Perl 5 Programming Introduction
COURSE TYPE
Foundation
Course Number
431
Duration
4 Days
This training provides programmers who have experience in a procedural or object-oriented language, such as Visual Basic, C, C++, Java, or a UNIX shell, with an introduction to Perl — a powerful cross-platform, object-oriented scripting language. In this course, you learn to use Perl for developing complete applications, applying built-in functions, and making use of external modules.
You Will Learn How To
- Create effective, reusable Perl scripts
- Parse and manipulate text with Perl regular expressions
- Extract and arrange information from multiple files
- Solve complex tasks with ease using Perl’s many small operators and functions
Important Course Information
Requirements:
- Programming experience with either a procedural or object-oriented language such as Visual Basic, C, C++, Java, or a UNIX shell
- No previous familiarity with Perl is required
Course Outline
- Introduction to Perl
- Perl strengths: flexible, fast, rich, easy-to-use operator set
- Reusable tool building for system admin, text manipulation, the Internet
- Networking, text filtering, web application programming
- Perl Syntax Fundamentals
Running Perl programs
- Invoking UNIX/Linux scripts with #! syntax
- Starting Perl scripts under Windows via command line
Variable types and contexts
- Scalars vs. lists vs. hashes
- Strings and interpolated strings
- Making sense of special variables
- Working in the right context
Compound data structures
- Creating references to anonymous data
- Building multidimensional arrays
- Working with multidimensional hashes
Managing files and user input
- Handling standard I/O streams
- Parsing command-line arguments
- Reading and writing data files
- Pattern Matching and Operators
Perl regular expressions
- Extracting important text information
- Building on UNIX regular expressions
- Altering data with substitutions
- Performing global and case-insensitive matches
Perl's small operator groups
- Manipulating arithmetic expressions
- Replicating and growing strings
- Saving time with assignment operators
- Making decisions with logical operators
- Establishing and using ranges
- Looping, Decisions and Flow Control
Perl support for conventional flow control constructs
- Making decisions with if/else/elsif
- Creating loops with do, while, until, for and foreach
Perl-specific constructs
- if and unless as statement modifiers
- Constructing switch statements
- Subroutines
Writing subroutines
- Defining and calling a subroutine
- Passing and receiving parameters
- Returning values to the caller
Making data work for you
- Localizing variables: my and local
- Accessing global variables
- Built-in and Add-on Functions
Common data manipulation requirements
- String functions for text manipulation
- Processing arrays with list functions
- Arranging information with sort
I/O and tool building
- Manipulating file system entries
- Reading binary file
- Dissecting and creating records with split and join
- Formatting tabular output
- Perl and Object Orientation
How Perl implements object orientation
- An introduction to OO in Perl
- Methods, classes and constructors
- Surveying and obtaining third-party packages from CPAN
Accessing OO packages
- Incorporating modules with use
- Defining a schema to employ OO modules
- Calling methods with the -> syntax
- Passing initialization parameters
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Tuition
Standard
Government
In Classroom or
Online
Standard
$2990
Government
$2659
Private Team Training
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Training Hours
Standard Course Hours: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
*Informal discussion with instructor about your projects or areas of special interest: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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