Perl Core Language Little Black Book, Second Edition, provides insightful tips and techniques to programming with Perl. Immediate solutions are provided with field tested examples to help programmers and Web Developers quickly solve problems and exploit the power and flexibility of Perl. The updated edition covers the current version of Perl (5.8) as well as highlighting critical features of the upcoming 6.0 version. Some of the highlights of the new edition include how to create programs and scripts that integrate both Perl and XML, how to use Perl's newest object-oriented features, how to use Perl's newer built-in functions, working with Perl's latest data types, using security features, and mastering the new database modules.

Parat I Perl syntax
Chapter 1 Essential Perl
Chapter 2 Scalar variables and lists
Chapter 3 Arrays and hashes
Chapter 4 Operators and precedence
Chapter 5 Conditionals and loops
Chaper 6 Regular expressions
Chapter 7 Subroutines

Ptapter II Built-in resources
Chapter 8 Perl references
Chapter 9 Built-in variables
Chapter 10 Built-in functions : data processing
Chapter 11 Built-in functions : I/O and interprocess
communication
Chapter 12 Built-in functions : file handling

Part III Perl programming
Chapter 13 Built-in modules
Chapter 14 Data structures
Chapter 15 Creating packages and modules
Chapter 16 Creating classes and objects
Chapter 17 Perl debugging and style guide

Part IV CGI programming
Chapter 18 CGI programming
Chapter 19 Perl and XML
Chapter 20 CGI : Web counters, guest books, emailers, and
secure scripts
Chapter 21 CGI : multiuser chat, cookies, and games