Beginning Perl, Second Edition

Covers the basic concepts of the Perl computer language, including such topics as data types, control flow constructs, writing custom functions, and object-oriented programming.

James Lee is a hacker and open-source advocate based in Illinois. He holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University, and he can often be seen rooting for the Wildcats during football season. As founder of Onsight, Lee has worked as a programmer, trainer, manager, writer, and open-source advocate. Lee coauthored the recently published <i>Hacking Linux Exposed, Second Edition</i>, as well as <i>Open Source Web Development with LAMP</i>. He enjoys hacking Perl and has written many articles on Perl for <i>Linux Journal</i>. Lee also enjoys developing software for the Web, reading, traveling and, most of all, playing with his kids&emdash;who are too young to know why dad’s favorite animals are penguins and camels.