Write error-free programs from development to deployment!
Sidestep disaster with the tips, techniques, and expert insights contained in this one-of-a-kind resource. Debugging Perl shows you, step-by-step, how to fix buggy code and prevent errors from ever slipping into your programs. All the details you need to know are here - from avoiding syntax, logic, and variable problems as you program to troubleshooting with the Perl debugger, profiler, and compiler. Plus, you'll get design tips, little-known traps to watch out for, and a cross-referenced appendix of error messages. When your Perl scripts must run cleanly on every system every time, turn to the real-world solutions offered in this unique handbook.
Learn to:
* Optimize your code using the Perl debugger, profiler, and compiler
* Troubleshoot variable expressions, regular expressions, compile-time statements, run-time outputs
* Stamp out bugs caused by syntactical and logical mistakes
* Implement subroutines, modules, and expressions to automatically detect potential problems
* Trap errors using manual techniques, the Perl debuggers, and through the use of Perl's pragma system
* Manage Perl memory usage and control system resources
* Evaluate your scripts using test harnesses, code breaking, and system stress calculations
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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| Martin C. Brown | Martin C. Brown has been a programmer and systems manager for eleven years and has worked for a variety of organizations, including a university, an ISP, and an advertising agency. He specializes in making computers easier to use and more accessible to people who are not computer literate, and in integrating different platforrms in the same environment.
A full-time author, Martin spends most of his time writing programming boks, despite his efforts to avoid getting sucked too far into the programming world. He is author of eleven other titles, including "Perl! I Didn't Know You Could Do That" from Sybex, "Perl: The Complete Reference", "Python: The Complete Reference", and "Debugging Perl". |