1. introduction
2. quick start guide
3. general syntax
4. statements and blocks
5. conditional statements
6. loops
7. special variables
8. operators
9. regular expressions
10. subroutines
11. reference and data structures
12. file IO
13. building functions
14. mudoles
15. documention with POD
16. new features in perl 5.10
17. explaring web development
18. conclusion