Perl Programming Techniques

Perl Programming Techniques

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

Overview/Description
Continuing on from course #1, this course covers the fundamentals of Object-oriented programming support within Perl, and working with regular expressions. Programming languages are designed to interact with external objects such as files, databases, and web servers and this course builds on the Perl language fundamentals and focuses on programming techniques associated with Perl modules, file access, database interaction, and web scripting.

Target Audience
Application developers, programmers, and learners considering the use of Perl as an application development language.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Perl Programming Techniques

start the course

work with basic regular expressions in Perl

work with special characters in Perl

replace and transform text strings

work with Perl scalar references

work with Perl array references

utilize modules in code, work with standard modules

work with user-defined modules

work with objects – Properties, Methods, Classes

create and work with objects in Perl

access files using Perl: file handles, open, close, and paths

read file content using Perl

write to files using Perl

work with file directories in Perl

connect to MySQL databases using Perl

reading database tables with Perl

modify table data using Perl

delete table records using Perl

create database objects – tables and columns

create a simple Web server in Perl

get user input with Perl

work with HTTP

work with External Objects in Perl

Course Number:
sd_ppes_a02_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner