Scripting with Objects A Comparative Presentation of Object-Oriented Scripting with Perl and Python
by Kak, Avinash C.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-06-03
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
This book takes a novel dual-language approach to learning advanced scripting with Perl and Python, the dominant languages of the genre. This method of comparing basic syntax and writing application-level scripts is designed to give readers a more comprehensive and expansive perspective on the subject. The book includes an overview of the importance of scripting languagesand how they differ from mainstream systems programming languagesand covers everything readers need to learn object-oriented scripting with Perl and Python.
Author Biography
Avinash C. Kak is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. His previous Wiley book, Programming with Objects: A Comparative Presentation of Object-Oriented Programming with C++ and Java, is used by a number of institutions for teaching advanced programming.
Table of Contents
| Multilanguage View of Application Development and OO Scripting | |
| Perl - A Review of the Basics | |
| Python - A Review of the Basics | |
| Regular Expressions for String Processing | |
| References in Perl | |
| The Notion of a Class in Perl | |
| The Notion of a Class in Python | |
| Inheritance and Polymorphism in Perl | |
| Inheritance and Polymorphism in Python | |
| Handling Exceptions | |
| Abstract Classes and Methods | |
| Weak References for Memory Management | |
| Scripting for Graphical User Interfaces | |
| Multithreaded Scripting | |
| Scripting for Network Programming | |
| Interacting with Databases | |
| Processing XML with Perl and Python | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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