This course offers a gentle introduction to the popular scripting language known as Perl. Widely used on the World Wide, Web, perl scripts power a multitude of popular applications ranging from simple counters and guest books to high-end programs such as shopping carts, virtual credit card terminals, and online database applications. Perl also powers many of the interactive polls found on major sites, stock tickers, rotating ad banners and news headlines, Web bulletin boards, and real time chat tools which are used every day by millions of Web surfers. This is a beginning level class and requires no prior knowledge of Perl or other programming experience. The curriculum will focus on simple basics, starting with how to download and install Perl on a desktop computer (Perl is distributed as freeware via the Internet and comes in various flavors for Windows, Mac and UNIX users.) The course will then delve into elementary programming concepts and syntax, and students will learn how to write a series of simple Perl scripts. This information will provide a solid foundation for those who would like to learn how to write fully functional Perl scripts for the World Wide Web as well as for offline or desktop computing uses. Curriculum: Five week course. No textbook is required. No prerequisites. CLOSE WINDOW REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS