Book question

Johnny Utah has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks, I'm about to finish "Beginning Perl" by James Lee.

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Perl-Second-James-Lee/dp/159059391X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217873468&sr=8-3

Incredible book - I can't say enough good things about it. My questions is, what book should I read next to further my knowledge. I figured "Intermediate Perl" by Randal Schwartz

http://www.amazon.com/Intermediate-Perl-Randal-L-Schwartz/dp/0596102062/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217873468&sr=8-4

would be the next logical step. However, there doesn't seem to be any chapters on CGI or DBI...that seems weird. I thought the Perl Cookbook by Tom Christiansen

http://www.amazon.com/Perl-Cookbook-Second-Tom-Christiansen/dp/0596003137/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217873468&sr=8-5

would be more focused on examples rather than building on the fundamentals. But when i looked in the book, it seemed like it teaches you about a concept, then follows up with a real world example. This is really appealing to me. Any advice?

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Re: Book question by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Aug 04, 2008 at 21:58 UTC
For general advice on how to use Perl effectively as a language, as opposed to how to perform specific tasks (e.g. how to do CGI), I recommend Perl Best Practices and Effective Perl Programming as excellent second books on Perl. See also: So what is your Perl book "Trilogy" anyway? Book question Perl books Is Programming Perl still relevant as a reference book? Which Book (Perl) Programming Books like the Camel Book Best Perl Books of All Time good perl book Perl books I'd like to have. Best Perl Practices reviews? books.perl.org	[reply]
Re: Book question by FunkyMonk (Chancellor) on Aug 04, 2008 at 20:32 UTC
There's also the Monastary's own Book Reviews. Personally, found the first edition of the Cookbook to be an excellent book, both to read cover to cover, and as a reference when I wanted to know how to do something more specific. Having said that, I find the first edition is out of date now (eek! I just checked. It's ten years old) and I haven't seen the second edition at all.	[reply]
Re: Book question by Cristoforo (Curate) on Aug 04, 2008 at 19:53 UTC
Here is a place of reviews you may want to check. http://learn.perl.org/	[reply]
Re^2: Book question by Johnny Utah (Novice) on Aug 04, 2008 at 20:49 UTC
Thanks Cristoforo. The link you gave me has a little information on the Perl Cookbook, but nothing on the Intermediate Perl book. Use Kubuntu/KDE/Debian? http://kubuntuway.net	[reply]
Re: Book question by tubaandy (Deacon) on Aug 04, 2008 at 20:49 UTC
I've used Perl Cookbook second ed. as just that, I need a recipe and it helps. I have read recipes around the one I needed, which helped me learn other information. I do like it, it's worth the money. On another note, I took 2 Perl classes, both of which were taught by James Lee. Great guy, and an excellent teacher. tubaandy	[reply]
Re^2: Book question by Johnny Utah (Novice) on Aug 04, 2008 at 20:52 UTC
Great. Thanks for the info guys. I think I'll grab the second edition of the cookbook and read it first. Use Kubuntu/KDE/Debian? http://kubuntuway.net	[reply]
Re: Book question by chrism01 (Friar) on Aug 05, 2008 at 07:39 UTC
Another vote for the CookBook, plus if you haven't already, bookmark the docs: http://perldoc.perl.org/. Plenty of tutorials and examples, as well as the complete Perl lang.	[reply]

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