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Note: This schedule is Tentative. The topics we cover each week will depend almost entirely on how much we were able to cover in the previous lecture.

Date Lesson Slides Topics Handouts Texts †
NONE Unix Basics *
Unix Powerpoint slides Unix PDF slides
The very basics - cd, mkdir, ls, rm, rmdir, chmod
Jan 16 Introduction to CSCI2230
Helpful Resources
Introduction to Perl
Intro Powerpoint slides Intro PDF slides
Helpful Resources Powerpoint slides Helpful Resources PDF slides
Intro_perl Powerpoint slides Intro_perl PDF slides
Policies, Info
Resources, Effective Emailing
Lexical vs Global, Scalars/Arrays/Hashes, basic I/O
ICA0
Paul's solution
C chp 1, pp 45-60, 72-78
L chp 1-3,6, pp 68-73
P intro, data
Jan 23 Interpolation
Context
Operators
File/Directory Access
Interpolation Powerpoint slides Interpolation PDF slides
Context Powerpoint slides Context PDF slides
Operators Powerpoint slides Operators PDF slides
FileIO Powerpoint slides FileIO PDF slides
variable and backslash interpolation
scalar vs list context
operators, operator precidence
open, opendir, close, <>, $/
ICA1
Paul's solution
C chp 3, pp 60-72, 78-85
L chp 1-3,5,12
P op, opentut
Jan 30 Built-In Functions
Command Line Arguments
Control Structures
External Programs
Functions Powerpoint slides Functions PDF slides
ARGV Powerpoint slides ARGV PDF slides
Loops Powerpoint slides Loops PDF slides
External Powerpoint slides External PDF slides
splice, keys, values, sort, length, index, reverse, stat, substr
@ARGV
if/else/unless, while/until, for/foreach, do, next/last/redo
system, backticks, pipes
ICA2
Paul's solution
C chp 29, pp 111-126
L chp 10,13, pp 193-196,198-203
P func, syn
Feb 6 Regular Expressions
RegExps Powerpoint slides RegExps PDF slides
pattern matching, search-and-replace, regexp basics, "dirty dozen"
ICA3
Paul's IC3 solution
Paul's IC3A solution
C pp 139-178
L chp 7-8
P retut, re, reref
Feb 13 NO CLASS
CLASS CANCELLED
Feb 20 More Regular Expressions
More Built-In Functions
MoreRegExps Powerpoint slides MoreRegExps PDF slides
MoreFunctions Powerpoint slides MoreFunctions PDF slides
modifiers, lookaround assertions, transliteration
map, grep, qw//, glob, each, eval, defined, exists, undef, our
ICA4
Paul's solution
C chp 29 pp 178-202
L chp 9,16
P reref, func
Feb 27 References
Subroutines
References Powerpoint slides References PDF slides
Subroutines Powerpoint slides Subroutines PDF slides
named references, anonymous references, multi-dimensional structures
subroutines, parameters, pass-by-value, pass-by-reference, prototypes, return values
ICA5
Paul's solution
C chp 6 & 8
L chp 4
A chp 3-4
P sub, reftut, lol, dsc, ref
Mar 5 NO CLASS
CLASS CANCELLED
Mar 12 NO CLASS
SPRING BREAK
Mar 19 Object-oriented Programming
OOP Powerpoint slides OOP PDF slides
packages, classes, methods, overloading
ICA6
Paul's Solution
ica6 main
Pair.pm
pair.pl
Student.pm
stud.pl
C chp 10-13
A chp 2,8,9
P obj, mod, toot
Mar 26 More OOP
MoreOOP Powerpoint slides MoreOOP PDF slides
Inheritance, Exporting/Importing, testing, h2xs, documentation using POD
Person Base Class
Student Class
Student test file
ICA7
Paul's Triangle
Paul's Rectangle
Paul's Square
C chp 12 & 26
A chp 12-15
P mod, pod
Apr 2 Useful Modules
NO CLASS (GMWEEK),
notes posted only!!

UsefulModules Powerpoint slides UsefulModules PDF slides
integer, List::Util, Switch, File::Find, File::Basename, File::Copy, Getopt::Long, Net::FTP, POSIX, Text::Wrap, List::MoreUtils, File::Stream, Regexp::Common, LWP::Simple, Mail::Send
P modlib
Apr 9 CGI Programming
CGI Powerpoint slides CGI PDF slides
CGI basics, forms, input types, param()
Steps For CGI
CGI Examples
ICA8
Paul's Solution (Run)
Paul's Solution (View)
P CGI
Apr 16 More CGI
MoreCGI Powerpoint slides MoreCGI PDF slides
Heredocs, cookies, file uploading, HTML::Template, Taint checking
More CGI Examples
ICA 9
P CGI, HTML::Template, sec
Apr 23 Perl/Tk (GUI with Perl)
PerlTk Powerpoint slides PerlTk PDF slides
Event-driven programming, pack/place/grid, widgets, callbacks, key-binding
Steps For Perl/Tk
Hello World Tk
Packing Example Tk
Menu Tk
ICA 10
Paul's Solution
P Tk
Apr 30 Advanced Perl Topics
AdvPerl Powerpoint slides AdvPerl PDF slides
database access, signals, fork/exec/wait, Inside-Out objects
Inside-Out Student
main for Student
ICA 11
Paul's parent
Paul's child
Paul's Car
P ipc, Class::Std, DBI

* This topic will not be covered in class. It is presumed that most students have a passing familiarity with this topic. The presentation here is merely a reference for those who are not accustomed to Unix.

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