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Next steps
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So what's next?
You've got your first few simple scripts to work -- now you need to do some real stuff. Where to go for the next steps? Here are some possible selections.
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See also
- Perl web sites
- Perl frameworks
- perlmeme.org is a collection of Frequently Asked Questions, "How To" documents, and tutorials about the very cool Perl programming language", run by this mainly Aussie mob
- Module Reviews by Perl Monks
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Database Access
use DBI;
For higher level interfaces, have a look at some of the object-relational database wrappers in Perl frameworks.
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Creating a cross platform GUI
use Tk;
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Application Logging
use Log::Log4perl;
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Handling XML
- XML for Perl developers articles from IBM
- XML Parsing with SAX and DOM :: A code comparison by Leif Eriksen of Melbourne Perl Mongers, presented at the Open Source Developers Conference (Melbourne 2004)
- Perl & XML columns by Kip Hampton
- Perl-XML FAQ
- XMLperl website
- Another Perl XML FAQ seems to focus mainly on XML::Parser
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Testing
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Perl Coding Standards
- Perl Best Practices O'Reilly book by Australia's Damian Conway. Read an excerpt of sorts in Ten Essential Development Practices.
- Perl Style Guide for Large Scale Object Oriented Development by Adam Kennedy, another notable Aussie perl coder
- Perl Style Guide
- BBC Web Development Guidlines Perl Coding Standards
- In Defense of Coding Standards by a founder of Melbourne Perl Mongers, Kirrily Robert
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