{"product_id":"9781449365691","title":"Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerl is a versatile, powerful programming language used in a variety of disciplines, ranging from system administration to web programming to database manipulation.  One slogan of Perl is that it makes easy things easy and hard things possible.  This book is about making the leap from the easy things to the hard ones.\u003ci\u003eLearning Perl Objects, References \u0026amp; Modules\u003c\/i\u003e offers a gentle but thorough introduction to advanced programming in Perl.  Written by the authors of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eLearning Perl\u003c\/i\u003e, this book picks up where that book left off. Topics include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackages and namespaces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences and scoping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManipulating complex data structures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObject-oriented programming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriting and using modules\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributing to CPAN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eFollowing the successful format of \u003ci\u003eLearning Perl\u003c\/i\u003e, each chapter in the book is designed to be small enough to be read in just an hour or two, ending with a series of exercises to help you practice what you've learned. To use the book, you just need to be familiar with the material in \u003ci\u003eLearning Perl\u003c\/i\u003e and have ambition to go further.Perl is a different language to different people.  It is a quick scripting tool for some, and a fully-featured object-oriented language for others.  It is used for everything from performing quick global replacements on text files, to crunching huge, complex sets of scientific data that take weeks to process.  Perl is what you make of it.  But regardless of what you use Perl for, this book helps you do it more effectively, efficiently, and elegantly.\u003ci\u003eLearning Perl Objects, References \u0026amp; Modules\u003c\/i\u003e is about learning to use Perl as a programming language, and not just a scripting language.  This is the book that separates the Perl dabbler from the Perl programmer.","brand":"O'Reilly Media, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155416367344,"sku":"9781449365691","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449365691_p0.jpg?v=1763831190","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449365691","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}