If you write enough Perl, you'll reach a point where you need to create a module. And the more you work with quality code modules from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN), the more you're ...

Two key areas for improving Perl programming are achieving better support for Win32 and efficiently producing an executable version of your program. Here, we've rounded up a couple of tips to address ...

As more and more Web sites begin using XML for their content, it's increasingly important for Web developers to know how to parse XML data and convert it into different formats. That's where the Perl ...

I am trying to build DB_File perl module on a AIX box. I have built and install BerkeleyDB 4.8, it is installed at /usr/local/BerkeleyDB. When I attempt to build the module, this is what I receive.

Combining automated testing and over 100,000 available Perl modules in CPAN, modern Perl moved from a prototyping tool to major deployments because of reliability. Before version 5.16 had officially ...

Catalyst is the latest in the evolution of open-source Web development frameworks. Written in modern Perl and inspired by many of the projects that came before it, including Ruby on Rails, Catalyst is ...

Problem: You need to access a Perl program from your Java program—maybe a custom screen scraper written with LWP (Library for WWW access in Perl), maybe Bugzilla, or maybe one of countless ...

In the December 2000 issue of Linux Journal, I reviewed the latest edition of the classic Perl text: Programming Perl, 3rd Edition (or The Camel for short). In that review, my advice to new Perl ...