This book uses a unique picturebook format to teach programmers the essentials of PERL 5. On the lefthand page, readers find a text description of the operation being performed; on the right-hand page, they see a snapshot of the code for that operation. The perfect PERL 5 book for programmers who say "Show me the code and help me figure out the rest." Provides recipes and samples of Perl scripts to handle the most commonly needed Web add-ons.