Common Uses for Perl

Perl can be used and was utilized for a variety of uses. This section will cover some of the more common uses and explain how to get started with using Perl for them.

Bio-Informatics

Databases

E-mail Handling with Perl

Games and Multimedia

GUI (Graphical User Interface) Development

Multi-tasking and Networking

Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing

Telnet/SSH (Remote login and command execution)

System Administration

Text Generation

Text Parsing

Web Automation

Web and CGI Programming

XML Manipulation