Effective Perl Programming: Ways to Write Better, More Idiomatic Perl (Effective Software Development)

The Classic Guide to Solving Real-World Problems with PerlNow Fully Updated for Perl 5 and Today's Best Idioms!

For years, experienced programmers have relied on Effective Perl Programming to discover better ways to solve problems with Perl. Now, in this long-awaited second edition, three renowned Perl programmers bring together today's best idioms, techniques, and examples: everything you need to write more powerful, fluent, expressive, and succinct code with Perl 5.

Nearly twice the size of the first edition, Effective Perl Programming, Second Edition, offers everything from simple tips to full-fledged solutions, rules of thumb to common pitfalls and how to avoid them. You won't just learn the right ways to use Perl: you'll learn why these approaches work so well.

New coverage in this edition includes

• Nine all-new chapters on CPAN: databases, debugging, distributions, external processes, files and filehandles, "Production Perl," testing, and Unicode
• Systematically updated examples reflecting today's best idioms
• More coverage of application and user interface techniques
• More hands-on exercises and solutions: great for individual programmers and training environments

You'll find it all here: strings, numbers, lists, arrays, strictures, namespaces, regular expressions, subroutines, references, distributions, inline code, warnings, Perl::Tidy, data munging, Perl one-liners, and a whole lot more. Every technique is organized in the same items format that helped make the first edition so convenient and popular.