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Perl Best Practices

by Damian Conway

July 2005

Intermediate to advanced

544 pages

13h 8m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Contents of This BookConventions Used in This BookCode ExamplesFeedbackAcknowledgments
Three GoalsRobustnessEfficiencyMaintainabilityThis BookRehabiting
BracketingKeywordsSubroutines and VariablesBuiltinsKeys and IndicesOperatorsSemicolonsCommasLine LengthsIndentationTabsBlocksChunkingElsesVertical AlignmentBreaking Long LinesNon-Terminal ExpressionsBreaking by PrecedenceAssignmentsTernariesListsAutomated Layout
IdentifiersBooleansReference VariablesArrays and HashesUnderscoresCapitalizationAbbreviationsAmbiguous AbbreviationsAmbiguous NamesUtility Subroutines
String DelimitersEmpty StringsSingle-Character StringsEscaped CharactersConstantsLeading ZerosLong NumbersMultiline StringsHere DocumentsHeredoc IndentationHeredoc TerminatorsHeredoc QuotersBarewordsFat CommasThin CommasLow-Precedence OperatorsListsList Membership
Lexical VariablesPackage VariablesLocalizationInitializationPunctuation VariablesLocalizing Punctuation VariablesMatch VariablesDollar-UnderscoreArray IndicesSlicingSlice LayoutSlice Factoring

If BlocksPostfix SelectorsOther Postfix ModifiersNegative Control StatementsC-Style LoopsUnnecessary SubscriptingNecessary SubscriptingIterator VariablesNon-Lexical Loop IteratorsList GenerationList SelectionsList TransformationComplex MappingsList Processing Side EffectsMultipart SelectionsValue SwitchesTabular Ternariesdo-while LoopsLinear CodingDistributed ControlRedoingLoop Labels
Types of DocumentationBoilerplatesExtended BoilerplatesLocationContiguityPositionTechnical DocumentationCommentsAlgorithmic DocumentationElucidating DocumentationDefensive DocumentationIndicative DocumentationDiscursive DocumentationProofreading
SortingReversing ListsReversing ScalarsFixed-Width DataSeparated DataVariable-Width DataString EvaluationsAutomating SortsSubstringsHash ValuesGlobbingSleepingMapping and GreppingUtilities
Call SyntaxHomonymsArgument ListsNamed ArgumentsMissing ArgumentsDefault Argument ValuesScalar Return ValuesContextual Return ValuesMulti-Contextual Return ValuesPrototypesImplicit ReturnsReturning Failure
FilehandlesIndirect FilehandlesLocalizing FilehandlesOpening CleanlyError CheckingCleanupInput LoopsLine-Based InputSimple SlurpingPower SlurpingStandard InputPrinting to FilehandlesSimple PromptingInteractivityPower PromptingProgress IndicatorsAutomatic Progress IndicatorsAutoflushing
DereferencingBraced ReferencesSymbolic ReferencesCyclic References
Extended FormattingLine BoundariesString BoundariesEnd of StringMatching AnythingLazy FlagsBrace DelimitersOther DelimitersMetacharactersNamed CharactersPropertiesWhitespaceUnconstrained RepetitionsCapturing ParenthesesCaptured ValuesCapture VariablesPiecewise MatchingTabular RegexesConstructing RegexesCanned RegexesAlternationsFactoring AlternationsBacktrackingString Comparisons
ExceptionsBuiltin FailuresContextual FailureSystemic FailureRecoverable FailureReporting FailureError MessagesDocumenting ErrorsOO ExceptionsVolatile Error MessagesException HierarchiesProcessing ExceptionsException ClassesUnpacking Exceptions
Command-Line StructureCommand-Line ConventionsMeta-optionsIn-situ ArgumentsCommand-Line ProcessingInterface ConsistencyInterapplication Consistency
Using OOCriteriaPseudohashesRestricted HashesEncapsulationConstructorsCloningDestructorsMethodsAccessorsLvalue AccessorsIndirect ObjectsClass InterfacesOperator OverloadingCoercions
InheritanceObjectsBlessing ObjectsConstructor ArgumentsBase Class InitializationConstruction and DestructionAutomating Class HierarchiesAttribute DemolitionAttribute BuildingCoercionsCumulative MethodsAutoloading
InterfacesRefactoringVersion NumbersVersion RequirementsExportingDeclarative ExportingInterface VariablesCreating ModulesThe Standard LibraryCPAN
Test CasesModular TestingTest SuitesFailureWhat to TestDebugging and TestingStricturesWarningsCorrectnessOverriding StricturesThe DebuggerManual DebuggingSemi-Automatic Debugging
Revision ControlOther LanguagesConfiguration FilesFormatsTiesClevernessEncapsulated ClevernessBenchmarkingMemoryCachingMemoizationCaching for OptimizationProfilingEnbugging
Chapter 2, Code LayoutChapter 3, Naming ConventionsChapter 4, Values and ExpressionsChapter 5, VariablesChapter 6, Control StructuresChapter 7, DocumentationChapter 8, Built-in FunctionsChapter 9, SubroutinesChapter 10, I/OChapter 11, ReferencesChapter 12, Regular ExpressionsChapter 13, Error HandlingChapter 14, Command-Line ProcessingChapter 15, ObjectsChapter 16, Class HierarchiesChapter 17, ModulesChapter 18, Testing and DebuggingChapter 19, Miscellanea
vimvileEmacsBBEditTextWrangler
Recommended Core ModulesRecommended CPAN ModulesUtility Subroutines
Perl Coding and Development PracticesTesting and DebuggingAlgorithms and EfficiencyCoding Style and Common MistakesGeneral Coding and Development PracticesCoding StandardsDevelopment PracticesText Editors