Course Description

Language of Instruction:English|Category: Programming Languages: IT & Computers

 

This is an ideal course for the students that desire to learn how to create powerful Perl scripts on UNIX, OS X, and/or Windows systems

 

This will be a beginner’s level course of Perl programming language which will be taught by a Tech. industry insider with over 30 years of experience. It meets twice per week over ten weeks period.

 

The course is designed to help students develop and/or sharpen their programming skills and become more competitive in a global job market.

 

Perl is used by systems programmers on all standard computer platforms including UNIX, OS X, and Windows

 

After taking up the course the students will be able to learn how to:

 

• Write Perl scripts
• Document Perl scripts
• Debug Perl scripts

 

The key advantages of this course are:

 

• Best faculty! Dr. Mark Winegar has over 30 years of computer industry experience and is a tenured professor of computer science. He has served major manufacturers as a lead software engineer and has been creating web sites for well over a decade.
• Personal instruction! This course includes 30 LIVE interactive sessions with Dr. Winegar.
• Accessibility! This course is recorded so it is available for your viewing 24*7. All you need is Internet access so you can learn on the go!
• Podcasts and Audio Lessons! The course includes podcasts demonstrating key techniques presented in the live course.
• Industry standard curriculum! Solid instruction based on W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) curriculum augmented by decades of practical programming experience.

 

Course outline:

 

The following topics will be covered in this course:

 

1. What is Perl?

i. How do I get it?
ii. How do I make a Perl program?
iii. Compilers & Interpreters
iv. What is a script?

2. Scalar data

3. The Structured Theorem & Pseudocode

i. sequence
ii. selection
iii. iteration

4. Internal documentation

5. Lists & Arrays

6. Subroutines

7. Input & Output

8. Hashes

 

What’s in the box:

 

• 10 weeks course | 30 LIVE online classes
• Class Timings : Weekdays (anytime between 8 AM and 5:00 PM) or Weekdays evenings (between 7PM and 10PM) Chicago time
• Small batches : 08-10 Students/ Batch
• Podcasts and Audio Lessons!
• Programming assignments and guidance on possible improvements
• Content/ tutorials/recorded classes shared with the students
• Book suggestions as references

 

About the teacher:

 

Dr. Mark Winegar has over 30 years of computer industry experience. He served major manufacturers as a lead software engineer and has been creating web sites for over a decade. He is a tenured professor of computer science who has worked with Gateway 2000, Zenith Data Systems, Tandy Corporation, Packard-Bell, University of South Dakota, Mount Marty College, Lake Michigan College, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, as well as Crosslin-Winegar & Associates.