Perl Programming - CIT 042 - Evergreen Valley College

General Information

3 Units | CR | Prerequisite: CIT020 or equivalent

Course Description

This course is intended for students with some knowledge of programming, and it covers most of the Perl programming language. The course includes a review of programming basics and continues on to object-oriented programming, networking, and CGI. Students will learn how to find additional Perl resources on the Internet and create their own network and Web services.

Course Content

• Perl syntax
• Decisions, Loops, and Arrays
• Lists, Hashes, and References
• Regular Expressions and Pattern Matching
• File and Directory Manipulation
• Formats
• Object-oriented programming and modules
• CGI: Perl and the World Wide Web

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Write and execute Perl programs
• Use scalar variables
• Iterate through arrays, lists, and hashes
• Call subroutines with and without parameters
• Write subroutines that return simple and complex values
• Create and use regular expressions
• Read and search contents of directories
• Open and close files
• Read and write data to and from files
• Create a Perl module and package
• Create complex data structures using references
• Create and access Perl objects.
• Write and upload a CGI script to a server
• Create a web page that calls a CGI script
• Access a database from a Perl program and a CGI script
• Use a graphics library to create dynamic graphics in Perl
• Access data across a network

Process

This is an hybrid class with Internet materials and regularly scheduled sessions on campus. The instructor will be present to assist you during the on-campus sessions, but you may come any time the labs are open. You may work on assignments in the lab or use your own computers.

Required Text

Beginning Perl, Third Edition, James Lee (Apress) ISBN 978-1-4302-2793-9

Assignments

You will be assigned several programming projects ranging from light to moderate complexity. You will email most of your assignments to the instructor; directions will be given in the assignment. For assignments that are to be printed, print:

• the source code with your name and the assignment number in comments. Your source should also have comments describing the problem to be solved.
• input/output data showing correct execution of all intended logic paths in the source listing.
• A flow chart (if required in the assignment)

Assignments will be graded on functionality, organization, readability (which includes proper use of naming and indention), and appropriate use of Perl. If an assignment requires you to turn in papers, please staple them together.

Exams

You will have two midterms and one final exam. The comprehensive final will be on the last day of class, 25 May 2011. The final will cover topics that include, but are not limited to: determining what a program fragment produces as output, completing the writing of a partial program, and debugging a non-working program.

You may use the book and your class notes on these tests. The midterms and final exams are mandatory, and must be taken on campus.

Grading

The work on the tests and exercises will be weighted and combined to calculate your final grade as follows:

Weight Lab Assignments: 60% Midterms: 20% Final Exam: 20%

Grading 90% and above A 80%-89% B 70%-79% C 60%-69% D Less than 60% F

Attendance

You are required to attend classes. If you decide to drop the class, it is your responsibility to do so. Five absences may cause you to be dropped - please notify the instructor if you have any extenuating circumstances. If you know of an absence in advance, please send me an email.The deadline dates for dropping a class with and without a “W” are printed in the EVC schedule of classes.

If you are late to a class session, you will miss the material presented before you arrived.

Policies

Exercises are to be submitted prior to the end of the class lab period on the date due. If turned in late, you will receive reduced credit; one letter grade per class session late up to two sessions late. Missed tests or exercises will receive zero credit. The final exam is required. Discussion about assignments is encouraged, but you must each do your own work. Cheating and plagiarism will be met with an F in the course. See the EVC catalog for details on the College Honesty Policy as well as student disciplinary and grievance procedures.

If you have learning or physical needs that require special accommodations, please let me know as soon as possible.