Perl Training Australia - Programming in Perl 6

Trainer:	Damian Conway
Length:	2 days
Target Audience:	Beginner to intermediate Perl programmers of all backgrounds and interests.

This tutorial will preview the new features of Perl 6, and explain some of the powerful idioms those features make possible.

You will learn:

What syntax is changing in Perl 6, and what isn't;
The many uses of Perl 6 properties;
The new type and parameter systems;
How Perl 6 OO works;
How to simplify array processing with hyperoperators and superpositions;
How symbol tables work in Perl 6 (they're no longer scary);
How to use higher-order functions and other functional programming techniques;
How to benefit from Perl 6's smarter data structures, control statements, and I/O facilities;