Most Perl programmers have been frustrated at one time or another because the system just wouldn't do what they wanted it to do. There was that one simple and obvious utility that was missing that would make life so much easier: A tool to get a stock quote, show off a photograph collection, or even display a collection of favorite comics. Wicked Cool Perl Scriptsis about writing those utilities quickly and easily. A collection of handy utilities that solves difficult problems, Wicked Cool Perl Scripts is a great resource for the savvy Perl programmer.

Steve Oualline has been a programmer for 35 years. He is the author of many best-selling computer books, including Practical C Programming (O'Reilly), Practical C++ Programming(O'Reilly), and How Not to Program in C++.

Chapter 1: General Purpose Utilities
Chapter 2: Web Site Management
Chapter 3: CGI Debugging
Chapter 4: CGI Programs
Chapter 5: Internet Data Mining
Chapter 6: Unix System Administration
Chapter 7: Picture Utilities
Chapter 8: Games and Learning Tools
Chapter 9: Development Tools
Chapter 10: Mapping
Chapter 11: Regular Expression Grapher