Learn Perl

There are many reasons to use Perl, including 108,000 modules ready for you to use.

Perl examples

• Setting up a local static web server
• Reading and writing to file
• List contents of a directory
• Sending an email
• Validate an email
• Processing configuration files
• Resolving DNS
• Read a spreadsheet

What would you like to learn?

• > Installing Perl 5 - and setup guide
• > First program - and some basic best practices
• > Perl Modules - introduction
• > Examples - what can you do with Perl?
• > Perl documentation
• > Perl books
• > Frequently Asked Questions

Existing developers / system administrators

If you are already a developer or systems administrator, in any language, on any platform, please skim through the site, there are lots of details and resources which you will still find useful. It is also worth reviewing to find out what 'Modern' Perl actually is.

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