Perl Cookbook, Second Edition
By Tom Christiansen, Nat Torkington
August 2003
Pages: 964
Series: Cookbooks
ISBN 10: 0-596-00313-7 |
ISBN 13: 9780596003135
(4) (Average of 8 Customer Reviews)
Find a Perl programmer, and you'll find a copy of Perl Cookbook nearby. Perl Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone programming in Perl. The book contains hundreds of rigorously reviewed Perl "recipes" and thousands of examples ranging from brief one-liners to complete applications.
The second edition of Perl Cookbook has been fully updated for Perl 5.8, with extensive changes for Unicode support, I/O layers, mod_perl, and new technologies that have emerged since the previous edition of the book. Recipes have been updated to include the latest modules. New recipes have been added to every chapter of the book, and some chapters have almost doubled in size.
Full Description
- Manipulating strings, numbers, dates, arrays, and hashes
- Pattern matching and text substitutions
- References, data structures, objects, and classes
- Signals and exceptions
- Screen addressing, menus, and graphical applications
- Managing other processes
- Writing secure scripts
- Client-server programming
- Internet applications programming with mail, news, ftp, and telnet
- CGI and mod_perl programming
- Web programming
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Book details
Second Edition: August 2003
Series:
Cookbooks
ISBN: 0-596-00313-7
Pages: 964
Average Customer Reviews: (4) (Based on 8 Reviews)
Featured customer reviews
Recommend this book for solutions and ideas, February 22 2009
I'm fresh off reviewing the 'Perl Hacks' book by chromatic, et al. And as I finish reading the 'Perl Cookbook,' my head is spinning! I counted 414 recipes in 22 chapters, and the cover indicates that this edition updates over 100 recipes, and adds 80 more over the previous edition, all in 900 pages.
For me, the lines are blurring between the 'Hacks' and 'Cookbook' series. Both seem to present the same kind of specific problem solving information in a slightly different format. I can't say I prefer one over the other. Like other books in both series, I find it both easy to locate and implement a specific solution, or browse for new ideas.
Just a sampling of the categories for which you will find solutions include the basics (strings, numbers, arrays, and hashes), regex, modules, IPC, database, security, LWP, web, and much more.
I will soon be making some major improvements to one of my Perl projects, and this book will be kept handy to the keyboard. I highly recommend this book both for solutions and ideas.
ELUG Review (http://elug.ca/reviews/perl_cookbook.shtml)
professional, September 02 2006
The book is good, but not recommended for beginners. only for professionals as a reference book.
Pcolalug practical review, May 17 2005
PERL Cookbook 2nd Edition O'reilly
By: Tom Christiansen & Nathan Torkington
Well I have the complete PERL library. From the PERL Black book to the PERL bookshelf and all between. When I first ordered the PERL Cookbook I was looking for a god resource for quick scripts to help me in My OpenMosix development. I received the book at our April Meeting and was immediately surprised by it's heft at 927 pages it is well packed with technical information on a wide range of subjects and code snippets to get you on you way.
I was let down by the complex nature of the language...While well done for a PERL or Programming Guru it was not easy comprehend able by the average user that I felt would be looking to purchase this book. The code snippets are a God send thou and more than make up for the overly technical writing.
I personally used the network and file scripts and was able to put them to work immediately. I would not recommend this book to Novices, But all others would surely gain a valuable edge by having this in there library.
Brett hoff
Pensacola Linux User Group.
bhoff@pcolalug.org
A must have, March 08 2005
A must have for anyone who is serious about writing Perl code.
Perl Cookbook, 2nd Edition Review, December 31 2003
I love Perl. I am almost obsessed with it. I have even left love messages for my wife in the mirror written in the best Perl I can manage. That's not to say that I am a Perl expert--not by any means. I think I shall forever remain a student as there is always more to learn. I am always searching for the latest Perl tidbit and I usually turn first to an O'Reilly book. One of the latest publications to come from O'Reilly on the subject of Perl is the second edition of the Perl Cookbook. Five years have passed since the last edition was published and a lot has changed in that short time span.
