Learn Perl 5 By Doing It

Learn Perl by actually creating useful, working Perl programs for everything from web scraping to fixing your data.

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Discover some of the amazing things you can do with Perl 5, including downloading text and images from the Internet (just like Zuckerberg in The Social Network), reformatting data, importing and exporting data to and from databases, sysadmin-type tasks like renaming or moving files, fixing even huge amounts of data quickly and even creating web CGI scripts. In this course you'll also learn how to use regular expressions, those unbelievably useful little things that have now made their way into almost every serious programming language, yet remain the bête noire of many a developer.


Your Instructor


John Purcell
John Purcell

I worked as a professional developer for 14 years for several different companies including Proquest, CSC and AT&T before going full-time as a course creator. I currently live in Italy, although as a native Brit you get to enjoy (or put up with!) my British English accent while following your chosen courses.

In my spare time I like to write science fiction, often in cafes, and I'm a fan of old books.


Course Curriculum


  Basic Perl: Getting Started
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  More on Reading Files Line By Line: Tips, Tricks and Vital Knowledge
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  Web Scraping and More Regular Expressions
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  Building a Complete Progam: Command Line Options
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  Parsing XML and Complex Data Structures
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  Working with Databases
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  Perl One-Liners
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  Modules and OO Perl
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  Web Application Basics
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  Basic Sysadmin Tasks
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  Conclusion
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  Appendix 1: Example Data
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  Appendix 2: Alternate Systems
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  Extras
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After purchase, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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