I thought Perlmonks was already the Perl homework server!

If ftp won't cut it, perhaps you should consider a web based system. You can use either a CGI or a mod_perl solution (HTML::Mason is a favorite tool of mine). Then you don't have to write a client (any browser will do) and you don't have to write a complete server (Apache doesn't cost much). You'll still need to put together application logic and build an interface, but you'd've had to do that anyway.

If you really need to use a PERL client, then write one using LWP ;)


TGI says moo

In reply to Re: Writing a perl based 'Homework' Server. by TGI
in thread Writing a perl based 'Homework' Server. by DigitalKitty

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