Eric's Online Perl Tutorial
Perl - Scripting Basics & Advanced Techniques

Perl, Perl, and nothing but Perl...  well ok, maybe some CGI stuff too!
This course will take you through all aspects of Perl programming and how it can be used for web development.

Data Structures: Scalars, Arrays, Hashes
Control Blocks: if/then/else, while/for/foreach loops
Basic I/O: File Handles, STDIN/STDOUT
Advanced I/O: Interacting with the OS, Working with Files & Directories, Formats
Regular Expressions: Pattern Matching, Substitutions
Functions: Subroutines
CGI Programming in Perl: Dynamic HTML Generation, Form Processing
Perl Packages: Modules, Reusable Code
LWP: The Web Library for Perl

Assignment: Skim over Preface & Chapter 1, Read Chapter 2 - Homework #1
 
 

Scalar Data & Data Manipulation: Operators
Programming Style:  Use of comments, indenting, blank space/spacers
Getting Input from the user: <STDIN> as a scalar value
In-Class Assignment: Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4 p. 47
Handout: Ch2 Exercises

Assignment: Read Chapter 2 (if you haven't already), 3 & 4 - Homework #2
 

Conditionals: if...then...else
Loops:  while, for, foreach - Examples
Arrays & Lists
Hashes
CGI Overview
How to generate web pages with perl programs

Assignment:  Read Chapter 5 & 6 - Homework #3

Hashes (cont.)
STDIN & STDOUT

Assignment:
Read Chapter 8, 10, 14(pages 142-147 only)

Functions
File Handles
System I/O

The Perl CGI Module
Form Processing with Perl

Assignment:
 

CGI/Forms Handout

Other cool stuff you should know...

Packages

How to use cron

Regular Expressions & Pattern Matching

Hash & Array References, Records

Mail & Web Clients

Sending Email with Perl

Parsing and Scraping HTML with Perl

File Locking

Perl FTP Clients

Database Access in Perl

www.perl.com - The home of perl
www.perl.com/CPAN/ - CPAN (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) - This is where to find some great modules to extend the capabilities of Perl.
Examples from the book - examples.tar.gz
Matt's Script Archive - Some excellent CGI script