AUDIENCE:   This course is for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the Perl Language. This includes system administrators, programmers, web masters and analysts. PREREQUISITES:   This course assumes the delegate is a competent programmer in another programming language such as C, C++, C# or VB, and is familiar with the use of the selected platform, Linux, Unix or Windows. DURATION:   3 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   This highly practical course discusses Perl Web development in Linux, UNIX and Windows environments. It provides delegates with the knowledge and skills necessary to write programs quickly and easily both for the Unix/Linux system administrator and also for the Web developer. Delegates are taught how to write effective programs in Perl, use standard flow control constructs, build programs using module and object-oriented facilities, and to write Perl CGI code for the web. On completion of the course delegates will be able to: - Write effective Perl programs. - Manage scalar, list and hash data. - Utilise user input/output and files. - Structure code with subroutines, built-in functions and packages. - Exploit the object-oriented features of Perl. - Write effective CGI programs in Perl. COURSE CONTENT:   Background, rationale and purpose of Perl Installing Perl Perl program structure, program execution, documentation with perldoc Data, Variables and Operators Control structures – Conditions and iterations Managing Files Pattern matching with regular expressions Subroutines, variable scope and modules Managing classes and objects Installing Apache CGI Principles Perl programming and CGI IB07/01