WA1213 Advanced PERL Programming Course Outline

WA1213 Advanced PERL Programming Course Outline

1. Debugging
	Warnings Diagnostic Messages Carping, Confessing, and Croaking Strict Checks Compiler Pragmas Debugging Flags Your Perl Configuration The Devel::Peek Module The Data::Dumper Module

2. Expert List Manipulation
	The grep Operator Lists, Arrays, and List Operators Context Context and Subroutines Initializing Arrays and Hashes Reference Syntax Auto-vivification Defined Values Other List Operators Usage of map, grep, and foreach

3. Blocks and Code References
	Blocks Subroutines Subroutine Prototypes Code Refs and Anonymous Subroutines Typeglobbing for the Non-Squeamish Local (Dynamic) Variables Lexical Variables Persistent Private Subroutine Variables Closures The eval Operator The Block Form of eval The String Form of eval Block Form of eval for Exception Handling

4. Packages
	Review of Packages BEGIN and END Blocks Symbol Tables Package Variables Calling Package Subroutines Importing Package Symbols Exporting Package Symbols Using the Exporter Package The use Function AUTOLOAD and @ISA AutoLoader and SelfLoader

5. Objects and Classes
	Object-Oriented Stuff Making Perl Object-Oriented References The bless Function So, What's a Blessed Thing Good For? Calling Class and Object Methods Object Methods Writing Classes Constructors Inheritance What Perl Doesn't Do

6. Tied Variables
	Why Use tie? Tying a Scalar Inside Tied Variables untie Another Tied Scalar Example Tying an Array A Tied Array Example Tying Hashes Tie::Hash and Tie::Array Tying Filehandles What Are DBM, NDBM, GDBM, SDBM, etc? Using the DBM Modules

7. Installing and Using Perl Modules
	Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris CPAN Using Modules Installing a Perl Module Unpacking the Module Source The Configuration Step The Build Step The Test Step The Install Step Using CPAN.pm Using Module Documentation

8. Introduction to DBI/DBD
	The Old Way - DBPerls A Better Way - DBI/DBD Database Programming Handles Connecting to the Database Creating a SQL Query Getting the Results Updating Database Data Transaction Management Finishing Up

9. DBI/DBD SQL Programming
	Error Checking in DBI Getting Connected Drivers Using Parameterized Statements Statement Handle Attributes Other Handle Attributes Column Binding The do Method BLOBs and LONGs and Such Installing DBI Drivers

10. Introduction to Perl/Tk
	Tcl, Tk, Tcl/Tk, Tkperl, Perl/Tk, etc. Perl/Tk Creating a Perl/Tk Application GUI Programming Overview Adding Widgets Scrolled Widgets Configuring Widgets Menus More Fun with Menus Using FileSelect

11. Perl/Tk Programming
	Tk::Error and Tk::ErrorDialog Configuring Widgets Geometry Management Geometry Management with grid() The Frame Widget Defining Widget Callbacks Bindings Nonblocking I/O with fileevent() Tags Other Widgets Other Tk Commands Getting Tk

12. Extending Perl with C/C++
	Extending the Perl Interpreter Overview of Perl5 XSUBs Get Started with h2xs Set up the Perl Wrapper Class Write the XS Code The XS File Write Some Test Code What Do You Want? Returning Values on the Stack A Walk Through an XSUB Arguments to XSUBs Other h2xs Options

13. Embedding the Perl Interpreter
	Why Embed Perl? Embedding Perl in a C Program Compiling the Program perlmain.c Perl Data Types Macros and Functions Manipulating Scalars Memory Management Script Space Evaluating Perl Expressions Dynamic Loading Multiple Perl Interpreters

14. Module Developement and Distribution
	Distributing Modules Get Started with h2xs Files Created by h2xs The Build Library (blib) Directory Unit Testing and test.pl Versions Using blib POD POD Translators Cutting a Distribution Other Niceties Makefile.PL

15. Design and Implementation
	Think First Object-Oriented Design Object-Oriented Development Library Modules Utility Programs Filters Performance Timing with Benchmark