Scripting with Objects A Comparative Presentation of Object-Oriented Scripting with Perl and Python

by Kak, Avinash C.

• ISBN13: 9780470397251
• ISBN10: 047039725X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781119095095
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-03
• Publisher: 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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