ADVANCED PERL PROGRAMMING

So you've learned Perl, but you're getting frustrated. Perhaps you've taken on a larger project than the ones you're used to. Or you want toadd a user interface or a networking component. Or you need to domore complicated error trapping. Whether your knowledge of Perl is casual or deep, this book will makeyou a more accomplished programmer. Here you can learn the complextechniques for production-ready Perl programs. This book explainsmethods for manipulating data and objects that may have looked likemagic before. Furthermore, it sets Perl in the context of a larger environment, giving you the background you need for dealing with networks, databases, and GUIs. The discussion of internals helps you program more efficiently and embed Perl within C, or C within Perl. Major topics covered include: Practical use of packages and classes (object-oriented programming) Complex data structures Persistence (e.g., using a database) Networking Graphical interfaces, using the Tk toolkit Interaction with C language functions Embedding and extending the Perl interpreter Selected internals In addition, the book patiently explains all sorts of language detailsyou've always wanted to know more about, such as the use ofreferences, trapping errors through the eval operator, non-blockingI/O, when closures are helpful, and using ties to trigger actions whendata is accessed. You will emerge from this book a better hacker, anda proud master of Perl.