Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages

Getting started with Perl scripting

Interpreter:
The interpreter is the "engine" that executes scripts.
Download Strawberry Perl or ActiveState's ActivePerl.
Development software:
EDIT (MS-DOS), Notepad (Windows), E (OS/2), or any other ASCII editor will do.
Basically, a Perl script is just an ASCII text file with a ".pl" extension, containing the Perl code.
A more "advanced" editor or IDE does help make scripting a lot easier.
Help files:
Available as online web manual.
Books:
I compiled a "list" of books on Perl scripting, and there are many more available.
Samples:
Start by examining sample Perl scripts and exploring other Perl related sites.
Newsgroups:

Have fun!


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