Saturday, February 7, 2009

Windows Home Server Bible or Beginning PERL

Windows Home Server Bible

Author: Greg Kettell

Transform digital chaos into a well-organized home network

When was the last time you backed up your home computer? If your household is a hodge-podge of unconnected laptops, desktops, and printers, it's time to bring order and peace of mind by creating your own secure home network with Windows Home Server (WHS) and this comprehensive guide. From protecting your data against hardware failures to organizing all of your family's digital media onto one central hub, this practical reference covers all the techniques and step-by-step instruction you need to succeed.



• Choose the out-of-the-box WHS solution or repurpose a spare PC

• Go wired or wireless, run Ethernet cable, and configure a router

• Walk through installation and get up to speed on the WHS Console

• Establish user accounts, set up shared folders, and create a print server

• Schedule backups for PCs or Macs and recover from crashes

• Build a media hub and stream to computers, Xboxes, and PlayStations

• Monitor your home remotely with a webcam




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Beginning PERL: From Novice to Professional

Author: James Le

Beginning Perl, Second Edition is a well-named text that starts exactly where it claims...This book is a fine place to start.


— James Edward Gray II, Slashdot contributor


...there are great examples, and projects assigned after each chapter to help you really understand and remember how to code in Perl.


— Mark Spritzler, JavaRanch Bartender


This book is a well-conceived introduction to Perl in tutorial form... A Very Good Book. :) :) :) :) of 5.


— George Woolley of Oakland Perl Mongers


The Perl (this book) teaches is strong industry-standard Perl that is...considered best practice.


— Jack Herrington, Editor, Code Generation Network

Originally created as a powerful text processing tool, Perl has since evolved into a multi-purpose, multi-platform language capable of implementing a variety of tasks such as system administration, CGI and network programming, XML processing, and more. Beginning Perl, Second Edition provides valuable insight into Perl's role regarding all of these tasks and more.

Commencing with a comprehensive overview of language basics, you'll learn all about important concepts such as Perl's data types and control flow constructs. This material sets the stage for a discussion of more complex topics, such as writing custom functions, using regular expressions, and file input and output. Next, we move on to the advanced topics of object oriented programming, modules, CGI programming, and database administration with Perl's powerful database interface module, DBI. The examples and code provided offer you all of the information you need to start writing your ownpowerful scripts to solve the problems listed above, and many more.

Whether you are a complete novice or an experienced programmer, Beginning Perl, Second Edition offers an ideal guide to learning Perl.



Table of Contents:
Ch. 1First steps in Perl1
Ch. 2Scalars13
Ch. 3Control flow constructs51
Ch. 4Lists and arrays77
Ch. 5Hashes111
Ch. 6Subroutines/functions127
Ch. 7Regular expressions149
Ch. 8Files and data177
Ch. 9String processing205
Ch. 10Interfacing to the operating system213
Ch. 11References229
Ch. 12Object-oriented Perl253
Ch. 13Modules287
Ch. 14Introduction to CGI315
Ch. 15Perl and DBI347

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