Perl 6 Deep Dive

Key Features

• Filled with practical examples, this comprehensive guide explores all aspects of Perl 6.
• Leverage the power of Perl 6 concurrency to develop responsive and high-performant software.
• Delves into various programming paradigms (such as Object Oriented, functional, and reactive) that can be adopted by Perl 6 developers to write effective code.

Book Description

Perl is a family of high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages consisting of Perl 5 and Perl 6. Perl 6 helps developers write concise and declarative code that is easy to maintain.

This book is an end-to-end guide that will help non-Perl developers get to grips with the language and use it to solve real-world problems.

Beginning with a brief introduction to Perl 6, the first module in the book will teach you how to write and execute basic programs. The second module delves into language constructs, where you will learn about the built-in data types, variables, operators, modules, subroutines, and so on available in Perl 6. Here the book also delves deeply into data manipulation (for example, strings and text files) and you will learn how to create safe and correct Perl 6 modules. You will learn to create software in Perl by following the Object Oriented Paradigm. The final module explains in detail the incredible concurrency support provided by Perl 6. Here you will also learn about regexes, functional programming, and reactive programming in Perl 6.

By the end of the book, with the help of a number of examples that you can follow and immediately run, modify, and use in practice, you will be fully conversant with the benefits of Perl 6.

What you will learn

• Learn the background from which Perl 6

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. What is Perl 6?
Chapter 2. Writing Code
Chapter 3. Working with Variables and Built-in Data Types
Chapter 4. Working with Operators
Chapter 5. Control Flow
Chapter 6. Subroutines
Chapter 7. Modules
Chapter 8. Object-Oriented Programming
Chapter 9. Input and Output
Chapter 10. Working with Exceptions
Chapter 11. Regexes
Chapter 12. Grammars
Chapter 13. Concurrent Programming
Chapter 14. Functional Programming
Chapter 15. Reactive Programming