Markrh:PerlProgramming

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[edit] Quick Reference

• Time Array

@tm = localtime(time)
  [0] = sec
  [1] = min
  [2] = hour
  [3] = mday
  [4] = month (0-11)
  [5] = year (current year minus 1900)
  [6] = wday
  [7] = isdst

[edit] External Links

• ActiveState Perl for Windows
• CPAN
• CPAN Search
• Perldoc.com
• Yahoo Perl page

[edit] Modules

• IPC::Session
• Parallel::ForkManager
• Log4perl
  • Everything, including the kitchen sink.
  • Requires version 5.8 or higher.
• XML::Simple
• XML::Twig
  • traverse XML in a more "perly" way
• DBI

[edit] Books

Learning Perl

A great introduction to the language. O'Reilly

Programming Perl (aka The Camel Book)

The bible. A must have reference. O'Reilly

Perl Cookbook

Lots of good examples. O'Reilly

Perl for Oracle DBAs

A pretty bad book, but Doug Bloebaum is listed in the Acknowledgments section O'Reilly

[edit] Cookbook

• Database
  • Use DBI to connect to Oracle, Markrh:PerlProgramming:DBIOracle

• Design Patterns
  • Strategy Pattern, Markrh:PerlProgramming:StrategyPattern

• References
  • References to Functions,Markrh:PerlProgramming:ReferencesToFunctions

• Regular Expressions
  • Parsing Quotes, Markrh:PerlProgramming:ParsingQuotes

• XML
  • XmlSimple for a config file, Markrh:PerlProgramming:XMLSimpleConfig

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