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, it?s 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 debugging?one of the biggest time commitments in a programmer?s daily routine. This book rescues you from substandard application testing practices. The book commences with several chapters that overview the debugger?s 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