Book Description

Writing Perl Modules for CPAN offers Perl developers a comprehensive guide to using and contributing to the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Starting with a general overview of CPAN's history, network topology, and navigational mechanisms, the book quickly brings you up to speed regarding how to search out and install available modules. However, in the true open source spirit, author and experienced Perl developer Sam Tregar teaches you how to not only use, but also contribute to CPAN via an in-depth discussion of module creation, submission, and maintenance.

Beginning with a survey of basic design principles, Tregar takes care to discuss all issues relevant to developers wishing to create great Perl modules, including choosing a proper name, properly using Perl's POD (plain old documentation) feature, concepts surrounding functional and object-oriented API development, and much more. Tregar then proceeds with a complete dissertation of how modules should conform to CPAN module specifications, covering required distribution files and coding considerations, in addition to offering advice regarding proper module testing. After demonstrating how to create a module and prepare it for release, Tregar guides you through the CPAN module submission process and discusses module maintenance once the module has been contributed to the CPAN service.

Writing Perl Modules for CPAN is an indispensable guide for anyone wishing to make the most of the CPAN service.

Writing Perl Modules for CPAN offers Perl developers a comprehensive guide to using and contributing to the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Starting with a general overview of CPAN's history, network topology, and navigational mechanisms, the book then quickly brings readers up to speed regarding how to search out and install available modules. However, in the true Open Source spirit, author and experienced Perl developer Sam Tregar teaches readers how to not only use, but also contribute to CPAN via an in-depth discussion of module creation, submission, and maintenance.

Beginning with a survey of basic design principles, Tregar takes care to discuss all issues relevant to developers wishing to create great Perl modules, including choosing a proper name, properly using Perl's POD (plain old documentation) feature, concepts surrounding functional and object-oriented API development, and much more. Tregar then proceeds with a complete dissertation of how modules should conform to CPAN module specifications, covering required distribution files and coding considerations, in addition to offering advice regarding proper module testing. After demonstrating how to creat a module and prepare it for release, Tregar guides readers through the CPAN module submission process and discusses module maintenance once the module has been contributed to the CPAN service.

Writing Perl Modules for CPAN is an indispensable guide for anyone wishing to make the most of the CPAN service.

add to del.icio.us                 Digg Freebookzone.com!

You may use anyone of the download options

eBook Version	Buy this book from Amazon

Missing Link?, Report It and you may wish to  Buy  this book from amazon



Similar Book titles in Perl Scripting section:
Advanced Perl Programming
Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs With Perl
Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason
Learning Perl, Second Edition
Learning Perl on Win32 Systems
Practical mod_perl
Object Oriented Perl
PERL -- Practical Extraction and Report Language
Perl 5 by Example
Perl 5 Quick Reference
Perl 5 Unleashed
Perl Cookbook, First Edition
Perl Documentation
Perl for System Administration : Managing multi-platform environments with Perl
Perl in a Nutshell
Perl Pocket Reference, 4th Edition
Picking Up Perl
Practical Perl Programming
Programming Perl 5.0 CGI Web Pages for Microsoft Windows NT
Programming Perl, 3rd Edition
Teach Youself Perl 5 in 21 Days
Learning Perl the Hard Way
Perl Cookbook, Second Edition
Teach Yourself PERL 5 in 21 Days
Programming Perl, 2nd Edition
Beginning Perl
Perl for the Web
Perl 5 Internals
Perl Design Patterns
Extreme Programming With Perl
Perl Tutorial
Picking Up Perl, 2nd Edition
Perl 5 Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition: Programming Tools
Perl Template Toolkit


Similar Book titles in Other sections:

Section: CS -> Compilers and Languages
Functional Programming and Parallel Graph Rewriting


Section: DB -> Others
Database Programming with Perl
Programming the Perl DBI


Section: Device Drivers
Introduction to Writing Windows CE Display Drivers
Writing a Linux device driver
Writing Device Drivers Book for the Solaris 8 OS
Writing Device Drivers Book for the Solaris 9 OS
Writing PCMCIA Device Drivers
Show all..


Section: Peripherals
Writing Drivers for the DP8390 NIC Family of Ethernet Controllers


Section: Internet
Writing Security Tools And Exploits


Section: GNU/Linux OS
Writing GNOME Applications


Section: Solaris OS
Writing Device Drivers


Section: Unix OS


Section: C Language
Writing Bug-Free C Code for Windows: A Programming Style That Automatically Detects Bugs in C Code


Section: Scripting
The Perl CD Bookshelf
Mastering Perl/Tk


Section: Redpapers
A Guide to Writing Advanced Access Profiles for IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On


Section: Web Programming
Web Client Programming with Perl
Special Edition Using Perl 5 for Web Programming
Teach Yourself CGI with PERL 5 in a Week, 2nd Edition
Web Programming with Perl 5


Section: XML, XSL & UML
Perl & XML


Similar Books from Amazon :