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Web Client Programming with Perl
Publisher:
O'Reilly
Author: Clifton Wong
ISBN: 1-56592-214-x
Publication Date: 01-MAR-97
Retail Price: $29.95
At times, I think some of these book company press folks are psychic. I'd been puttering around with a Unix shell script for the last several days, trying to create a script which would automate some of the repetitive Web-related tasks that I perform each evening. Why I'd never thought to use Perl to write the script I'll never know, but then O'Reilly sends me this book, Web Client Programming with Perl.
Clifton Wong has added another great book the the already awesome O'Reilly Perl selection. Wong isn't here to teach you Perl...there're other books for that, but he does give you the lowdown on Web specific Perl info. He talks about:
- the Web browser
- Learning HTTP (not HTML)
- The Socket Library
- The LWP Library (library modules for Web access)
- Examples with Perl/Tk
Web Client Programming with Perl also covers the famous Robot.txt file and its configurations. The bottom line is this: if you plan of writing some of your own Web scripts for automating tasks such as domain name lookups, link validation, and page updates, and wish to have a bit more control than the Web browser allows you, then don't waste any time...rush out and buy this book. It will undoubtedly save you time and wasted frustration.
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