Perl Black Book [With CD-ROM]

by Steven Holzner

Award-winning author Steven Holzner has updated his best-selling first edition to cover all aspects of Perl language version 5.6 including: syntax changes, improved security features, new database... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588801934
• ISBN13: 9781588801937
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
• Length: 1296 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Ideal Reference Material

Perl Black Book is probably the best technical book I have ever read. This book will save you time through its organization, concise explanatory style, and content. The "Black Book" enables a programmer to quickly access information, especially keyword syntax. Each chapter begins with an overview of what will be covered including page numbers for "immediate solutions" to those problems you need a quick answer to. I don't know how many times I have spent more time than I would like sifting through pages of text looking for the correct syntax for the 'if' construct, or playing back-and-forth with the glossary trying to locate a specific function to manipulate a string. This book will help you find answers quickly. The book covers nearly every major aspect of beginning/intermediate level Perl programming in a consistent, fluent, and well-organized manner. Regular expressions, cgi programming w/ Perl, OO, and Perl/Tk are all covered. If you have an understanding of the basic elements of programming, this book serves as a valuable reference, and helps to further explain and clarify some of the more difficult aspects of the language without being too verbose. This book does not provide very many references to additional information, however.

It's really a know-it-all Perl book

I just started learning Perl and wanted a good reference that wouldn't talk to me on the level of Perl for Dummies but also wouldn't go so high that it was pointless. I wanted real-world examples and a lot of information on data structures. This book is amazing. I've had several rather obscure questions that it has answered perfectly and a rather large amount of confustion that the author cleared up nicely. He gives great examples and walks the reader through Perl from "Hello World" to a CGI database and interacting with windowing systems (Tk and Windows). Absolutely required for a serious library.

Perl Black Book

After having used PERL for a few years I found the old books on my shelf were lacking in some information I wanted. I was spotted looking at this book one day and received it as a gift. I am delighted to add this to my shelf, and only wish I had bought it myself so I could have had it earlier.Please understand that there are planty of great PERL books out there (O'Reilly comes to mind), but this book encompasses with one book what it would take to get from 4 or 5 other books.I consider this book a MUST BUY for anyone wanting to learn PERL for whatever reason. This book rekindled my interest in PERL and I find myself using PERL more than before.

The best book I've ever seen!

I recently bought this book and since then my knowledge of PERL has increased several times. Not only does this book go into detail about every single function in PERL (I think...at least the ones you would actually need in a lifetime) but it does it in a good way. On average, each function gets about a page or 2 (popular ones get a lot more). Compare that with other PERL books...1/2 a page. "Wow" was the first thing I said when I read it. It is also very organized. The author slowly takes you through the basics until you understand, and then he walks you through the more advanced stuff.A must-buy!

Great Reference for Perl

This book is simply amazing, it is probably the best PERL book I have ever used. Almost any question you have about PERL can be answered in this book, from creating TK apps, IPC, OOP, and OLE Automation. The only thing that I wish was included that is not is info about creating WIN32 COM Components, but other than that it is perfect. I use PERL at home, work, and school, and this book goes with me everywhere! (I need a hardcover edition though! Mine is taking a beating!)