Advanced Perl Programming - Detailed Course Outline Copyright © 2001-2010 Anderson Software Group, Inc.  (return to main Perl page)  Section 1 - Closures and Objects  Closures  Perl Classes and Objects  Constructors and Destructors  Instance Variables and Methods  Class and Instance Variables  Class Inheritance  Polymorphism  Overriding Methods  Closures vs. Objects  Section 2 - User Interfaces  Perl/Tk Frames and Windows Creating and Using Widgets Menu Bars and Menus Dialogs Events and Binding Section 3 - Databases  Relational Databases  Working with SQL  DBI and DBD Modules  Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD)  Working with ResultSets  Objects with Databases  Section 4 - Networking with Sockets  IO::Socket  Establishing Connections  TCP Clients and Servers  Forking Servers  UDP Clients and Servers  Section 5 - Extending Perl  The Extension Process  XS, SWIG, Inline::C  Perl APIs  Calling C from Perl  Passing Parameters  Multiple Return Values  Working with Hashes and Structures  Accessing C Libraries  Creating Modules  Section 6 - Embedding Perl  Embedding Overview  Perl APIs  Calling Perl from C  Passing Parameters  Returning Data  Stack Manipulation  Application Examples  Appendix  Serialization  Calling C++ from Perl  Using SWIG  Using XS