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 enlarge | Author: Simon Cozens
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 191924
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 298
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0596004567
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780596004569
ASIN: 0596004567
Publication Date: June 28, 2005
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 Do not waste your money and save trees December 2, 2005
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book is utter trash, you will derive more benefit from reading Learning Perl (4th edition) and Programming Perl.
This book offers nothing in terms of delving into the operational guts of Perl, its philosophy, its parser and guts in general.
The first edition was far and away better, although Siriviam did not explain the concepts behind 'my' and 'local' in its proper origins. But that is irrelevent in terms of comparing the 2nd edition with the first. The 2nd edition is nothing more than Volume 2 to Learning Perl; if you want to become a proficient and professional Perl programmer do not waste your money on the 2nd edition. Get your hands on the first edition and hold on to it until a better alternative comes along.
 Oreilly losing quality September 24, 2005
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book as has been said "is a completely different book and not worthy of being called the second edition of such a good book". Oreilly has dissapointed me for the first time, since most oreilly perl books are excellent value and of a high quality. Instead as in the first edition that covers a good range of advanced topics this book chooses some rare and obscure ones. This book is of little use to the programmer whom has ever picked up the cook book or perl programming by same publisher. Unfortunely for me I did not have the chance to see the book in person, or a truthful review.
 Ok, I get it now August 28, 2005
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book will grow on you after a while.
I liked the first edition a lot. It took me a while to catch up to that one and now, the same experience with this one. It has taken me a while to catch up to it.
Get both editions of this, they are different authors and different books, you can learn from each. Read them, let it settle, and read them again.
 Excellent update of a highly recommended text August 28, 2005
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you liked the first edition of Advanced Perl Programming you are sure to really like this updated version. For those of you who did not read the earlier edition you missed an excellent book that is now even better. The author provides thorough coverage of some of the most common Perl programming techniques that are beyond the scope of most beginning books. Some of the areas examined include the Class Model, Parsing, Templating, Objects, Databases, Applications, using Natural Language Tools, programming in an event-driven environment, testing, using inline extensions, and even a section on having fun with Perl. With plenty of case studies and programming examples it is easy to follow along and understand the concepts.
The section on parsing is one of the best I have seen anywhere. Likewise the section on templating is excellent and introduces the reader to items like HTML:Mason. Each of these sections provides excellent coverage and clear guidance on additional modules you may want to install to get the results you want. Advanced Perl Programming, Second Edition is highly recommended to all Perl programmers.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING PERL WORLD August 20, 2005
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Perl world has changed drastically in the last five years! Author Simon Cozens has done an outstanding job of keeping up with those changes in this 2nd edition of the book by taking you through some of the most important Perl techniques and resources available at the moment.
Cozens begins by introducing a few common tricks advanced Perl programmers use with examples from popular Perl modules. Next, the author covers parsing irregular or unstructured data with Parse::RecDescent and Parse::Yapp, plus parsing HTML and XML. Then, he details some of the most common tools for templating and when to use them, including formats, Text::Template, HTML::Template, HTML::Mason, and the Template Toolkit. The author continues by explaining various ways to efficiently store and retrieve complex data using objects--a concept commonly called object-relational mapping. In addition, the author next shows you some of the ways Perl can manipulate natural language data: inflections, conversions, parsing, extraction, and Bayesian analysis. He also reviews some of the problems and solutions to make the most of Perl's Unicode support. The author next looks at the popular Perl event-based environment for task scheduling, multitasking, and non-blocking I/O code. Next, the author covers the essentials of testing your code. Then, he talks about how to extend Perl by writing code in other languages, using the Inline::* modules. Finally, he closes on a lighter note with a few recreational use of Perl.
With the preceding in mind, the author has done an excellent job of making sure that you will have a good idea of how to use what's available in Perl; and, how you can save yourself time and effort by using Perl and the resources available to get the job done. At the end of the day, you'll be ready to use and integrate whatever developments come down the line.
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