Perl is a very popular web-oriented programming language, that is employed to generate CGI scripts as well as a variety of applications. It's really useful owing to the fact that you don't have to write the same code again and again to get some task executed more than once, but you'll be able to work with modules. These are pre-defined subroutines or groups of functions that can be called and executed in a script. That is to say, you're able to include only a reference to a particular module in your program code rather than using the entire module code time and time again. In this way, your script will be shorter, thus it will be executed a lot faster, not mentioning that it'll be easier to maintain and / or modify. If you want to employ a third-party ready-made Perl script rather than creating your own, it'll probably need specific modules to be present on the website hosting server.
Over 3400 Perl Modules in Cloud Hosting
All of our cloud plans come with over 3400 Perl modules which you are able to use as part of your CGI scripts or web-based applications. They include both widely used and less popular ones, to supply you with 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 others. The whole list accessible in the Server Information area of our in-house made Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, that is featured with all the shared accounts. In the same place, you can find the Perl version that we have along with the path to the modules that you'll need to use within your scripts in order to call a given module from the library.