Perl - A DBA and Developers best (forgotten) friend

  • Posted on: 9 November 2011
  • By: milina.ristic
Author/Owner: 
Arjen Visser
This paper re-introduces Perl as a language of choice for many solutions for DBA's and developers. Discover what makes Perl so successful and why it is so versatile in our day to day lives. Perl can automate all those manual tasks and is truly platform independent. Perl may not be in the lime light as other languages, but it truly is a remarkable language and is still very current with ongoing development and amazing online resources. Companies such as Oracle and VMware use it as part of their latest software releases. List of topics include: - What makes Perl so great (including CPAN) - Perl language syntax intro - What can I use Perl for - Perl and Oracle - Best way to learn Perl - Small Perl project challenge to take away
Version: 
1
Publish Date: 
9 Nov 2011
Organization: 
Dbvisit Software Ltd
Presenter Biography: 
Arjen Visser is the founder and Technical Director of Dbvisit Software Limited based in Auckland, New Zealand who are the developers of Dbvisit Standby and Dbvisit Replicate. Dbvisit Standby is an Oracle disaster recovery software product which is being used in 60+ countries globally. He has over 20 years of technical database experience in the IT industry and has been a developer, data warehouse consultant, technical project manager and Oracle DBA. A regular and well liked presenter at international Oracle events. In 2009 he received a presentation feedback score of 4.89 out of 5 for Oracle Open World. In 2010 he presented again at Oracle Open World with a feedback score of 4.45 out of 5. In 2011 he presented at RMOUG with an overall feedback score of 4.65 out of 5. In 2011 he is again presenting at Oracle Open World.
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