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USENIX '99 Annual Technical Conference
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Tuesday, June 8, 1999
Full Day Tutorial Session (9:00 am - 5:00 pm):
T5   Advanced Topics in Perl Programming (NEW)
Tom Christiansen, Consultant

Who should attend: Experienced Perl programmers interested in honing their existing Perl skills for quick prototyping, system utilities, software tools, system management tasks, database access, and World Wide Web programming. Students should have used Perl for basic scripting for several months prior to taking this course.

Course topics include:

-   Exceptions and eval
 
-   References
 
-   Complex data structures
 
-   Modules
 
-   Object-oriented programming
 
-   Networking
 
-   Database access
 
-   Advanced I/O techniques and file locking
 
-   Assorted tips and tricks to use Perl programming effectively
 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

-   Develop standard and OO modules for code reuse
 
-   Understand complex and hierarchical data structures
 
-   Understand runtime eval and exception handling
 
-   Understand Perl's facilities for file locking
 
-   Use Perl for client-server programming
 
-   Use Perl for database access (new and existing)
 
 

Tom Christiansen (S6, M6, T5 Instructor)   has over fifteen years experience in programming, administering, and teaching about UNIX and Internet systems. He has been involved with Perl since day zero of its initial public release in 1987. He is lead author on Perl Cookbook, co-author of the 2nd editions of Programming Perl, Learning Perl, and Learning Perl on Win32 Systems. Tom is also the developer of www.perl.com, major caretaker of Perl's online documentation, co-author of the Perl FAQ list, and president of The Perl Journal. Tom served two terms on the USENIX Association Board of Directors.
 

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