Perl Cookbook

Perl Cookbook
Second edition
Author	Tom Christiansen Nathan Torkington
Language	English
Publisher	O'Reilly Media
Publication date	August 1998
Publication place	United States
Pages	964
ISBN	1-56592-243-3 (First edition) ISBN 0-596-00313-7 (Second edition)

The Perl Cookbook, ISBN 0-596-00313-7, is a book containing solutions to common short tasks in Perl. Each chapter covers a particular topic area ("Strings", "Ties, Objects, and Classes", "CGI")^[1] and is divided into around a dozen recipes each on a particular problem ("Reversing A String By Word Or Character", "Accessing Overridden Methods", "Managing Cookies"). Each recipe has four parts: "Problem", "Solution", "Discussion", and "See Also".

The Perl Cookbook is written by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington, and published by O'Reilly. The Perl Cookbook inspired the PLEAC (Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook) website, which translated the code snippets in the Perl Cookbook into other languages: Python, Ruby, Guile, Tcl, Java, and beyond. O'Reilly went on to publish other Cookbooks inspired by the Perl Cookbook's format, including Java Cookbook, Python Cookbook, CSS Cookbook, and PHP Cookbook.

Some related books are Learning Perl and Advanced Perl Programming .

Reception

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The Perl Cookbook has been referred to as "the definitive Perl book"^[2], "the ultimate Perl Grabbag",^[3] and "an essential book for the advanced development of Perl skills".^[4]

Editions

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First edition (1998; 794 pages; ISBN 1-56592-243-3)
Second edition (2003; 964 pages; ISBN 0-596-00313-7)

References

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^ Salus, Peter H. (1999年02月01日). "The Bookworm". ;login: . USENIX . Retrieved 2011年06月24日.
^ McClure, Stuart; Scambray, Joel (1999年03月15日). "SecurityWatch: Perl scripts can help you batten down your Internet hatches". InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.: 49.
^ Moorhouse, Michael; Barry, Paul (2004年07月26日). Bioinformatics, Biocomputing and Perl . John Wiley & Sons. pp. 463. ISBN 0-470-85331-X.
^ Dyer, Russell (2004年02月01日). "Review: Perl Cookbook". Dr. Dobb's Journal . UBM TechWeb . Retrieved 2011年06月24日.