Learn Perl

If you're just getting started with Perl, the Getting Started Guide will walk you through your first Perl program. Experienced programmers might want to start with perlintro.

• Beginner Tutorials
• Intermediate Tutorials
• Special Topics
• Setup and Configuration

Beginner Tutorials

Getting Started with Perl

A walkthrough of your first Perl program and some basics of the language and tools.

Control, Structures, Scoping, and Subroutines

A compressed introduction to some basic details of Perl programming.

Intermediate Tutorials

Using and Creating Modules

An introduction to modular programming.

An Introduction to Objects

Object-oriented Perl programming tutorial.

Special Topics

Your First wxWidgets GUI Desktop Application

An introduction to GUI programming concepts and wxPerl.

Setup and Configuration Guides

Quick Installation Howto

Simple instructions to install or upgrade Perl.

Perl/CPAN Configuration Howto

Configuration of perl installations and the cpan client.