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Learn Perl statements, variables, operators, boolean, conditional, looping, and more through this comprehesive online tutorial.

If you are looking to learn perl cgi database programming for your web site, this tutorial is the easiest way to do it. There are pictures to guide you, and the language used is friendly to non programmers. It is written in a sequential, step by step format, to make it easier to understand and follow. You will have the skills you need to build web database applications after reading this!

If you are looking to learn Perl CGI database programming for your web site, this tutorial is an easy way to do it. There are pictures to guide you and it is designed for someone with only minimal html knowledge. Covers perl syntax, cgi script installation, relational database concepts and design, the DBI module that perl uses to talk to the database, and four sample cgi scripts with line by line explanations.

Tutorial and sample codes to calculate the distance between two locations. Free sample source codes in PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, C/C++, C#, Java, Perl, Visual Basic and Javascript. Longitude and latitude for United States ZIP Code and Canadian Postal Code are available in database subscription from http://www.zipcodeworld.com.

Both of these very useful textual data processing functions work fine until you forget which one of them you have used in your last script. If you know the difference you never be confused about which one you should use.

This small tutorial will tell you why the Perl uses the "0 but true" return value when it executes some system functions. So this is a special way to show a good exit of function call.

A free, and self-paced online class. The homework is optional, and you're free to complete the assignments when you're ready. If you have questions or would like some feedback, you'll have lots of help and support from myself and your classmates in the About Perl/PHP Forum.

This tutorial will go through the basics of Perl starting from the very beginning. Learn how to use variables, arrays, control structures, conditionals, file handling subroutines and more.

A free online course designed to help those with a bit of familiarity with Perl learn to write CGI programs. The emphasis is on security and good coding practices. The author is a CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) contributor, runs Portland Perl Mongers, and is known in the Perl community as someone who takes the time to help others learn.

Short tips on how to fix and troubleshoot CGI scripts.

If you already know what "Object Orientated Programming" is, this tutorial will help you implement the OOP technique in Perl.

This article serves as an introduction to installing and troubleshooting Perl scripts. There's no programming in this article, just a �down and dirty� on how to get it right.

This article will show you how to use the GD library to create an index image that contains thumbnails of images in a given directory.

This article shows how to turn any news site into a Remote Site Summary (RSS) web service using Perl. Using several modules from CPAN network, it shows how to: download the page, parse the HTML on the page, and encode the summary info in RSS.

This is a concise tutorial on SSI (Server Side Includes). Learn how to apply logic to this nifty server side feature.

A graphical flow diagram illustrating 11 stages of a sample CGI script. Detailed information on all 11 stages is included.

Crashinto Learning Central offers tutorials on Perl, html, and more.

Based on the Darwinian principle of survival of the fittest, genetic programming uses mutation and replication to produce algorithms for creating ever-improving computer programs. In this column, you'll get to know the genetic algorithm in simple terms. This article provides Perl implementations for some specific tasks, which you can adapt for generic use. To demonstrate the genetic algorithm, the author breeds numbers for fitness to a formula, and letters to form English words.

A mainstay of the Perl culture, JAPH is a short script that produces the output "Just another Perl hacker." Although written for the beginner or intermediate Perl programmer, this article examines a few simple examples of the JAPH genre that will surprise and engage even the most seasoned devotee.

This is an article series intended to teach perl cgi programming from very starting points to higher level web programming skills. You will learn from very basic concepts and will continue to become a professional web programmer.