PERL Scripting for the Web

Description

PERL is the scripting language most used in developing web-based applications. Students will learn the syntax and structure of PERL and how to read from and write to files. Students will learn to create functions and classes in PERL. Students will learn to read and write to a database and how to generate output. Students will learn to collect data users submit on a web-based form and to use it to generate custom web pages. Students will need access to a web-server that uses PERL.

Objectives

• Students will install PERL and create some simple scripts.
• Students will write PERL scripts to create output and work with variables.
• Students will write PERL code which uses mathematical operators, conditional statements and loops.
• Students will write PERL statements which use Regular Expressions to match or replace characters in a block of text.
• Students will write PERL statements which read and write data in files.
• Students will write PERL code which contains subroutines and functions.
• Students will write PERL scripts which will handle web page content and url and form variables.
• Students will write PERL scripts which interface with a database.
• Students will write PERL code which uses packages and reference variables and classes.
• Students will create a PERL project using what they have learned in this course.

Book

PERL by Example Author: Ellie Quigley Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 0132381826

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Lesson 1: Getting Started

Read Chapters 1, 2 and 3.

Lesson 2: Output and Variables

Read Chapters 4 and 5.

Lesson 3: Operators and Conditional and Looping Statements

Read Chapters 6 and 7

Lesson 4: Regular Expressions

Read Chapters 8 and 9.

Lesson 5: Working with Files and the System

Read Chapters 10 and  18.

Concentrate on the file parts of chapter 18 (Section 18.1). Also take a look at the Error Handling 18.4. If you have an interest in the rest, feel free to read it, but it may not be something you use much.

Lesson 6: Subroutines and Functions

Read Chapter 11.

Lesson 7: CGI and PERL

Read Chapter 16.

Lesson 8: Working with Databases

Read Chapter 17

Lesson 9: Packages, References and Classes

Read Chapters 12, 13 and 14.

Skim Chapters 12 and 13 so that you understand the concept of packages and references. The meat of this lesson comes from Chapter 14.

Lesson 10: Putting it All Together

Review Chapters 1 - 13 and 15, 16 and 19.

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