Perl Medic: Transforming Legacy Code
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (641 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0201795264 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Scott, lead author of Perl Debugged, has written the first systematic guide to Perl software engineering. It is a well-crafted strategy for approaching, updating, and furthering the cause of inherited Perl programs.–Allen Wyke, co-author of several computer books including JavaScript Unleashed and Pure JavaScript.Scott's explanations of complex material are smooth and deceptively simple. Through extensive examples, he shows how to bring powerful discipline, consistency, and structure to any Perl program-new or old. Scott remains relentless practical-even the 'Analysis' chapter is filled with code and tests to run.–Dan Livingston, author of several computer books including Advanced Flash 5: Actionscript in Action. He knows his subject matter and his craft-he makes it look easy. Bring new power, performance, and scalability to your existing Perl code!
SCOTT runs Pacific Systems Design Technologies, providing Perl training, application development, and enterprise systems analysis. He was a speaker on the 2002 Perl Whirl cruise and at YAPC::Canada, and he founded his local Perl Monger group. A software developer since 1981 and a Perl developer since 1992, he has also created programs
He shows, for example, a kludgy piece of code that's meant to catch CGI form uploads, then indicates that the obvious replacement is the CGI module. Perl's a hoot. That legacy code has to be maintained, extended, and adapted to new conditions--often without the help of the person who originally created it. Perl Medic considers Perl from the perspective of a programmer looking at code written by someone else and trying to answer the ancient question: "What were they thinking?" It's a creative approach, and one that makes good reading for someone well-versed in Perl programming (aut
David Cross said One of the best Perl books out there. A quote on the front cover of this book says "if you code in Perl then you need to read this book". That's a pretty bold claim to make. It made me think of the hyperbole on covers of books that claim to teach you to program in Perl in just a few days. But this book is published by Addi. Novel and effective tutorial in solid Perl Programming Jack D. Herrington You can learn a lot from books (or so it seems), but you can't learn a feel for the language. I had read all of the O'Reily Perl books and found myself in charge of a large Perl project writing new code. I hired on a real Perl guru and he taught me a ton, in person, about how to write . A good book with a misleading title Kenneth Graves While the "medic" metaphor recurs throughout the book, most of the material isn't directly related to repairing old code. Instead, this is a collection of best practices for new code. (The author recommends rewriting existing code if at all possible.) It ends up resembling another exce