What to read after Perl?

This new book by the world's leading programming language textbook authors carefully explains how to use Perl as a general-purpose programming language and how to program multi-tier, client/server, database-intensive, Internet-and-Web-based applications. Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the principals of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized corporate training and content-creation organization specializing in C++, Java(TM), C#, C, Visual Basic(R), XML(TM), Python, Perl, Internet, World Wide Web and object technologies. The Deitels are also the authors of the world's #1 Java and C++ textbooks, "Java How to Program, 3/e" and "C++ How to Program, 3/e."In "Perl How to Program," the Deitels and their colleagues, Tem R. Nieto and David C. McPhie, discuss topics you need to build complete, Web-based applications including:

• CGI/HTML forms/XML/CGI.pm
• Control Structures/Arrays/Hashes
• Regular Expressions/Strings
• Objects/Encapsulation
• OOP/Inheritance/References
• Database/DBI/SQL/Signals/Contexts
• Security/Accessibility
• Typeglobs/File Globbing
• Networking/Sockts/Internet Protocols
• Cookies/Session Tracking
• Filehandles/Data Structures
• Process Control/Forking/Piping
• Subroutines/Modules/Packages/Overloading
• Web Automation/OLE Automation
• Server-Side Includes/Ties/Closures
• Graphics/GUI/Perl/TK

"Perl How to Program" includes extensive pedagogic features: "

• Hundreds of LIVE-CODE(TM) programs with screen captures that show exact outputs
• Extensive World Wide Web and Internet resources to encourage further research
• Hundreds of tips, recommended practices and cautions--all marked with icons