Perl Resources
Updated 9/3/97
Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) is the favorite scripting language of many Webmasters, for a variety of reasons: It is robust yet easy to learn; free versions are available for most platforms; and it is interpreted, so you can run programs as soon as you type them. If you wish to add interactivity to your Web pages using Perl scripts, here are places to go for help.

www.perl.com
The new home of the official Perl site. O'Reilly & Associates recently hired www.perl.com's proprietor, Tom Christiansen, and is now hosting the site. Most everything you need to know about Perl is here.

Perl Resource Kit
The companion to O'Reilly's Perl development-software site. It includes general Q & A, white papers, and links to resources.

Perl Reference Page
A clearinghouse with links to various versions of Perl, documentation, training and tutorials, scripts and applications, and more.

Perl Language Page
A place to find the most current Perl news and download the latest version and related documentation.

Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
A distributed network of resources, including source code, scripts, and documentation. Be sure to check out the Roadmap to see what else CPAN offers. (There are many CPAN mirrors, and this link will redirect you to a local version.)

The Perl Institute
A nonprofit organization dedicated to popularizing and developing Perl. You'll find links to resources, news of events, and membership information.

Programming Republic of Perl
An emerging organization devoted to furthering the art of Perl programming. The site doesn't offer much, but consider joining if you program in Perl professionally.

Perl Authors Upload Server
A server for collecting the work of Perl authors. Registered authors get personal directories for uploading their work.

Rex Swain's HTMLified Perl 5 Reference Guide
An HTML version of the popular book, serving as a well-organized hypertext guide to Perl.

Perl Script Collections
WebScripts
Free Perl scripts with documentation and links to live examples.
The CGI Resource Index
Hundreds of ready-to-run scripts, links to freelance programmers, and other resources.
Matt's Perl CGI Scripts
Free Perl CGI scripts you can download, with documentation and links to live examples.
Newbie Perl Archive
Several Perl scripts to get you started.
The Ultimate Script List
A site where you can search for a script or add your own.

More Perl Links
InfoSeek: Perl Links
Yahoo! Perl Links
The Perl Web Ring
perlWWW

If you know of other useful Perl resources, let us know!