Perl programming with MySQL and Drizzle

Perl is still, and always has been, the Swiss army knife of programming languages. It’s ubiquitous, portable and extremely simple to use. No matter what type of programmer, sysadmin or database administrator you are, it will be extremely beneficial for you to have some understanding of Perl. Perl and MySQL, and now Drizzle, are a natural fit and extremely easy to use to write database applications and tools. This session is for any type of developer—whether you love Perl or not. This session will cover:

• The standard database interface module for Perl, DBI
• How to write a simple database applications in Perl with both MySQL and Drizzle
• How to access memcached from Perl and use it to provide a caching layer for your database applications
• Discuss web development in Perl, introducing you a Perl MVC, Catalyst
• Review other useful Perl modules

The speaker will draw upon some of his insights he gained while recently authoring his first book “Developing Web Applications with Apache, MySQL, memcached, and Perl”. The goal of this session will be to leave the developer or database administrator with a new appreciation for Perl.