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40 books on Perl. Perl is widely used to write server-side programs that process input from a webpage (client-side).
The environment in which these programs run is called CGI. CGI is often found in a web server running Unix or Linux, so you may want to check out our books on Unix/Linux.
These books will make the job of learning Perl much easier.
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Perl Core Language, Little Black Book Coriolis Press By Steven Holzner Excellent book in a very useful format. Buy this first. With great, illustrative examples, but not for beginners in programming. Inspect/Order Perl Core Language

Pro Perl Parsing By Andrew L. Johnson How to parse with Perl: regular expressions and techniques for parsing. Inspect/Order Pro Perl Parsing

Advanced Perl Programming By Simon Cozens Published June 28, 2005. Covers the latest features such as introspection, overriding built-ins, extending Perl's OO model, object-related mapping and event-based development. Inspect/Order Advanced Perl Programming

Perl Best Practices By Damian Conway The rules, standards and conventions that make for a good solid program. Inspect/Order Perl Best Practices

Learning Perl By Randal Schwartz A clear presentation of Perl concepts, such as data structures, minimal matching, threading, data parsing, references, objects, modules, package implementation. Inspect/Order Learning Perl

Minimal Perl: For UNIX and Linux People By Tim Maher For the programmer who uses Unix and/or Linux. Inspect/Order Minimal Perl: For UNIX and Linux People

Beginning Perl Web Development: From Novice to Professional By Steve Suehring How to parse with Perl: regular expressions and techniques for parsing. Inspect/Order Beginning Perl Web Development: From Novice to Professional

Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours (3rd Edition) By Clinton Pierce Getting started with Perl for CGI programming. Inspect/Order Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours (3rd Edition)

Pro Perl By Peter Wainwright For experienced programmers who want to use Perl on Unix, Windows, and Mac platforms. Many examples of code. Inspect/Order Pro Perl

Pro Perl Debugging By Richard Foley Perl is not written for debugging. This book provides much needed help on how find bugs in Perl programs. Inspect/Order Pro Perl Debugging

Perl 5 by Example. Que Books By David Medinets Contains CD Rom you can use to install PERL. A complete book on Perl. Complete reference. Somewhat light on examples, in spite of its name. Inspect/Order Perl 5 by Example

CGI Programming, with Perl By Scott Guelich After you get started with CGI, this is the book to get. This will tell you things you really need. As essentially all of O'Reilly books, it is high quality. Inspect/Order CGI Programming, with Perl

Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours, Second Edition By Clinton Pierce Inspect/Order Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours

Perl Developer's Dictionary By Clinton Pierce Inspect/Order Perl Developer's Dictionary

Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days By Laura Lemay Inspect/Order Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days

CGI Programming 101, Perl for the World Wide Web By Jacqueline Hamilton How to get started with CGI programming in Perl. Extremely clear book will get you started in CGI. Inspect/Order CGI Programming 101

Debugging Perl By Martin Brown Tells you the things your mother never told you about Perl. Inspect/Order Debugging Perl

Perl Power By Schilli Inspect/Order Perl Power

Learning Perl on Win32 Systems By Randal L. Schwartz Inspect/Order Learning Perl on Win32 Systems

Perl & XML By Erik T. Ray New: April 2002. Perl & XML is aimed at Perl programmers who need to work with XML documents and data. The book covers all the major modules for XML processing in Perl, including XML::Simple, XML::Parser, XML::LibXML, XML::XPath, XML::Writer, XML::Pyx, XML::Parser::PerlSAX, XML::SAX, XML:: SimpleObject, XML::TreeBuilder, XML::Grove, XML::DOM, XML::RSS, XML::Generator::DBI, and SOAP::Lite Inspect/Order Perl & XML

XML and Perl By Mark Riehl New: October 2002. Using practical, real-world examples, this book demonstrates how to perform a variety of XML tasks, ranging from basic tasks such as XML parsing to more advanced tasks such as writing XML event handlers, RDBMS integration, and XML transformation. Inspect/Order XML and Perl

Programming the Network With Perl By Paul Barry This book covers network programming with Perl but goes beyond programming network sockets. It presents the entire spectrum of skills network professionals need, including the ability to analyze network traffic that programs generate, efficient interaction with standard network protocols, and effective management of complex network systems. Inspect/Order Programming the Network With Perl

Programming Web Services with Perl By Scott Guelich An O'Reilly book. Description available soon. Inspect/Inspect/Order Programming Web Services with Perl from Amazon.com

Perl in a Nutshell (2nd Edition; O'Reilly Perl) By Ellen Siever New: May 2002. An O'Reilly book. Description available soon. Inspect/Order Perl in a Nutshell (2nd Edition; O'Reilly Perl) from Amazon.com

Advanced Perl Programming By Sriram Srinivasan Presents the complex techniques for production-ready Perl programs. Explains methods for manipulating data and objects and sets Perl in the context of a larger environment, providing the background needed for dealing with networks, databases, and GUIs. Inspect/Order Advanced Perl Programming

