Learn PERL with Real Code Examples

Learn Perl syntax and scalar/array/hash basics

Practice regex and file handling

Explore CPAN modules for common tasks

Build small scripts for automation

Contribute to CPAN modules or open-source scripts

Week 1: Variables, operators, control flow

Week 2: Regular expressions and file I/O

Week 3: Subroutines and argument passing

Week 4: Object-oriented Perl and modules

Week 5: Web or network scripting with CPAN modules

What are scalars, arrays, and hashes in Perl?

How do you use regular expressions?

Explain context in Perl (scalar vs list)

How do you manage modules with CPAN?

What are common use cases of Perl today?

$var - scalar variable

@array - array variable

%hash - hash variable

sub name { ... } - define a subroutine

if/elsif/else - conditional statements

Learning Perl by Randal Schwartz

Programming Perl (Camel Book)

Intermediate Perl

Modern Perl by Chromatic

Perl Best Practices

Learning Perl (Llama Book)

Intermediate Perl

Modern Perl Best Practices

Perl Regular Expressions

Web Development with Perl (CGI/Dancer/Mojolicious)

Perl Official Documentation (perldoc)

CPAN Documentation

Perl Tutorials and Books

PerlMonks

Perl Reddit Community

CPAN Mailing Lists

Perl Mongers Local Groups

Stack Overflow Perl Tag

PerlMonks forum

Perl Reddit and Stack Overflow

CPAN mailing lists

Local Perl Mongers groups

Perl workshops and conferences