Beginning Perl -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Technical Editor -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who this Book is for -- If You Have No Programming Experience -- If You're An Experienced Programmer -- What this Book Covers -- How this Book is Structured -- What You Need to Use this Book -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- P2P.Wrox.Com -- Chapter 1: What is Perl? -- Perl Today -- Getting Perl -- Working with Non-Windows Platforms: perlbrew -- Using Windows -- The Perl Community -- IRC -- PerlMonks -- Perl Mongers -- StackOverflow -- Using perldoc -- Understanding the Structure of perldoc -- Getting Started with perldoc -- Using Tutorials and FAQs -- Using the perldoc - f function -- Using a Terminal Window -- Using the Command Line -- Creating a Work Directory -- Creating Hello, World! -- Writing Your First Program -- Shebang Lines -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Understanding the CPAN -- CPAN and METACPAN -- Finding and Evaluating Modules -- Downloading and Installing -- CPAN Clients -- Using the CPAN.pm Client -- Using the Cpanm Client -- PPM -- CPAN::Mini -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Variables -- What Is Programming? -- A Few Things to Note Before Getting Started -- strict, warnings, and diagnostics -- The my Function -- Sigils -- Identifiers -- Scalars -- Strings -- Numbers -- Arrays -- Breaking Down the Code -- Accessing Elements -- Iterating over Arrays -- Hashes -- Accessing Elements -- Iterating Over Hashes -- Adding Data to Hashes -- Slices -- Array Slices -- Hash Slices -- Context -- Scalar Context -- List Context -- Scope -- my Variables -- Package Variables -- Strict, Warnings, and Diagnostics -- strict -- warnings -- diagnostics -- Working Without a Net -- Perl's Built-in Variables -- _ -- %ENV -- @ARGV -- Other Special Variables -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Working with Data -- Using Scalars.

Working with Strings -- Using String Operators -- Scalar::Util -- Numeric Builtins -- Bitwise Operators -- Understanding Booleans -- Assignment Operators -- Precedence and Associativity -- Array and List Functions -- Built-in Array Functions -- List::Util -- Built-in Hash Functions -- delete() -- exists() -- keys() -- values() -- each() -- Scoping Keywords -- my() -- local() -- our() -- state() -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Control Flow -- Using the if Statement -- Understanding Basic Conditionals -- else/elsif/unless -- The Ternary Operator ?: -- for/foreach loops -- Arrays -- Lists -- C-Style -- Using while/until Loops -- Lists -- last/next/redo/continue -- Labels -- Statement Modifiers -- Types of Statement Modifiers -- do while/do until -- given/when -- Basic Syntax -- The Switch Module -- Summary -- Chapter 6: References -- References 101 -- Array References -- Hash References -- Anonymous References -- Other References -- Working with References -- Debugging -- Copying -- Slices -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Subroutines -- Subroutine Syntax -- Argument Handling -- Multiple Arguments -- Named Arguments -- Aliasing -- State Variables (Pre-and Post-5.10) -- Passing a List, Hash, or Hashref? -- Returning Data -- Returning True/False -- Returning Single and Multiple Values -- wantarray -- FAIL! -- "Wake Up! Time to Die!" -- carp and croak -- eval -- evalGotchas -- Try::Tiny -- Subroutine References -- Existing Subroutines -- Anonymous Subroutines -- Closures -- Prototypes -- Argument Coercion -- More Prototype Tricks -- Mimicking Builtins -- Forward Declarations -- Prototype Summary -- Recursion -- Basic Recursion -- Divide and Conquer -- Memoization -- Things to Watch For -- Argument Aliasing -- Scope Issues -- Doing Too Much -- Too Many Arguments -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Regular Expressions -- Basic Matching -- Quantifiers -- Escape Sequences.

Extracting Data -- Modifiers and Anchors -- Character Classes -- Grouping -- Advanced Matching -- Substitutions -- Lookahead/Lookbehind Anchors -- Named Subexpressions (5.10) -- Common Regular Expression Issues -- Regexp::Common -- E-mail Addresses -- HTML -- Composing Regular Expressions -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Files and Directories -- Basic File Handling -- Opening and Reading a File -- File Test Operators -- The Diamond Operator -- Temporary Files -- DATA as a File -- binmode -- Directories -- Reading Directories -- Globbing -- Unicode -- What Is Unicode? -- Two Simple Rules -- Lots of Complicated Rules -- Useful Modules -- File::Find -- File::Path -- File::Find::Rule -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Sort, Map, and Grep -- Basic Sorting -- Sorting Alphabetically -- Sorting Numerically -- Reverse Sorting -- Complex Sort Conditions -- Writing a sort Subroutine -- Sorting and Unicode Fun! -- map and grep -- Using grep -- Using map -- Aliasing Issues -- Trying to Do Too Much -- Trying to Be Clever -- Putting It All Together -- Schwartzian Transform (aka decorate, sort, undecorate) -- Guttman-Rosler Transform -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Packages and Modules -- Namespaces and Packages -- use Versus require -- Package Variables -- Version Numbers -- Subroutines in Other Packages -- Exporting -- Naming Conventions -- BEGIN, UNITCHECK, CHECK, INIT, and END -- BEGIN blocks -- END Blocks -- INIT, CHECK, and UNITCHECK Blocks -- Plain Old Documentation (POD) -- Documentation Structure -- Headings -- Paragraphs -- Lists -- Verbatim -- Miscellaneous -- Creating and Installing Modules -- Creating a Simple Module -- Makefile.PL or Module::Build? -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Object Oriented Perl -- What Are Objects? The Ævar the Personal Shopper -- Three Rules of Perl OO -- Class Is a Package -- An Object Is a Reference That Knows Its Class -- A Method Is a Subroutine.

