Learning Objectives

Perl ("Practical Extraction and Report Language") is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language originally developed as a Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. The Perl language provides powerful text processing facilities and allows easy manipulation of text files. Perl has enjoyed recent popularity for programming World Wide Web electronic forms and generally as glue and gateway between systems, databases, and users. This course Introduction to Perl will introduce Perl programming, covering the aspects of the language from simple file handling to more advanced techniques. The main objective is that the students should be able, at the end of the course, to utilize the appropriate Perl functions, modules and programming methods.  

Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

* Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the Perl Language;
* Express fundamental programming constructs such as variables, arrays, loops, subroutines and input/output in Perl;
* Understand several concepts relatively idiosyncratic to Perl, such as associative arrays, Perl regular expressions, and system interfaces;
* Program in Perl for data manipulation, file maintenance, packaging or interfacing system facilities, and for "Common Gateway Interface" Web applications.
 

Course Topics

DAY 1:
Perl programming concepts, lists, hashes and references
Things you need to know and do in order to run Perl programs and learn Perl programming
The perl compiler/interpreter
Perl under Unix/Linux
Making programs executable (chmod +x)
Perl from the command line (perl command)
Specify the perl compiler/interpreter (#!)
Using plain text for programs
Writing a very simple program
Running a very simple program
Enough of the language to get started
The print function
Variables
Scalars — numbers and strings
Assignment
Simple conditional tests — if
Lists
Arrays — for storing lists
foreach loops
Hashes
Other loops: while, for, do, until
Arrays — the rest
Simple input, e.g., while()
Subroutines — parameters in and out, listification, local variables (my)
Help — perldoc, books, web
Simple file handling — open, print
file management, OO methodologies, built-in Perl modules
Hands-on sessions on Perl

DAY 2:
string manipulation, regular expressions
Text manipulation with regular expressions
Matching strings
Matching the default variable
Case-sensitivity and matching
Capturing
Regular expression examples
Substitution
Global substitutions
Backreference, parenthesis
Back-references
Alternation
CPAN archive, CGI concepts, GET/POST methods, cookies and session management
Printing a CGI header for a simple command-line program
Running the simple program as a CGI script
Form handling
Debugging CGI programs
Hands-on sessions on Perl/ CGI

DAY 3:
Database connectivity using DBI, templating toolkits in Perl
Web Automation & Use of LWP Module
Configuration and deployment of mod_perl
Hands-on sessions on Perl development
 

Instructor

Audience

This course is intended for programmers, software developers & engineers and systems programmers, who want to learn Perl development and text processing. No advanced Perl knowledge is required. Experience with another programming language is recommended using standard procedural constructs such as variables, IF-Else blocks, while loops, subroutines and program flow.
 

Details

Date(s):

Apr. 19-21, 2012 

Time:

9:00am to 5:00pm 

Venue:

Jurong West  (For courses in Malaysia, click here)

Closing Date:

4 weeks before course commencement 

Course Fee:

S$900  

Registration fees inclusive of:

• Course materials

• Light refreshments

• Certificate of Completion

Laptop:

Note that all participants are requested to bring their own laptop to class. 

Online Registration

Register Online or email courses@vibenet.com.sg

Payment Options

1. Online Payment (Visa / Mastercard / Amex / Paypal)

2. Invoice to Company (for Company Sponsored Participants)

Cancellation & Refund Policy