Perl Overview

• PERL history
• Running Perl scripts
• Data types
• Basic concepts (assignment, comments
• Standard I/O, print)

Scalar Data types

• Numbers and strings
• Literals and variables
• Numeric functions Interpolation
• String functions

Flow Control

• Conditional statements
• Relational and logical operators
• Control loops

Arrays

• Variables
• Creation, Assignment and access
• Built –in array functions

Hashes (Associative Arrays)

• Variables, creation, assignment and access
• Access
• Hashes as arrays
• Build in Hash Functions

Subroutines

• Basic I/O (STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR)
• Files handle and file handling
• Error handling
• Directory Processing
• System Processing Management

Regular expression

• Pattern matching
• Templates
• Wildcards and character classes

User Defined Functions

• Using and creating Functions
• Arguments and Return values
• Scooping
• Prototypes

ADVANCED PERL

Perl Modules

• Package Introduction
• Package Statement
• BEGIN and END blocks
• Modules Introduction
• Require Function
• Use Function
• Create the Perl Module
• Installing Perl Modules

Object Oriented Perl

• Creating hard References
• Anonymous Arrays
• Anonymous Hashes
• Object Basics
• Defining a Class
• Creating and Using Objects
• Defining methods
• Inheritance
• Method Overriding
• Destructors and Garbage collection

CGI Programming

• CGI Introduction and Architecture
• Web browsing
• HTTP Header
• CGI Environmental Variables
• Handling Files
• GET and POST methods
• Checkbox, Radio button, Text Area Data, Drop Down box to CGI Program
• Using and retrieving cookies

Database Management

• Architecture of DBI Application
• Notation and Conventions
• Database Connection
• Operations
• Disconnecting Database