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Doug Sheppard

Doug Sheppard is a programmer and writer living in Western Canada. When he's not making Web servers jump through hoops, he writes Waiting for Bob, an online comic strip. He loves getting mail, really.

Beginner's Introduction to Perl 5.10, Part 2
Perl 5 has come a long way in the past few years. The newest version, Perl 5.10, added several new features to make your programs shorter, easier to maintain, easier to write, and more powerful. Here's how to start using files and strings in modern Perl. [May 7, 2008]

A Beginner's Introduction to Perl 5.10
Perl 5 has come a long way in the past few years. The newest version, Perl 5.10, added several new features to make your programs shorter, easier to maintain, easier to write, and more powerful. Here's how to start using modern Perl productively. [Apr 23, 2008]

Beginners Intro to Perl - Part 6
Doug Sheppard shows us how to activate Perl's built in security features. [Jan 9, 2001]

Beginners Intro to Perl - Part 5
Doug Sheppard discusses object-oriented programming in part five of his series on beginning Perl. [Dec 18, 2000]

Beginners Intro to Perl - Part 4
Doug Sheppard teaches us CGI programming in part four of his series on beginning Perl. [Dec 6, 2000]

Beginner's Introduction to Perl - Part 3
The third part in a new series that introduces Perl to people who haven't programmed before. This week: Patterns and pattern matching. If you weren't sure how to get started with Perl, here's your chance! [Nov 20, 2000]

Beginner's Introduction to Perl - Part 2
The second part in a new series that introduces Perl to people who haven't programmed before. This week: Files and strings. If you weren't sure how to get started with Perl, here's your chance! [Nov 7, 2000]

Beginner's Introduction to Perl
The first part in a new series that introduces Perl to people who haven't programmed before. If you weren't sure how to get started with Perl, here's your chance! [Oct 16, 2000]