Perl Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v6.01, by Dr. Herong Yang
What Is ActivePerl?
This section describes what is ActivePerl - a free Perl engine for Windows, Linux and other platforms developed by ActiveState.
ActivePerl is a Perl engine developed by ActiveState supporting multiple platforms including Windows and Linux. ActiveState provides, free to the community, the ActivePerl binary packages, which include:
The Windows version of ActivePerl also includes:
ActiveState also offers a non-free version, ActivePerl Enterprise, with extra features.
For more information on ActivePerl, visit ActivePerl home page at ActiveState.com/ActivePerl.
Table of Contents
►ActivePerl on Windows Systems
Install ActivePerl on Windows Systems
Running Perl Scripts on Windows Systems
Data Types: Values and Variables
Expressions, Operations and Simple Statements
Name Spaces and Perl Module Files
Hard References - Addresses of Memory Objects
Objects (or References) and Classes (or Packages)
Typeglob and Importing Identifiers from Other Packages
String Built-in Functions and Performance
File Handles and Data Input/Output
Open Directories and Read File Names
File System Functions and Operations
Socket Communication Over the Internet
XML::Simple Module - XML Parser and Generator
SOAP::Lite - SOAP Server-Client Communication Module
Perl Programs as IIS Server CGI Scripts
CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
XML-RPC - Remote Procedure Call with XML and HTTP
RPC::XML - Perl Implementation of XML-RPC
Integrating Perl with Apache Web Server
CGI.pm Module for Building Web Pages
LWP::UserAgent and Web Site Testing
Converting Perl Script to Executable Binary