Objects - Another View -- Using TV::Episode -- Subclassing -- Using TV::Episode::Broadcast -- Class Versus Instance Data -- A Brief Recap -- Overloading Objects -- Using UNIVERSAL -- Understanding Private Methods -- Gotchas -- Unnecessary Methods -- "Reaching Inside" -- Multiple Inheritance -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Moose -- Understanding Basic Moose Syntax -- Using Attributes -- Using Constructors -- Understanding Inheritance -- Taking Care of Your Moose -- Advanced Moose Syntax -- Using Type Constraints -- Using Method Modifiers -- Understanding and Using Roles -- Exploring MooseX -- Rewriting Television::Episode -- Moose Best Practices -- Use namespace::autoclean and Make Your Class Immutable -- Never Override new() -- Always Call Your Parent BUILDARGS Method -- Provide Defaults if an Attribute is Not Required -- Default to Read-Only -- Put Your Custom Types in One Module and Give Them a Namespace -- Don't Use Multiple Inheritance -- Always Consume All Your Roles at Once -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Testing -- Basic Tests -- Using Test::More -- Writing Your Tests -- Understanding the prove Utility -- Understanding Test::More Test Functions -- Using ok -- Using is -- Using like -- Using is_deeply -- Using SKIP -- Using TODO -- Using eval {} -- Using use_ok and require_ok -- Working with Miscellaneous Test Functions -- Using Other Testing Modules -- Using Test::Differences -- Using Test::Exception -- Using Test::Warn -- Using Test::Most -- Understanding xUnit Style Using Testing -- Using Test::Class -- A Basic Test Class -- Extending a Test Class -- Using Test Control Methods -- Calling Parent Test Control Methods -- Summary -- Chapter 15: The Interwebs -- A Brief Introduction to HTTP -- Plack -- Hello, World! -- Handling Parameters -- Templates -- Handling POST Requests -- Sessions -- Web Clients -- Extracting Links from Web Pages.

Extracting Comments from Web Pages -- Filling Out Forms Programmatically -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Databases -- Using the DBI -- Connecting to a Database -- Using SQLite -- Using DBD::SQLite -- Selecting Basic Data -- Using SELECT Statements -- Using Bind Parameters -- Inserting and Updating Data -- Creating Transactions -- Handling Errors -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Plays Well with Others -- The Command Line -- Reading User Input -- Handling Command-Line Arguments -- perlrun -- Other Programs -- Running an External Program -- Reading Another Program's Output -- Writing to Another Program's Input -- STDERR -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Common Tasks -- Using CSV Data -- Reading CSV Data -- Writing CSV Data -- Understanding Basic XML -- Reading CSV Data -- Writing CSV Data -- Handling Dates -- Using the DateTime Module -- Using Date::Tiny and DateTime::Tiny -- Understanding Your Program -- Using the Debugger -- Profiling -- Perl::Critic -- Summary -- Chapter 19: The Next Steps -- What Next? -- What This Book Covers -- What This Book Leaves Out -- Understanding Object-Relational Mappers -- Understanding DBIx::Class -- Understanding Basic DBIx::Class Usage -- Understanding the Pros and Cons of an ORM -- Using DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader -- Using the Template Toolkit -- Why Use Templates? -- An Introduction to Template Toolkit -- Using Catalyst to Build Apps -- The Beauty of MVC -- Setting Up a Catalyst Application -- Using Catalyst Views -- Using Catalyst Models -- Using Catalyst Controllers -- CRUD: Create, Read, Update, and Delete -- Summary -- Appendix: Answers to Exercises -- Chapter 3: Answers to Exercises -- Exercise 1: Solution -- Exercise 2: Solution -- Exercise 3: Solution -- Chapter 4: Answers to Exercises -- Exercise 1: Solution -- Exercise 2: Solution -- Exercise 3: Solution -- Exercise 4: Solution -- Chapter 5: Answers to Exercises.

Exercise 1: Solution.