PERL tutorials

Contents

PERL tutorial	An introduction to Perl, both tutorial for beginners and reference guide for advanced developers, plus some examples of "real life" perl applications.
Intro to PERL	An introduction to using PERL
PERL and MySQL	Perl and MySQL never used to be mentioned in the same sentence. Now they can. With the use of a module, you can be making your MySQL queries with ease, all from a perl
Introduction to PERL	Perl is the single most popular language for developing interactivity between a web site and its users. Learn the basics so that you can too can have the level of interactivity your visitors expect, and demand
Simple database program	Ever wonder how to make a web database program with Perl? Well here you go, a step by step method of creating a database program, in English
Intro to PERL for cgi	introduces the essentials of Perl, then shows how Perl scripts can be made to work with a Web page.
Intro to mod_perl	Speed up your CGI scripts and integrate them with your Web server using mod_perl
More than You Ever Wanted to Know About Templates	Brian gives examples and source code for a complete, Perl-based template system.
Create a chat server	You may not dig online chat, but the code behind the rooms has plenty to offer.
Roll your own search engine	Brian shows how he wrote a search engine in a few lines of code.
Intro to Regular expressions	With Crispin's help, you, too, can parse text like a pro
How to Get Dynamic Pages Searched	Make search engines give your site the credit it's due.
Variables	Using variables with PERL
Operators	Operators in PERL
Adding conditions in PERL scripts	Adding conditions in PERL scripts
Iteration	Iteration in PERL
Environment Variables	Accessing environment variables with PERL
Form data and POST	passing form data with the POST method
Form data and GET	passing form date with the GET method
File handling	File handling with PERL
Intro to CGI	What is CGI? Why learn it? What do you need to get started?
Chapter 1: Getting Started	where to write your scripts; how to upload to the Unix host; changing permissions; writing your first CGI
Chapter 2: Perl Variables	Scalars, arrays, and hashes
Chapter 3: CGI Environment Variables	Using data from environment variables; writing forms using GET
Chapter 4: Processing Forms	Writing forms using POST: a form-to-mail CGI
Chapter 5: Advanced Forms	Handling radio buttons, checkboxes, and select fields; writing a survey/poll CGI
Chapter 6: Reading and Writing Data Files	File permissions; how to open, read, write, and close files
PDF tutorial	The first Six chapters from cgi101 for free
PERL course	A thorough yet quick tutorial that touches on the major uses of Perl.
How to use your CGI-BIN	A CGI and PERL tutorial
Beginners PERL tutorials	This page is designed to help novice programmers learn the Perl programming language. Specifically, it's designed to help them learn enough to run CGI scripts on a Unix Web server.
What you need	This tutorial explains what you need to begin programming your own CGI scripts with Perl. Check here first to be sure you have everything you want or need to begin.
Installing a Perl Script	See how to install a simple Perl script so that you can use it on your web site.
Perl Basics : output	The first tutorial on the Perl language itself, describing how to print output to the web browser with the print statement.
Printing HTML	Follows up the previous section by explaining an easier way to print HTML to the web browser with less character escaping.
PERL variables	How to declare variables in Perl and use them in your scripts.
PERL operators	Using Perl operators for math, assignments, and incrementing. Introduces the uses for these operators and the methods for using them
PERL operators 2	Using the comparison and logical operators.
Perl Conditionals	Using if, elsif, else, and unless to check for certain conditions.
Loops	Using for, while, and foreach to loop through certain parts of code.
Using arrays	How to use arrays to store a group of similar variables.
Manipulating arrays	How to add, delete, and do other things with array elements.
Associative arrays	How to use associative arrays to store a similar group of variables.
Chop, Length, and Substring	How to use some helpful functions to manipulate or get values from strings
Reading From Files	A two-part tutorial on how to read data from a flat text file and make use of it.
Appending Files	How to add data to the end of a file
Writing to Files	How to overwrite the contents of a file with new information and how to delete a file.
File Checking	How to check for file existence and other file information.
Reading Directories	How to read the contents of a directory.
Using cgi-lib.pl for Forms	How to use cgi-lib.pl to read data from forms and make use of it. The file also includes some other useful features as well.
Environment Variables	You can have your scripts grab some information by using environment variables.