Pro Perl Programming

Master intermediate to advanced techniques of the Perl programming language starting with a focus on regular expressions and some of their advanced features. This book then covers other pro-level features, including formatted output, file handling, and more. Additionally, you'll learn and explore the most useful built-in variables, pragmas, and modules available in the Perl language. Furthermore, you'll work with geometry managers and get a thorough treatment of graphical user interface development using Perl/TK and widgets. Lastly, you’ll cover debugging techniques. Pro Perl Programming is a professional-level reference guide on Perl and includes important aspects of it that you need as a professional programmer. What You Will Learn Use advanced features such as HiRes Time, slurp() functions, Critic, Tidy and many more functions Explore useful built-in variables, including status variables, separator variables, and the signal handle variable Work with Perl/TK and its widgets-like geometry managers, frames, labels, buttons, check buttons, radio buttons, scrollbars, scales, entries, and menus Who This Book Is For Those with at least some prior experience with Perl programming or have read Beginning Perl Programming by William Rothwell.