PerlTutor is an interactive, quick-start tutorial for the Perl programming language.

PerlTutor assumes no prior knowledge of Perl, and is designed to getting you quickly up and running with developing Perl code.

PerlTutor is not a complete, exhaustive tutorial by any means, but there is enough material here to give the beginner a basic understanding of the language, with links to many other sites, text books, etc, which cover advanced features in more detail.

The key feature of is PerlTutor is interaction - there are a number of basic Perl tutorials available which provide static text only, but PerlTutor has a different approach - when following this tutorial you will frequently be quizzed on your understanding of the material presented. As you work through the course, you will become familiar with the 'Check Point' symbol - a red traffic light which means 'Don't pass this point until you can answer these questions.' A checkpoint will contain one or more questions, which can be any of the following types:

• fill-in-the-blank
• complete-the-code-fragment
• multiple choice
• true/false

• The first time a new concept or keyword appears, it is always highlighted in red.
• Example Perl code is always displayed in blue: print "Hello World\n";
• Example output from a Perl program is shown in bold orange, like this: Hello, World!

You can navigate through the site using the drop-down menu at the top of the screen, or via the next page» & «previous page links at the bottom of the screen.

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