Perl for System Administration By David N. Blank-Edelman The soul and source of Perl's core competence is Unix system administration, and another O'Reilly tome on Perl tricks for managing backups would not have been welcome. But the subtitle Managing Multiplatform Environments with Perl communicates the essential task: how to administer heterogeneous Unix, Windows NT/2000, and Mac OS systems from the same Perl-based conceptual platform. Inspect/Order Perl for System Administration

Perl in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference By Ellen Siever Perl in a Nutshell strives to be a perfect set of socket tools for the active Perl programmer. By and large, it succeeds, providing endless and well-thought-out lists and tables on the language's modules, flags, and extensions. Inspect/Order Perl in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Perl Cookbook By Tom Christiansen Published Aug 2003. The Perl Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone programming in Perl. Topics range from beginner questions to techniques that even the most experienced of Perl programmers will learn from. Inspect/Order Perl Cookbook

Programming the Perl DBI By Alligator Descartes At 350 pages, Programming the Perl DBI is 60 percent text--filled with highly annotated Perl code--and 40 percent appendices covering a detailed specification of DBI and 3-to-5-page descriptions of each of the 14 supported databases. Inspect/Order Programming the Perl DBI

Programming Perl (3rd Edition) By Larry Wall Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a fantastic language for processing text, generating reports, and managing files and processes. Written by the perlson who created Perl (Larry Wall), this book covers the features of the language extremely well. It is written for experienced programmers. Published July 2000. Inspect/Order Programming Perl (3rd Edition)

Learning Perl (4th Edition) By Randal L. Schwartz In this smooth, carefully paced course, a leading Perl trainer teaches you to program in the language that threatens to make C, sed, awk, and the Unix shell obsolete for many tasks. This book is the "official" guide for both formal (classroom) and informal learning. It is fully accessible to the novice programmer. July 2005. Inspect/Order Learning Perl (4th Edition)

Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs With Perl By Joseph N. Hall Effective Perl Programming has a clear layout: the text is easy on the eyes and the monospaced font makes a clear distinction between backticks and single quotes. Hall uses his PEGS (PErl Graphical Structures) notation to show the difference between Perl's different types of data structures and how everything ties together. Inspect/Order Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs With Perl

Object Oriented Perl By Damian Conway Perl language review, CPAN, Perl objects, 'blessing' and inheritance, polymorphism, Class::Struct and Class::Methodmaker modules, Perl ties and closures, operator overloading, encapsulation, multiple dispatch, Class::Multimethods, coarse-grained and fine-grained object persistence techniques, performance issues. Inspect/Order Object Oriented Perl

Perl Debugged By Peter J. Scott This guide for novice to intermediate software developers focuses on the process of Perl programming and identifying and correcting mistakes. Beginning with an overview of the Perl documentation, the text then covers debugging, testing, and performance issues. An entire chapter is devoted to CGI programming in Perl. A comprehensive reference of Perl debugger commands also is included. Inspect/Order Perl Debugged

Perl: A Beginner's Guide By R. Allen Wyke A complete tutorial in Perl programming, for first-time programmers. Covers fundamentals like syntax and subroutines, moving on to explain how to access databases, write CGI programs, and debug code. Paced for self-study, this tutorial offers the source code for all of the projects online. Step-by-step instruction for easy learning. Inspect/Order Perl: A Beginner's Guide

Perl for Dummies (with CD-ROM) By Paul Hoffman Just because it starts at the beginning--and we're talking about the very basics--doesn't mean that Perl for Dummies doesn't head into more advanced topics. Paul Hoffman explains the programming terminology and mathematical concepts that programming in Perl requires. Inspect/Order Perl for Dummies (with CD-ROM)

Elements of Programming With Perl By Andrew L. Johnson Introduces the basic elements of computer programming using the context of the Perl language. Variables, loop control constructs, file input and output, regular expressions, references, nested data structures, string and list processing, modules, debugging, abstract data structures and object-oriented programming are covered. Inspect/Order Elements of Programming With Perl

Perl Pocket Reference, 4th Edition By Johan Vromans Pub. July 2002. The fourth edition of our popular Perl pocket reference now covers the latest release – Perl 5.8 – with a summary of Perl syntax rules, a complete list of operators, built-in functions, and standard library modules. Inspect/Order Perl Pocket Reference

Perl Database Programming Bible By Brent Michalski Published August 2002. Perl, a high-level open source programming language, is ideal for many programming tasks, including database programming. This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of creating database-driven applications with Perl including cutting edge topics such as XML and Web services. Inspect/Order Perl Database Programming Bible

Embedding Perl in HTML With Mason By Dave Rolsky Mason is a powerful, open source, Perl-based web site development and delivery engine, with features that make it an ideal backend for high load sites serving dynamic content. Mason uses a concept called components: a mix of HTML, Perl, and special Mason commands. Inspect/Order Embedding Perl in HTML With Mason

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