Over 3400 Perl Modules

Discover how the Perl programming language may be transformed and upgraded by using Perl modules.

Perl is a well-liked scripting language that's which is used to create different web-oriented apps, such as CGI scripts. One of the characteristics that distinguish it from alternative languages is the usage of modules - batches of Perl code that do predefined jobs and they are widely accepted. Basically, instead of generating custom code to make something or pasting tens and hundreds of lines of program code in the script, you are able to "call" some module that already exists for this particular task and use only several lines of code. Due to this fact, your script will be executed much more rapidly because it'll be smaller. Using modules will also make a script easier to change since you will need to search through a smaller amount of program code. In case you wish to use Perl on your website, you need to make sure that the mandatory modules are present on the server.

: Over 3400 Perl Modules in Website Hosting

All our Linux website hosting feature over 3400 Perl modules which you can employ as a part of your CGI scripts or web-based applications. They include both widespread and less popular ones, so as to offer you different options regarding what capabilities you will be able to add to your websites. Some examples are Apache::SOAP, CGI::Session, GD, Image::Magick, URI, LWP and many, many more. A full list can be found in the Server Information area of our in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which comes with all of the shared accounts. In the same location, you'll find the Perl version that we have as well as the path to the modules that you'll have to use in your scripts in order to call a certain module from the library.