Various articles about Perl are linked to below. For Perl help, visit Perl Monks or the #perl channel on the Freenode IRC network. Consider blogging about Perl in the Perl Iron Man Blogging Challenge.
My publicly available software is available on github or CPAN. Resources for Perl beginners include:
Commonly cited documentation includes:
- Scoping problems: Coping with Scoping and Variables and Scoping.
- Why it's stupid to `use a variable as a variable name' - dangers of using symbolic references. Always enable use strict; use warnings;.
- Net::SMTP deficiencies and suggested workarounds - if possible, instead use MIME::Lite and deliver to a local Mail Transport Agent (MTA).
- Sending E-mail with Perl - how to send e-mail using MIME::Lite instead of error prone sendmail calls.
Perl
- Debugging File::Find Problems.
- Life with the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) - how to use CPAN. Consider also the local::lib.
- Introduction to Perl documentation with perldoc.
- Example perl one liners.
- Reformatting text with Perl - uses of Text::Autoformat and Perl::Tidy to mangle text.
- Running Perl - how to debug problems running perl scripts on Unix (and why I never use #!/usr/bin/env perl).
- Running Perl Daemon Processes - how to run Perl services in the background.
Security
- Avoiding backticks - methods to avoid the security risks of ``.
- Encrypting passwords with Perl - documentation on
cryptand Crypt::PasswdMD5. - Security Tips - various tips to improve the security of Perl code.
- Temporary Files - methods to properly handle temporary files.
