Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module P306. This topic is presented on public course Perl for Larger Projects

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Perl for Larger Projects - training course - Objects, huge data, SQL databases, XML, efficiency and other topics. Perl for Larger Projects - Objects, huge data, SQL databases, XML, efficiency and other topics. This advanced course takes the Perl programmer through ... http://www.wellho.net/course/plfull.html  [course]

Python - block insets help with documentation For many programmers, documenting their code is a chore, yet every piece of code that's going to be (re)used needs both instructions for the user, and ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/668_Pyth ... ation.html  [short article]

POD (Plain Ole Documentation) - how to check it The podchecker program (supplied as part of the most recent distributions) will take a Perl / POD source file and check the POD syntax for you: div ... http://www.wellho.net/solutions/perl-pod ... ck-it.html  [longer article]

Satisfaction of training I'm writing this during a final-day practical on a Perl course - 10 trainees, coding quietly as mice, as they write a web page to calculate the length ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/242_Sati ... ining.html  [short article]

Self help in Perl Perl's POD (Plain Old Documentation) system provides the programmer with the ability to add user documentation into his programs - allowing a single source ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/760_Self ... -Perl.html  [short article]

Example of POD #!/usr/bin/perl # This is a demonstration of a POD =head1 A HELLO world program All training courses include a "hello world" program, and we would hate ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p306/pod1  [code sample]

Sample code - alternatives to if and while $total = 0; for ($throw = 0 ; $throw < 4 ; $throw++) { print "Please enter value for throw ",$throw+1,": "; chop ($val = ); ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p306/d4  [code sample]

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A file that contains a Perl program or a Perl module should also contain comments to help the maintainer in the future. It can also contain POD directives, which provide documentation for the user, either a user manual (for a program), or a description of the API provided (for a module).

This topic is presented on public course Perl for Larger Projects

d4	Sample code - alternatives to if and while
pod1	Example of POD
pod1.html	Example of HTML generated from POD

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