For those of you looking to improve your physique without leaving your desk, you'll find hefting this latest edition better suited to the task. It's about 200 pages thicker and about 543 pounds heavier. Okay, so the weight is an exaggeration. There are 80 new recipes (and two new chapters) covering technologies such as Unicode, XML and mod_perl. Even if you own a copy of the first edition, you will find the new recipes and the updated recipes of great value.
For those of you unfamiliar The Perl Cookbook, you will discover a rich treasure trove of excellent solutions to vexing problems. While the Perl Cookbook won't teach you the basics of Perl, beginners can benefit from not having to reinvent the wheel for addressing common tasks such as sorting, traversing, printing or deleting hashes. Advanced Perl Mongers may find the updated discussion on process management, object orientation and module creation enlightening.
Perl Cookbook, 2nd Edition Review, October 01 2003
great book but where are the examples?
Perl Cookbook, 2nd Edition Review, August 14 2003
Please, no rioting!
:-)
The book will arrive in our warehouses on August 25th, and will be available in stores as soon afer that as we can get it delivered and shelved. It will be worth the wait!
Perl Cookbook, 2nd Edition Review, August 14 2003
It sucks cause it's not out yet! It's going to start a riot soon if you don't release it!
Media reviews
"This is a fantastic companion reference to have on the book of any developer's desk, absolutely fantastic...When I open a book with the title 'Cookbook' I expect a whole myriad of recipes and while this is the case some of the time, it's not always true. For the retail price of $49.95 you are getting an absolute BARGAIN with the amount of material that is enclosed in this book (over 900+ pages). It is quite possible with the amount of examples and blurbs in this book that you might never need another programming reference for Perl."
--Daniel J. McKinnon, Amazon.com review, June 2005
"After finishing the second edition of the 'Perl Cookbook,' I felt ready for the challenges of programming Perl in today's environment. Where the first edition seems inadequate today because of technologies that have emerged since its printing, the second edition again provides a stable foundation for any Perl programmer, beginner to advanced. I recommend the 'Perl Cookbook' strongly, even for those who already have the first edition...I recommend it without reservations, and I'm sure it will be useful for years to come. "
--Teodor Zlatanov, IBM.com, May 2004
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-cpbooks.html?ca=dgr-perlw02PerlBooks
"As a Perl programmer, you probably own or have access to O'Reilly's 'Perl Cookbook." It's an essential book for the advanced development of Perl skills...Fortunately, you now how an additional excuse to buy a fresh copy of the 'Perl Cookbook,' since the second edition is out...[The editors have] managed to find tune the existing recipes for the latest version of Perl and have added many more recipes to keep up with the developing needs of Perl programmers. This was quite an undertaking on their part, and they've succeeded nicely."
--The Perl Journal, February 2004
"What can I write about a book that most of the Perl community, if not all, considers a valuable resource for Perl programmers?...If you have the 1st Edition, buy the 2nd Edition. If you don't own a copy of the Perl Cookbook, buy one...The Perl Cookbook 2nd edition is a must-buy for the beginner to advance Perl programmer alike. If you have a problem, the Cookbook can give you a solution or at least point you in the right direction."
--Scott Hildreth, Chicago Perl Mongers, January 2004
http://chicago.pm.org/reviews/cookbook.html
"The new recipes cover a number of subjects. One of the prominent themes is how to use perl's new unicode support, as well as the new I/O layers feature. The coverage of web programming has definitely been fleshed out with recipes on XML-RPC, SOAP and so on, plus the new chapter on mod_perl. Also of interest of course are the additional recipes on database access with DBI...I really enjoyed reading the XML chapter (a subject I'm less familiar with): I predict that you'll find this to be the fastest way through the XALPHABET XSOUP without drowning. For me, this was almost worth the price of the book...In general, it's difficult to think of anything seriously wrong with the Perl Cookbook." Rating: 9
--Slashdot.org, October 2003
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/14/1722252
