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We'll present two real-life problems and solve them with Perl. We will show you how Perl modules are used to fetch, munge and export data. We will show you that Perl is a practical and powerful tool.

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0 | introduction and orientation

1 | perl fundamentals

2 | shell and prompt tools

3 | web development

4 | CPAN Modules

5 | Ruby

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level: beginner beginner ( 1 )

level: intermediate intermediate ( 2 )

level: advanced advanced ( 3 )

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0.1.0.1 Two Problems

tools

CPAN The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network is the main source of Perl modules.

Graph::Base A module for generating directed and undirected graph structures.

GraphViz A module for creating images of graph structures.

LWP::Simple A module for quickly fetching web pages, making the HTML available through a scalar variable.

HTML::TreeBuilder A module for parsing through an HTML document. The module generates a tree from the document which you can traverse.

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0.0.0.1 | Orientation Session

1.0.1.8 | Introduction to Perl

1.1.2.8 | Intermediate Perl

1.2.2.1 | Effective use of map, sort and grep in Perl

2.1.2.4 | Data Mining and Analysis at the Command Line

2.2.2.2 | Prompt Tools

4.0.2.1 | Spans and Sets

4.1.2.2 | Random Numbers and Distributions