On Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at 08:18 , Parag Dhake wrote:
[..]
> I'm new to this mailing list (and to the world of Perl, as well) Would
> appreciate if you can suggest me some good books on "Network programming
> in Perl".
It all sorta depends on where you are jumping off the cliff.
One can always start with
perldoc Socket
to go over the basic dope on 'your friend the socket' in perl.
As well as
perldoc perlipc
if you are already aware of the basic networking tricks - otherwise
you will probably want to start where most of us did:
Most of us started with either Tannenbaum and/or Stevens
cf:
http://www.bookpool.com/.x/4yrty8k80m/sm/013490012X
as our backbone for 'what is network programming' to begin with.
You will of course want to own and read:
the 3rd Edition of Perl, and then at least Advanced Perl Programming
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/advperl/
Go into depth on your friend the socket and TLI - transport
layer interfaces - decide if you want to live at this layer
or want to say, uh, do it in perl and stay with the modules
that are in hand for encapsulating most of this 'grunt work'
so that you can focus on 'the mission'. cf:
http://search.cpan.org/Catalog/Networking_Devices_IPC/
there is now even a Perl and LWP book out:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perllwp/
probably one of the fun ways to begin the process of 'network
programming' - build a webBot - get it to fetch you everything
you wanted to know about...
Or read up on the mod_perl stuff and perldoc CGI and build the
stuff for the webServer Side of it....
Learn how to use simple fun HTTP based tricks to execute stuff
on a remote host...
[..]
> Do you think Perl is the best language for network programming ?.
I don't think that I would pick it as my first choice for say
write T1 Line Card Interfaces, and their kernel devices... And
the same would probably hold true for OC3-OC48 fiber devices....
But I am hacking up a 'jobBot' to illustrate how to do some of
the fun of automating the job hunt - in perl:
http://www.wetware.com/drieux/pbl/perlTrick/CBO/jobBot/
I used it to help a friend get the DHCP external IP Address
off a DI704 -
http://www.wetware.com/drieux/CS/Proj/DI704/
Perl Clearly beats SNOT out of trying to write database query
solutions, than say trying to hack that in /bin/sh - if that
is not obvious - Don't Ask.... go to the CPAN, download the modules.
> I've read some books on Perl by now and I've found that it is usually
> used on a Unix box. Can it be used on NT platform as well ?.
Yes, there are modules at the CPAN search on WIN32
cf:
http://www.roth.net/perl/
cf:
http://www.activestate.com/
ciao
drieux
---
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
