Perl Resources

This web page has link to Perl Script resources.

Perl is Open Source software. You can download it for free as a source code or as a pre-compiled binary distribution.

Hot Sites

• Active Perl (Perl for Win32) from ActiveState - Download the binary files for Active Perl.
  • http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/?_x=1 - download Active Perl.
    • Windows Install notes:
      • Click on the "Download ICON" in the upper left corner.
      • Enter your name and email address when prompted.
      • Download the "MSI" option:  ex: ActivePerl-5.6.1.633-MSWin32-x86.msi
      • Double click on the downloaded file and follow the prompts to install.  (I choose all of the defaults).
  • www.ActiveState.com/Products/ASPN_Perl - ActivePerl includes Programmer’s Package Manager (PPM).  Active Perl includes Perl, Perl Script, Perl Package Manager.
  • www.ActiveState.com/ASPN/About/Perl - ASPN Perl (ASPN = ActiveState Programmer Network )
  • www.activestate.com/ActivePerl/docs/Perl-Win32/perlwin32faq.html - FAQ's about Perl For Win NT platforms.
  • http://aspn.ActiveState.com/ASPN/ - free resources to help you get more from your programming.
  • http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ActivePerl/GettingStarted - installation info.
  • http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ActivePerl/FAQ - FAQ's.
  • http://www.ActiveState.com/PPMPackages/ - repository of CPAN modules, pre-compiled for ActivePerl
• www.cpan.org - CPAN is the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. 
  • Download Perl (binary or source code)
  • Also download Perl Modules.  ::SMTP is needed for my examples at the end of this page.
• www.perl.com - The source for Perl Scripts.   Maintained by O'Reilly & Associates.  Resources include: Downlaod Peril, documentation, FAQ's, software, articles, news, etc...
• www.perl.org - Perl Mongers.  Perl user groups.   Also good resource.
• www.perl.com/CPAN - CPAN is the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network.  Download Perl modules.
• www.perlfaq.com - Site for Perl FAQ's
• http://language.perl.com/faq/ - FAQ's about Perl.  Also a Perl Manual in HTML format (free download too).
• http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/8312/ - Resources - Perl for Win NT by Robin Chatterjee
• www.PerlClinic.com - Fee based Perl Support.

Email using Perl on Win NT

• http://www.perl.com/reference/wrap.cgi?net-smtp - Basic barebones example of Net::SMTP.
• http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/8312/mail.htm - Examples and source code.
• http://www.liquidsilver.com/scripts/form2mail/   -by Eric Wienke. Cross-platform Form-to-email script, well suited for server-wide installation on ISP's/IPP's.  Directly communicate with SMTP servers via Sockets.

My Examples (Perl Script)

• ex_perl_misc.htm - Examples of using CGI Perl scripts to do miscellaneous things.  Send HTML to browser, send server info, etc...
• ex_perl_email_sendmail.htm- My example of emailing a form using a CGI Perl script and Unix's "sendmail" command.   Source code is free to download.
• ex_perl_smtp.htm - Example of using Perl Script's Net::SMTP module.  Send EMAIL on Unix or Win NT if a SMTP mail server exists.