Additional Perl Programming Resources

You can find thousands of sites on the Internet that purport to offer Perl tutorials and programming guides. Here are a few I've found to contain useful information:

• Beginner's Introduction to Perl
• Learn Perl
• Perl CGI Tutorial
• Getting started with Perl CGI scripting

If you get stuck on something, please feel free to email me for assistance: philip.paradis@classhelper.org. I can't promise to reply to every email I receive, or to respond in a timely fashion. If your question is sincere and polite, you'll stand a much better chance of getting help. Please send feedback on this tutorial; I'm always looking for ways to improve it!

1. Introduction and Motivation
2. System Requirements and Getting Perl
3. Variables and Data Types
4. Program Flow Control
5. File Input/Output
6. Subroutines and Code Reuse
7. Your First Web Application
8. Getting User Input with HTML Forms
9. Coding Style and Maintenance
10. Security Considerations
11. Additional Programming Resources