brian d foy是stonehenge Consulting Services公司的顧問,也是The Perl Review雜志的出版者。他所創(chuàng)立的非營(yíng)利性公司Perl Mongers,Inc.,已經(jīng)在全球范圍內(nèi)幫助籌建了200多個(gè)Perl用戶組。brian還維護(hù)著核心Perl文檔中的perlfaq部分,以及眾多發(fā)布到CPAN的模塊。他還是Perl大會(huì)的演講??停彩?’Reilly Network、The Perl Journal雜志、Dr.Dobbs雜志、use.perl.org站點(diǎn)和許多Perl Usenet新聞組的積極貢獻(xiàn)者。
圖書目錄
Foreword Preface 1. Introduction: Becoming a Master What It Means to Be a Master Who Should Read This Book How to Read This Book What Should You Know Already? What I Cover What I Don't Cover 2. Advanced Regular Expressions References to Regular Expressions Noncapturing Grouping, (?:PATTERN) Readable Regexes,/x and (?#...) Global Matching Lookarounds Deciphering Regular Expressions Final Thoughts Summary Further Reading 3. Secure Programming Techniques Bad Data Can Ruin Your Day Taint Checking Untainting Data List Forms of system and exec Summary Further Reading 4. Debugging Perl Before You Waste Too Much Time The Best Debugger in the World perlSdb.pl Alternative Debuggers Other Debuggers Summary Further Reading 5. Profiling Perl Finding the Culprit The General Approach Profiling DBI Devel: :DProf Writing My Own Profiler Profiling Test Suites Summary Further Reading 6. Benchmarking Perl Benchmarking Theory Benchmarking Time Comparing Code Don't Turn Off Your Thinking Cap Memory Use The perlbench Tool Summary Further Reading 7. Cleaning Up Perl Good Style perltidy De-Obfuscation Perl::Critic Summary Further Reading 8. SymboITablesandTypeglobs Package and Lexical Variables The Symbol Table Summary Further Reading 9. Dynamic Subroutines Subroutines As Data Creating and Replacing Named Subroutines Symbolic References Iterating Through Subroutine Lists Processing Pipelines Method Lists Subroutines As Arguments Autoloaded Methods Hashes As Objects AutoSplit Summary Further Reading 10. Modifying and Jury-Rigging Modules Choosing the Right Solution Replacing Module Parts Subclassing Wrapping Subroutines Summary Further Reading 11. Configuring Perl Programs Things Not to Do Better Ways Command-Line Switches Configuration Files Scripts with a Different Name Interactive and Noninteractive Programs perl's Con fig Summary Further Reading 12. Detecting and Reporting Errors Perl Error Basics Reporting Module Errors Exceptions Summary Further Reading 13. Logging Recording Errors and Other Information Eog4perl Summary Further Reading 14. Data Persistence Flat Files Storable DBM Files Summary Further Reading 15. Working with Pod The Pod Format Translating Pod Testing Pod Summary Further Reading 16. Working with Bits Binary Numbers Bit Operators Bit Vectors The vec Function Keeping Track of Things Summary Further Reading 17. The Magic of Tied Variables They Look Like Normal Variables At the User Level Behind the Curtain Scalars Arrays Hashes Filehandles Summary Further Reading 18. Modules As Programs The main Thing Backing Up Who's Calling? Testing the Program Distributing the Programs Summary Further Reading A. Further Reading B. brian's Guide to Solving Any Perl Problem Index