Perl is an excellent programming language that is widely used for creating CGI scripts and also various web-based apps. Among its main advantages is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of code which are used to execute a variety of tasks and to extend the efficiency of a given script without slowing it with unnecessary lines of program code. In other words, when five tasks should be executed, you can employ five lines of program code in order to call each of the modules instead of including a large number of lines used to set up 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 implemented it in their web products or on their resource-demanding websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It is commonly used along with other languages for instance PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Website Hosting
As Perl is installed on our cloud hosting platform, you are able to execute Perl/CGI scripts with any of our cloud website hosting plans without difficulty. You can also do this automatically through a cron job if your plan has this feature. If not, you will be able to add cron jobs through the Upgrades section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are offered on our servers and you will be able to use any of them with your scripts. A complete list can be found inside the Control Panel and if you'd like to use any module, you simply have to include the path to our module library in your script. In case third-party scripts which you would like to include in your website demand a particular module, for example, you don't have to worry whether they will run effectively or not. This way, you are able to create a dynamic Internet site and offer countless attributes to your targeted visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
All semi-dedicated servers that we offer can run CGI scripts or all other applications developed in Perl and since cron jobs are featured in all of our plans, you're able to pick if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. Also, you can benefit from a huge library of more than 3000 modules that are already set up on our servers and use their features in order to save your time when you create your scripts. Provided you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it needs some module in order to work efficiently, we will have it because our library contains both popular modules and less popular ones. You can view the path to the modules which you have to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel.