Research and Markets: Object-Oriented Scripting with Perl and Python

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91628) has announced the
addition of "Scripting with Objects: A Comparative Presentation of
Object-Oriented Scripting with Perl and Python" to their offering.

Scripting languages are becoming increasingly important for
software development. These higher-level languages, with their
built-in easy-to-use data structures are convenient for programmers to
use as "glue" languages for assembling multi-language applications and
for quick prototyping of software architectures. Scripting languages
are also used extensively in Web-based applications. Based on the same
overall philosophy that made Programming with Objects such a wide
success, Scripting with Objects 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.

Beginning with an overview of the importance of scripting
languages-and how they differ from mainstream systems programming
languages-the book explores:

-Regular expressions for string processing

-The notion of a class in Perl and Python

-Inheritance and polymorphism in Perl and Python

-Handling exceptions

-Abstract classes and methods in Perl and Python

-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

This book serves as an excellent textbook for a one-semester
undergraduate course on advanced scripting in which the students have
some prior experience using Perl and Python, or for a two-semester
course for students who will be experiencing scripting for the first
time. Scripting with Objects is also an ideal resource for industry
professionals who are making the transition from Perl to Python, or
vice versa.

For more information visit
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Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager
Fax: +353 1 4100 980
press@researchandmarkets.com

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