Primary-Level Perl Coding Prerequisites - What You Need!
Before you begin coding in Perl as a beginner or primary student, it's important to understand how Notepad++.
This beginner Perl tutorial will guide you through setting up your development environment.
Install Perl from its official website.
Also install CPAN for easy acquisition of modules.
Get an editor like Notepad++ or Padre, the Perl IDE.
Note: We recommend Notepad++ as a Perl editor for its auto-completion for
braces and quotes.
(To turn its auto-completion on, click on
Settings >> Preferences >> Auto-Completion.)
Running Perl Codes for Primary Students
For the beginners or primary students, to run perl codes is straight-forward:
Open a command shell (or the perl command shell) and type perl filename.pl.
You can also run perl codes directly from the Padre editor.
Notice: Our Perl colour coding follows that of Notepad++.
Introductory Perl Tutorial for Primary Students
For a beginner-friendly Perl tutorial for kids and primary students, summarised to only the key facts to help young learners
comprehend the Perl language and get started with utilising Perl for coding, check our
A beginner's Tutorial and Guide to the Perl Programming Language
from the Primary Category.
Notepad++
Padre, the Perl IDE