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Network Programming with Perl

RECOMMENDED READING (Not required for the course):
Network Programming with Perl
Lincoln Stein
Addison Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-61571-1

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

If you already know the concepts of modules, object-oriented method syntax, and references, and want to write programs that operate across network connections, this course is for you. By the end of the course you will understand how to program general client/server applications in Perl, and how to use Perl to interact with a variety of common servers.

KEY OBJECTIVES:

You will learn

bullet Socket programming
bullet How to handle issues of performance, data integrity, and security
bullet Checking network and computer reliability
bullet Use of common modules to perform file transfer (FTP), getting e-mail (POP), sending email (SMTP) and Telnet connections with Perl

PREREQUISITES:

This course is for the graduate of the "Object-Oriented Perl" course, or someone with equivalent expertise: You know the syntax for object-oriented methods and inheritance, what the 'use' statement does, and how to construct lists of lists. An AFS account is required unless you have access to your own software with the right versions of Perl and the other modules.

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