The goal for the next three discussions is to work through the Perl Basics discussion.Whereas the Perl/CGI Tutorial was problem-oriented, the Perl Basics discussion is organized by category of language feature and is relatively comprehensive. It includes five major topics. The first discussion is directed toward the first three topics: variables and their basic operators, control structures, and functions. Next, we will look at regular functions. After that, the discussion will conclude with input/output and system operators..
The goal of learning Perl is to enable you to write CGI programs. Toward that in, you will be doing a Perl/CGI project. You should plan to overlap your work on your project with the discussion of Perl Basics. The course is also designed to include several discussions that introduce Java while you are working on your Perl projects. See the course schedule for details.
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Assignment for Next Class
- Read PerlBasics, section 4.