Offered by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Computer Sciences
| Dates | June 18 (Mon) through August 9 (Thu) — eight weeks |
| Times | Mondays and Thursdays, 11:00–11:50 a.m. |
| Location | Engineering Hall 3024 |
| Instructor | Tim Cartwright : CS 4265 : cat [@] cs [.] wisc [.] edu |
| Mailing List | compsci368-3-su12-dhh [@] lists [.] wisc [.] edu |
Mondays, 2:30–3:30 p.m. and Fridays, 10–11 a.m. in CS 4265 (my office).
You can also make an appointment (by email is probably best) to talk to me. I work full time here in the CS building, so will often be available. However, dropping by my office without an appointment is not guaranteed to work.
There are no required books to buy for this course. There are a few Perl books that I suggest using, and they are available for free online through the UW library system. Plus, there are plenty of good resources available elsewhere online. Here are a few (including the book) to get started:
To access these use the links below and select “Available through Safari Books Online”. If you are off-campus, you'll need to use the link “Off Campus? Login To Our Remote Access System First” to get set up first.
If you are new to programming or using the command line, I wrote a few pointers to get started.
Slides and homework assignments are posted just prior to each class.
| # | Day | Topic | Reading | Slides | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 June (Mon) | Overview and Perl Basics | LP6: Ch.1, Introduction | homework | |
| 2 | 21 June (Thu) | Basic Syntax | LP6: Ch.2, Scalar Data | homework | |
| 3 | 25 June (Mon) | Collections | LP6: Ch.3, Lists and Arrays LP6: Ch.6, Hashes |
homework | |
| 4 | 28 June (Thu) | Basic I/O | LP6: Ch.5, Input and Output | homework | |
| 5 | 2 July (Mon) | Subroutines | LP6: Ch.4, Subroutines | homework | |
| 6 | 5 July (Thu) | Standard Library | PP3: Ch.29, Functions [skim] | homework | |
| 7 | 9 July (Mon) | Correctness (errors, debugging, testing) |
PP3: Ch.20, The Perl Debugger Perldoc: Test::Simple, Test::More |
homework | |
| 8 | 12 July (Thu) | Data Structures | perlreftut | homework | |
| 9 | 16 July (Mon) | Regular Expressions I (matching) |
LP6: Ch.7, In the World of RegExps LP6: Ch.8, Matching with RegExps |
homework | |
| 10 | 19 July (Thu) | Regular Expressions II (adv REs & usage) |
LP6: Ch.8, Matching with RegExps LP6: Ch.9, Processing Text with RegExps |
homework | |
| 11 | 23 July (Mon) | System Interaction | LP6: Ch.16, Process Management | homework | |
| 12 | 26 July (Thu) | Recipes I: dates, times, writing files |
[pick sections of interest] PC2: Ch.3, Dates and Times PC2: Ch.7, File Access (esp. 7.11, 7.19) |
homework | |
| 13 | 30 July (Mon) | Recipes II: (mostly) numeric data |
[pick sections of interest] PC2: Ch.2, Numbers PC2: Ch.8, File Contents |
homework | |
| 14 | 2 August (Thu) | Recipes III: miscellaneous |
PC2: Ch.4, Arrays PC2: Ch.5, Hashes |
homework | |
| 15 | 6 August (Mon) | Security & Performance |
[as you see fit:] Perldoc: perlsec Perldoc: Benchmark module |
homework | |
| 16 | 9 August (Thu) | Script Development | — | — | |
Reading Legend: