Download or read book Perl Black Book (2Nd Ed.) (With Cd) written by and published by Dreamtech Press. This book was released on 2004-12-18 with total page 1298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive Perl book in the market - with more than 1000 examples and three bonus chapters in the CD - ROM - the new editions of the best selling Perl Black Book covers Perl 5.6 from basic syntax to the most advanced Internet Programming. Three new chapters have been added to this second edition covering XML with DOM, SAX, CGI, SOAP, and WML. From Perl essentials to working with XML and WML, from creating guest books to writing bi-directional Internet socket programs to implementing shopping cart programs, this book covers as much Perl as any two books, and includes hundreds of pages on CGI Programming. Plus, every topic is illustrated with at least one fully functional working example.Chapter 1: Essential PerlChapter 2: Scalar Variables and ListsChapter 3: Arrays and HashesChapter 4: Operators and PrecedenceChapter 5: Conditional Statements and LoopsChapter 6: Regular ExpressionsChapter 7: SubroutinesChapter 8: Formats and String HandlingChapter 9: ReferencesChapter 10: Predefined VariablesChapter 11: Built-In Functions: Data ProcessingChapter 12: Built-In Functions: I/OChapter 13: Built-In Functions: File HandlingChapter 14: Standard ModulesChapter 15: Perl/Tk - Windows, Buttons, and MoreChapter 16: Data Structures and DatabasesChapter 17: Creating Packages and ModulesChapter 18: Creating Classes and ObjectsChapter 19: Object-Oriented ProgrammingChapter 20: Internet and Socket ProgrammingChapter 21: CGI ProgrammingChapter 22: CGI: Creating Web Counters, Guest Books, EMailers and Secure ScriptsChapter 23: CGI: Creating Multiuser Chat, Server Push, Cookies and GamesChapter 24: CGI: Creating Shopping Carts, Databases, Site Searches and File UploadsChapter 25: XML: DOM ParsingChapter 26: XML: Modifying Document Content and SAX ParsingChapter 27: XML: CGI, SOAP and WMLChapter 28: Handling the Web in Code