Pro Perl Debugging

The Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (Perl), has grown to be one of the most powerful and popular scripting languages. Combining the best features of C, UNIX utilities, and regular expressions, these days Perl is used for an array of tasks, including system administration, text processing and Web programming. Recently, its been used for more exotic areas like bioinformatics. Perl is supported by all of the most prominent operating systems, including Windows, Unix, OS/2, Amiga, and others.Debugging Perl offers you a definitive reference for resolving the dilemma of application testing and debuggingone of the biggest time commitments in a programmers daily routine. This book rescues you from substandard application testing practices. The book commences with several chapters that overview the debuggers basic features, then covers common debugging scenarios. The concluding portion features several chapters about optimizing and customizing the debugger, alternative debugging utilities, and debugging best practices TOC:RF - Richard FoleyJM Joe McMahon# Intro1 (RF) Introduction2 (RF) Moving around the debugger3 (RF) Typically used commands# Section One4 (JM) Using the debugger as a shell5 (JM) Tracing execution6 (JM) Debugging a plain/simple command-line script7 (JM) Debugging scripts with recursive or complex functions8 (JM) Debugging Object Oriented Perl# Section Two9 (RF) Debugging a script which uses several libraries and/or modules10 (RF) Debugging a CGI11 (RF) Debugging forked processes12 (RF) Debugging regexes13 (JM) [Advanced - customization of the debugger] (with RF input)# Reference14 (RF) [Suggestions for where the perl debugger cannot help - XS, mod_perl]15 (RF) Optimisation hints and tips16 (JM) Command line debuggers and GUI debuggers17 (RF) Comprehensive command reference