Free Perl Tutorials
Abridged Perl/Tk Tutorial
A tutorial that teaches how to develop and code GUI(Graphical User Interface) programs using the Tk module in perl.
Perl Tutorial
This site has a perl tutorial that includes the basics of the perl language and using chmod as well as information about matching expressions and working with files.
Perl 101
8-part free Perl tutorial at Developer Shed that covers basics, variables, loops, arrays, files, subroutines and built-in functions. The tutorial wraps up with samples of a guestbook, counter, and form mailer
The Perl You Need to Know
Web Developers Virtual Library site that covers getting Perl, running Perl, variables, operators, arrays, conditionals and loops, hashes and functions.
Perl Tutorial: Start
A University of Leeds Perl tutorial that can be downloaded in text format from their ftp server. Covers all the basics: variables, arrays, filehandling, loops, conditionals, string matching, associative arrays and subroutines. Includes exercises.
introduction to Perl 5 for web developers
This site features a comprehensive Perl 5 tutorial including references, variable localization, introduction to object oriented design and procedural programming, defining classes in Perl, instantiating objects, using methods and using modules.
Beginner's Guide to CGI Scripting with Perl
This page is designed to help novice programmers learn the Perl programming language. Features Hello World example from the command line and as a CGI script, running a form-to email gateway and running a guestbook. Can be downloaded in PC or Unix zip/tar files.
Beginner's Introduction to Perl
A one-page intro to Perl that covers variables and loops and includes a small example of a compound interest script.
How to Write a Chat Server
Learn to write a one-room chat server in Perl with this 7-part series at Webmonkey with information on creating sockets and broadcasting.
Beginner's Tutorial for CGI Perl Language
A Beginner's Tutorial for CGI Perl Language Teaches how to develop and code CGI(Commen Gateway Interface) perl programs for websites.
PERL -- Practical Extraction and Report Language
Part documentation and part introduction this is for Perl 4.