CIS 2279 - Perl Programming: Fall 2008

Goals of the course: By the end of this course you will:

1. have an increased understanding of the Perl programming language
2. be able to write your own scripts to manipulate data
3. know how to use the help facilities to get additional information on the syntax and functions available in Perl.
4. know some basic programming practices to improve code maintenance.

Required text: None, however, here is a list of recommended reference materials:

1. Learning Perl by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix, ISBN: 0596001320
2. Programming Perl by Larry Wall, et al, ISBN: 0596000278
3. Picking Up Perl, Edition 0.12, by Bradley M. Kuhn.
4. more...

Grades for the homework assignments will be based on the following scale:

90-100% A

80-89% B

70-79% C

60-69% D

50-59% F

Makeup and late homework assignments: There will be no makeup homework assignments. If you have a legitimate reason for missing class and are unable to turn in a homework assignment, the other assignments will be weighted more towards your final grade. All homework assignments MUST be turned in on time, no credit will be given to late assignments.

Academic Honesty: As per Lyndon State College Catalog.

Attendance and Classroom Conduct: It is your responsibility to attend class. If you need to miss class for some legitimate reason, please let me know of your upcoming absence and you will be excused from the lecture. We will not be taking attendance, though if I have documented that you have missed more than 4 lectures (unexcused), you will fail the course. Any unruly classroom conduct is not acceptable. This includes excessive noise or physical activity. If such behavior becomes apparent, you will be asked to leave the classroom and will receive an F for the course.

CIS 2279 - Perl Programming course material and class schedule

• Why use Perl? What is it good for?
• How does it work? Interpreted language
• Basic Perl script.
• Scalar variables.
• print function.
• Unix references:
  • LSC Unix course materials.
  • Unix quick reference.
  • Advanced Bash
• Notes for lecture #01
• homework for lecture #01

• Arrays
• Assigning values
• subscripts
• The $#array variable.
• push and pop
• shift and unshift
• Notes for lecture #02
• homework for lecture #02

• Arguments
• basic conditional structure
• string comparisons
• mathematical comparisons
• file tests
• regular expression tests
• negation
• boolean operators
• Notes for lecture #03
• homework for lecture #03

• The open function
• Opening files as read-only
• Opening files for writing
• Opening files for appendnig
• foreach loops
• while loops
• split
• Notes for lecture #04
• homework for lecture #04

• for loops
• do while|until loops
• loop control (next, last)
• addition, subtraction
• multiplication and division
• exponents and roots
• other functions (log, sin, cos, etc...)
• Notes for lecture #05
• homework for lecture #05

• creating and calling a subroutine
• local variables
• passing arguments
• The @_ array
• returning values
• Notes for lecture #06
• homework for lecture #06

• assigning values
• key values
• %ENV hash
• Notes for lecture #07
• homework for lecture #07

• join function
• concatenation (.)
• substr function
• length function
• case manipulation
• Notes for lecture #08
• homework for lecture #08

• wildcards
• repetion
• alternation
• grouping
• Notes for lecture #09
• homework for lecture #09

• opedir
• readdir
• chdir
• unlink
• rename
• stat
• Notes for lecture #10
• homework for lecture #10

• time function
• localtime function
• using modules
• Time::Local module
• Notes for lecture #11
• homework for lecture #11

• backtic commands
• sytem
• Notes for lecture #12
• homework for lecture #12

• Net::Ping
• Net::SMTP
• Net::FTP
• Notes for lecture #13
• homework for lecture #13

• Notes for lecture #14
• homework for lecture #14

last updated: 02 Sep 2008 20:01