Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 336 pages
- Published by: No Starch Press February 15, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1593270623
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1593270629
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 7 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Product Review
"A book about kick-starting your programming imagination . . . [it] will get you thinking about . . . creating practical solutions to your problems." --
About.com Guide to Perl, May 22, 2006"Exemplifies the practical approach, highlighting utilities that make readers' computing and online lives easier." --
Library Journal Reviews, May 1, 2006"Provides great and useful scripts to do the specific things the author intends them to be used for." --
OReilly.net, April 24, 2006"This is not your typical Perl book . . . great for a Perl programmer who has a flair for unique issues." --
Free software Magazine, April 20, 2006
Product Description
Most Perl programmers have been frustrated at one time or another because the system just wouldn't do what they wanted it to do. There was that one simple and obvious utility that was missing that would make life so much easier: A tool to get a stock quote, show off a photograph collection, or even display a collection of favorite comics.
Wicked Cool Perl Scripts is about writing those utilities quickly and easily. A collection of handy utilities that solves difficult problems,
Wicked Cool Perl Scripts is a great resource for the savvy Perl programmer.
Reader ReviewsPerl is a great language, but I doubt anyone would call it 'self explanatory'. That's where I find fault with this book. It's page after page of code, with very little explanation of that code and how it works. That being said, I did like the examples used in the book. And I think this book fits nicely between Programming Perl and the Perl Cookbook. Though I would certainly buy those two books before buying this one.