Effective Perl Programming
by Joseph Hall (9780321496942)

Effective Perl Programming, Second Edition is the highly-anticipated update to our  best-selling guide to the Perl idioms used by experienced programmers. It not only reveals the 'right' ways to solve common problems with Perl: it explains why these approaches are so successful. Three expert authors share solutions, techniques, pointers, rules of thumb, and pitfalls to avoid: everything experienced Perl programmers need to write more powerful, fluent, expressive, and succinct code. This extensively updated and revised edition retains the 'numbered items' format of the First Edition - a format proven in Scott Meyers' best-selling Effective C++ and many successful books since. However, it is nearly twice the size of its predecessor. The additions include:

•  Nine entirely new chapters on the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN), Databases, Debugging, Distributions, External Processes, Files and Filehandles, Production Perl, Testing, and Unicode.
• Systematically updated examples that reflect today's best idioms.
• More coverage of applications and user interface techniques.
• New exercises and solutions that provide more hands-on practice, and add value in training environments.