TITLE      Learn Perl Now
COURSE #   AZNU295K
STATUS     Active
SCHEDULE:  Wednesday, May 1, 1996

ABSTRACT
                Learn Perl Now! is for those who want a rapid working
           knowledge of Perl. Perl is a high-level, multi-purpose public
           domain language that has established itself as the scripting
           language of choice--replacing facilities such as the shell, sed and
           awk.Perl has even encroached upon the territory of C and other
           programming languages. Due to the cross-platform portability of
           these scripts, Perl is currently taking root in non-UNIX markets as
           well. With its breadth of capability, Perl is a powerful and
           flexible language.
                Perl is used for many diverse tasks.  System administrators
           will need to know Perl in their daily tasks, such as data
           reduction, report generation, distributed computing, and various
           aspects of software development.  Perl has become an important part
           of the explosive Internet and World Wide Web growth. Perl is
           becoming the defacto CGI (Common Gateway Interface) programming
           language.
                This course will provide a step-by-step,tutorial approach to
           learning  the Perl language.  There will be numerous short code
           examples showing  the main features of the language.
PREREQ.    General familiarity of programming concepts and the use of an
           editor.
OBJECTIVE  After viewing this course, you will be able to:
             -  Read and understand Perl scripts
             -  Quickly create simple Perl scripts to automate processes
             -  Learn Perl's role in CGI development and the World Wide
                Web
CONTENTS   Course Outline

            Session 1;Overview - A Look at What Perl is and Perl Resources
              - Regular Expressions - learn what regular expressions are
                and their use
              - Scalar Data Type - uses and functions associated with the
                basic scalar data  type
              - Array Data Type - uses and functions associated with the
                array data type


            Session 2;Associative Arrays - Uses and Functions
                      Associated with the Powerful Associative Array
                      Concept
              - Functions - creating and calling user defined functions
              - Control Structures - the basic Perl control structures
                (if/then, loops, etc.)

            Session 3;File Handling - Using Perl to Read/Write Files
              - Practical examples - practical programming examples
              - GI Programming Overview - a quick overview of using Perl
                for WWW CGI programming.