Perl in a Nutshell

Author: Nathan Patwardhan
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 144937882X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 763

Book Description
This complete guide to the Perl programming language ranges widely through the Perl programmer's universe, gathering together in a convenient form a wealth of information about Perl itself and its application to CGI scripts, XML processing, network programming, database interaction, and graphical user interfaces. The book is an ideal reference for experienced Perl programmers and beginners alike.With more than a million dedicated programmers, Perl is proving to be the best language for the latest trends in computing and business, including network programming and the ability to create and manage web sites. It's a language that every Unix system administrator and serious web developer needs to know. In the past few years, Perl has found its way into complex web applications of multinational banks, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and hundreds of large corporations.In this second edition, Perl in a Nutshell has been expanded to include coverage of Perl 5.8, with information on Unicode processing in Perl, new functions and modules that have been added to the core language, and up-to-date details on running Perl on the Win32 platform. The book also covers Perl modules for recent technologies such as XML and SOAP.Here are just some of the topics contained in this book: Basic Perl reference Quick reference to built-in functions and standard modules CGI.pm and mod_perl XML::* modules DBI, the database-independent API for Perl Sockets programming LWP, the library for Web programming in Perl Network programming with the Net modules Perl/Tk, the Tk extension to Perl for graphical interfaces Modules for interfacing with Win32 systems As part of the successful "in a Nutshell" book series from O'Reilly & Associates, Perl in a Nutshell is for readers who want a single reference for all their needs."In a nutshell, Perl is designed to make the easy jobs easy, without making the hard jobs impossible."-- Larry Wall, creator of Perl

Learning Perl

Author: Randal Schwartz
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 1449303587
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 389

Book Description
The sixth edition of this bestselling Perl tutorial includes recent changes to the language. Years of classroom testing and experience helped shape the book's pace and scope, and this edition is packed with exercises that let readers practice the concepts while they follow the text.

POSIX Programmers Guide

Author: Donald Lewine
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 9780937175736
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 654

Book Description
Software -- Operating Systems.

UNIX in a Nutshell

Author: Arnold Robbins
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 9781565924277
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 628

Book Description
The bestselling, most informative Unix reference book ever written is now more complete and up-to-date. You may have seen Unix quick-reference guides, but you've never seen anything like Unix in a Nutshell. Unix in a Nutshell is a complete reference containing all commands and options, along with generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in context. The third edition of Unix in a Nutshell includes thorough coverage of Unix System V Release 4 and Solaris 7. Author Arnold Robbins has added the latest information about: • Sixty new Unix commands • Shell syntax (sh, csh, and the 1988 and 1993 versions of ksh) • Regular expressions • vi and ex commands, as well as newly updated Emacs information • sed and awk commands • troff and related commands and macros, with a new section on refer • make, RCS (Version 5.7), and SCCS commands • Obsolete commands In addition, there is a new Unix bibliography to guide the reader to further reading about the Unix environment. If you currently use Unix SVR4, or if you're a Solaris user, you'll want this book. Unix in a Nutshell is the most comprehensive quick reference on the market, a must for any Unix user.

Intermediate Perl

Author: Randal Schwartz
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 1449393098
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 397

Book Description
"Intermediate Perl" offers a clear roadmap for improving readers' skills and gain working knowledge of Perl's objects, references, and modules--ingredients that make the language so versatile and effective. This book offers a gentle but thorough introduction to intermediate programming in Perl.

LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell

Author: Jeffrey Dean
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 9781565927483
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 580

Book Description
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the leader in obtaining the independent, vendor-neutral certification that provides proof of the necessary skills in demand by IT departments. LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell is written with the LPI exams in mind by including information on the required Topics and Objectives. Beyond preparing to pass the LPIC Level 1 exams, this book provides an excellent understanding of Linux concepts and functions. LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell prepares system administrators for both of the General Linux LPIC Level 1 exams (101 and 102). The book is divided into two parts (one for each of the LPIC Level 1 exams), and each part features a summary of the exam, a Highlighter's Index, labs, suggested exercises, and practice exams. Part 1 covers Exam 101: GNU and Unix commands; devices, Linux filesystems, and the filesystem hierarchy standard; boot, initialization, shutdown, and run levels; documentation; and administrative tasks. Part 2 covers Exam 102: hardware and architecture; Linux installation and package management; the Linux kernel; text editing, processing, and printing; shells, scripting, programming, and compiling; the X Window System; networking fundamentals; network services; and security. While this book is designed to help system administrators prepare for the LPI certification exams, the tutorial-style approach will help newbies learn more about their Linux system. For those preparing to take the LPI certification exams, this book will prove to be invaluable in its scope and breadth.

C++

Author: Gregory Satir
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 9781565921160
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
A primer for C programmers transitioning to C++ and designed to get users up to speed quickly, this book tells users just what they need to learn first. Covering a subset of the features of C++, the user can actually use this subset to get familiar with the basics of the language. The book includes sidebars that give overviews of advanced features not covered.

Mastering Perl

Author: brian d foy
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 1449364977
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 397

Book Description
Take the next step toward Perl mastery with advanced concepts that make coding easier, maintenance simpler, and execution faster. Mastering Perl isn't a collection of clever tricks, but a way of thinking about Perl programming for solving debugging, configuration, and many other real-world problems you’ll encounter as a working programmer. The third in O’Reilly’s series of landmark Perl tutorials (after Learning Perl and Intermediate Perl), this fully upated edition pulls everything together and helps you bend Perl to your will. Explore advanced regular expressions features Avoid common problems when writing secure programs Profile and benchmark Perl programs to see where they need work Wrangle Perl code to make it more presentable and readable Understand how Perl keeps track of package variables Define subroutines on the fly Jury-rig modules to fix code without editing the original source Use bit operations and bit vectors to store large data efficiently Learn how to detect errors that Perl doesn’t report Dive into logging, data persistence, and the magic of tied variables

Power Programming with RPC

Author: John Bloomer
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 9780937175774
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 544

Book Description
Computer Systems Organization -- Computer-Communication Networks.

ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Author: G. Andrew Duthie
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 838

Book Description
Here, a concise, one-volume reference is all you need to have at your fingertips to make effective use of ASP.NET. ASP.NET is the successor to Active Server Pages and is the next generation technology for building dynamic web applications and web services for the .NET platform. With its documentation of the web-related classes in the .NET Framework Class Library, ASP.NET in a Nutshell is the definitive reference guide for developers of both applications and web services. Book jacket.