Perl is an effective programming language that's regularly used for creating CGI scripts and a variety of web-based apps. Among its key pros is the fact that it works with modules - ready-made batches of program code which are designed to execute a variety of tasks and to enhance the efficiency of a given script without slowing it with unnecessary lines of program code. To put it simply, if five tasks need to be executed, you can use five lines of program code in order to call each one of the modules instead of including a large number of lines used to create the actual modules in your script. Perl is really practical and it can be used for many different purposes, that's why a lot of companies have included it in their web products or on their high-traffic sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It's commonly used in addition to other programming languages like PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting
Provided you get a Linux cloud web hosting from our company, you'll be able to run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have plenty of modules installed on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are created. With each and every package, you'll have access to more than 3000 modules that you can employ in your scripts and you'll find a full list inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel together with the path which you should use to be able to access them. Should you use any script that you have downloaded from some third-party website, you can be sure that it will work perfectly whatever the modules it requires for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. If your website hosting package doesn't include cron jobs, you will be able to include this attribute with a few clicks inside the Upgrades section of the Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You're able to work with every Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all of the semi-dedicated hosting that we offer as Perl is supported on all of our servers. You can make any .pl file executable by setting the proper UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any kind of FTP client and in accordance with the actual script, it can be run manually as a result of some action your client performs on your website, or automatically through a cron job that you can set up inside your account. In case you want to employ a script which you've found online and it needs particular modules to to be available on the server, you're able to reap the benefits of our rich library which includes more than 3000 modules. This way, you can rest assured that every Perl application that you generate or find online will perform flawlessly on our end.