<DIV><p>Get a clear roadmap for improving your skills with <i>Intermediate Perl</i>, and gain working knowledge of Perl's objects, references, and modules—ingredients that make the language so versatile and effective. Written by the authors of the bestselling Llama book, <i>Learning Perl</i>, and updated for Perl 5.14, this book offers a gentle but thorough introduction to intermediate programming in Perl.</p><p>Each chapter is small enough to be read in just an hour or two, ending with a series of exercises to help you practice what you've learned. If you're familiar with the material in <i>Learning Perl</i> and have the ambition learn more, this book will take you much further into Perl's capabilities.</p><p> Topics include:</p><ul><li>Packages and namespaces </li><li>References and scoping, including regular expression references </li><li>Manipulating complex data structures </li><li>Object-oriented programming </li><li>Writing and using modules </li><li>Testing Perl code </li><li>Contributing to CPAN </li></ul></div>