A Perl script catalogs books and CDs with the help of barcodes
Conclusion
All of the modules used here are available from CPAN and can be installed with a CPAN shell. The article database created by the script can be used in various ways: as a buying aid ("Do I own this book already?"), as a CD archive, or – if you include location details (as in, "Room 1, Shelf 4, Compartment 3") – as an online catalog for absent-minded librarians.
Infos
- Listings for this article: http://www.linux-magazine.com/resources/article_code
- Dealextreme: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12559
- Amazon Web Services: http://amazon.com/soap
The Author
Michael Schilli works as a software engineer with Yahoo! in Sunnyvale, California. He is the author of Goto Perl 5 (German) and Perl Power (English), both published by Addison-Wesley, and he can be contacted at mailto:mschilli@perlmeister.com. Michael's homepage is at http://perlmeister.com.
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