resources
textbook
- Beginning Perl, Second Edition, James Lee, apress 2004 (apress ; amazon)
sites
- perl.org (downloads, books, docs, articles, conferences)
- perlmonks.org (questions, answers, and tutorials)
- perl.com (O'Reilly publishing: articles, tutorials)
- CPAN (code archive)
online docs, books, courses
editors
linux and the command line shell
network tools
- X11
- a remote windowing system that lets you run GUI apps from servers on your local compter
- unix: typically installed and active by default
- mac: optional install in OS X 10.4 from Tiger installation disks; launched via Application/Utilities/X11)
- microsoft: Cygwin/X is a free implementation
- ssh clients
- Secure SHell protocol
- allow you to login to remote servers
- "Secure SHell" : connect to a remote computer's command shell
- wikipedia: comparison of ssh clients
- PuTTY - windows client
- 'ssh' at Mac OS command prompt
# Optional: after X11 window server first
laptop$ ssh -X user@host
# or just
laptop$ ssh user@host
passwd: ****
user@host$ type_shell_commands_here
- scp
- 'secure copy' - an alternative to sftp; uses ssh
laptop$ scp local_filename user@host:remote_filename
passwd: ***
laptop$
misc
