmed in Visual Basic, C and Java and I've finally found the language right for me - Perl.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Dull Dull Dull
Given that this book is supposed to be for complete newbies to Perl this book goes into far too much detail and does nothing to encourage the reader to persevere with it. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Perl wasn't built in a day
Phew! Finished it at last! You'd have to be seriously dedicated to work through the 24 chapters in this book at the rate of one hour each, even averaging over the whole thing. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Really good intro to Perl
Having read loads of Perl books including "Programming Perl" etc I reckon this is the best one to start with. Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners, powerful enough to be useful
I needed to learn how to use CGI quickly so that I could get a commercial website up for a family run business. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Follow a proven plan to learn Perl easily and logically.
Saves a hefty download too - the latest version of ActivePerl for Windows is included on a CD-ROM. Perl 5.005_3 - also on the CD for Mac and Unix. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellant starter - exactly what it was intended for!
I have been through nearly all the steps in the book and found it well worthwhile. The CD is a bonus, and the joy of getting Apache running on my 98 machine was incredible. Read more
Published on 19 April 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad at all for a beginner!
I bought this book along with Perl in a Nutshell by O reilly. It is not bad for begginers as it is fairly easy to follow. Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2000 by saint@the-saints.net

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