Effective Perl Programming: Ways to Write Better, More Idiomatic Perl

Effective Software Development

by Joseph N. Hall / Joshua A. McAdams / brian d foy Hall / Mcadams / Foy

The Classic Guide to Solving Real-World Problems with Perl—Now Fully Updated for Today’s Best Idioms!   For years, experienced programmers have relied on Effective Perl Programming to discover better ways to solve problems with Perl. Now, in this long-awaited second edition, three renowned Perl programmers bring together today’s best idioms, techniques, and everything you need to write more powerful, fluent, expressive, and succinct code with Perl.   Nearly twice the size of the first edition, Effective Perl Programming, Second Edition, offers everything from rules of thumb to avoid common pitfalls to the latest wisdom for using Perl modules. You won’t just learn the right ways to use You’ll learn why these approaches work so well.   New coverage in this edition includes     You’ll learn how to work with strings, numbers, lists, arrays, strictures, namespaces, regular expressions, subroutines, references, distributions, inline code, warnings, data munging, Perl one-liners, and a whole lot more. Every technique is organized in the same Items format that helped make the first edition so convenient and popular.

Genres: Programming, Computers, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Technology, Reference, Technical

492 pages, Paperback

First published January 9, 1997

Reviews

[Nathan Glenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the most awesome resource on Perl I have ever found. I just finished reading it through for the second time; it was a good read when I was a beginner, and it is still a good reader as an advanced programmer.

[Mark A.]

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[Clintweathers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ultimately, it doesn't matter what scripting language you use.

Perl, Python, R, Javascript, Ruby (ok, maybe not Ruby), whatever.
Having your code be lucid, literate and readable is important no matter what language.

If you work in Perl, this is a great book to help make your code more idiomatic (or, as Perl coders say, "Perlish").

This is one of the two books (along with The Camel) I have at my elbow every time I code in Perl.

[Psoup1965 · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book context was good. As a professional Perl programmer I did find some information useful.

However, I purchased this for my eReader as a quick reference and the code samples are extremely hard to read. I am disappointed in the eReader version of this book.

[Amanda]

A second edition?? The first one was brilliant. Before I've even finished chapter one of the new edition, I've been introduced to the goatse operator... it's the slightly-unhinged quality of the language that gives it that distinct Bukowski flavor.

[Ramesh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helps separate the kiddies and the adults in the Perl world.

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

A simply wonderful perl book. Has some really nice features of 5.10 & 5.12. It's been wonderfully updated and is now on my wishlist.

[Дмитрий Лобанов · Rating 5 out of 5]

Effectiveness is my power

Great book.
From every chapter I take minimum 10 tips and tricks.
Each bad style has fail example in this book.

Thank you, guys, for this book!

[Ajitabh Pandey · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book about how to write perl programs effectively. A must read for all perl programmers.

[David Sewell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book for advanced perl programmer.