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• What is Perl?
  • History of Perl
  • Why Use Perl?
  • Basic Syntax
  • The print Function
  • A Simple Script
  • Scalars
  • Numerical Data
  • Strings
  • Expression Operators and Syntax
  • Type Conversion
  • Retrieving Data From STDIN
• Flow Control
  • Boolean Expressions
  • The if Statement
  • The for, while, and do while Loop Statements
  • Loop Labels
  • The next, last, redo, and goto Statements
  • The I/O Redirection Paradigm
• Regular Expressions
  • Pattern Matching
  • A Simple Regular Expression
  • Metacharacters
  • Character Classes
  • Quantifiers
  • Assertions
  • Substitution
  • The =~ Operator
  • Using Parentheses as Backreferences
  • The split and joint Functions
• Arrays
  • Using Arrays in Perl
  • Using Arrays with Loops
  • Accessing Array Elements
  • Using Lists
  • The foreach Loop
  • The sort, push, pop, shift and unshift functions
  • Using an Array as a Queue or a Stack
• Hashes
  • Hash Syntax
  • The values, keys, and each Functions
  • Using Hashes as Arrays
• Subroutines
  • Defining A Subroutine
  • Calling a Subroutine Directly and Indirectly
  • Passing Values to a Subroutine
  • Passing References to a Subroutine
  • Variable Scope
  • Returning a Value
• File I/O
  • What is a Filehandle?
  • Using open Function to Obtain Filehandle
  • Outputting Data to a File
  • The close Function
  • Opening Files for Reading
  • Reading Data From a File
• Using the stat and lstat Functions to Creating Packages in Perl
  • Instance and ClassVariables
  • Instance and Class Methods
  • Obtain information About a File
• Accessing Command Line Arguments and Environment Variables
  • What are Environment Variables?
  • Accessing Environment Variables
  • Accessing Command Lines Arguments
• Using Packages and Modules
  • Using Modules
  • Creating Objects
  • Calling Methods
• Creating Packages in Perl
  • Instance and ClassVariables
  • Instance and Class Methods
• Database Connectivity
  • Benefits of Using Databases
  • The Database Interface Module (DBI)
  • Using a Database Driver
  • Connecting to a Database
  • Querying the Database
  • Closing the Connection
  • Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)
  • The SQL SELECT Statement
  • The SQL INSERT Statement
• Debugging Perl
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