Press Release
May 11, 1998
LEARN PERL ONLINE WITH O'REILLY'S AND DES'S WEB-BASED COURSES
SEBASTOPOL, CA--O'Reilly & Associates and Digital Education Systems
(DES) have released "Learning Perl and CGI," the first course in their
Web-based "Web Application Development Curriculum." The course is
available to individuals who want to learn the popular Perl scripting
language on their own, as well as to educators and trainers who wish to
use "Learning Perl and CGI" as a component of classroom or distance
learning courses. A full course description and registration
information are at
training.oreilly.com.
"Learning Perl and CGI" is available to individuals at an introductory
price of $149. To register for the course, go to
training.oreilly.com
or phone Michelle Koff of O'Reilly at 800/998-9938 (707/829-0515) or
email training@oreilly.com.
Educators and trainers can get more
information on licensing "Learning Perl and CGI" and other O'Reilly/DES
training courses by contacting Mike Willis (303-473-0807) or Joe
Sinsheimer (303-573-1284).
"Learning Perl and CGI" was developed by O'Reilly and DES in
cooperation with Dr. James C. Brancheau, Associate Professor of
Information Systems at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and
DigitalCreators, a pioneering online education development firm also
based in Boulder. "Learning Perl and CGI" develops basic competency in
the Perl programming language. The course focuses on using Perl to
develop web-based Internet and intranet applications. Topics of study
include Perl for Unix, Perl for Win32, CGI standards, HTML forms,
scalar and array variables, control structures, file I/O, regular
expressions, user-defined functions, formatted I/O, and running systems
processes.
"Learning Perl and CGI" is the first in a series of ten DES/O'Reilly
courses in the "Web Application Development Curriculum." All courses
feature the following interactive technologies:
- Online Labs--Students are asked to answer programming or conceptual
questions periodically throughout the course, through server-based CGI
technology. They get immediate feedback on whether their answers are
correct or not, which promotes faster learning.
- Virtual Notebook--Students use the online Notebook feature to keep
their class notes on the server. At the end of the course they download
their notebook for future reference.
- Audio Teaching--Interspersed throughout the course are RealAudio
clips of the professor describing what the student is about to learn.
- Assessments--There are 16 learning units in "Learning Perl and CGI,"
each of which closes with an assessment. Individual students take the
assessment and the answers are available on the server. Teachers and
trainers can tailor the assessments to fit their virtual classroom
needs and have students provide answers to the questions via email.
O'Reilly's "Learning Perl"
(ISBN: 1-56592-284-0, 302 pages, $29.95 US)
is the course's core textbook. "Programming Perl" (ISBN: 1-56592-149-6, 670 pages, $39.95 US) and
"CGI Programming on the World Wide Web" (ISBN: 1-56592-168-2, 450 pages, $32.95 US) are the supplemental
texts. The course is served onto the Web by XOR, a leading Internet
Service Provider offering three non-redundant T-3s with two T-1
backups. The course is designed to flow seamlessly over a 28.8 modem.
O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES
O'Reilly & Associates is recognized worldwide for its definitive books
on open source software, the Internet, programming, Windows NT and
UNIX. From their pioneering bestseller The Whole Internet User's Guide
& Catalog (the book that introduced the Internet to the public) to GNN
(the first Internet portal and commercial website) to WebSite (the
first web server software for desktop PCs), O'Reilly has been at the
forefront of Internet development. Building on its expertise, O'Reilly
has also produced award-wining Internet software and innovative
web-based courses. The company's active support of open source software
(a.k.a. free software) extends beyond its publishing program. O'Reilly
has taken the lead in promoting and legitimizing open source software
by hosting the April, 1998 Open Source Summit and producing an annual
Perl Conference.
DIGITAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS
Digital Education Systems (DES) is a leading developer of web-based
courseware for the information training market. The company's product
offerings include full curricula in Web Applications Development,
Computer Networking and Telecommunications. Based in Boulder, Colorado,
DES is developing strategic partnerships with a variety of publishers,
higher education institutions and other training organizations to
ensure high-quality core content for its web-based courses. Digital
Education Systems products offer state-of-the-art interactivity and can
be offered over corporate intranets or directly from the Internet.
About O'Reilly
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