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Re: Best Approach to Learn Perl for a Non Programmer

by princepawn (Parson)
on Aug 11, 2001 at 08:04 UTC ( [id://104116]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Best Approach to Learn Perl for a Non Programmer

I have attempted to learn Perl about three times before and then giving up telling myself it is because I don't have any programming experience. Well this time I am determined to learn it because I know it will make my job much easier
well what exactly is your job and how do you feel that Perl will make it easier? if you are a non-programmer, there are many things between full-fledged programming and non-programmatic point-and-click.

Are you certain that you dont need something less than full-fledged programming (ie, spreadsheet, database, expert system)? Are you certain that what needs to be done needs to be done by you? I often try to take matters into my own hands when it would be better to delegate the task to someone with much more experience.

Also, note well, you might just want to take a look at CPAN, a Perl archive of useful software. What you want done may well likely already exist there. And also read articles on Perl.com and XML.com to see solutions to common problems.

Not to scare you away, but again, what is the role that you feel Perl will fill in your occupational endeavors?

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Re: Re: Best Approach to Learn Perl for a Non Programmer
by ralphie (Friar) on Aug 11, 2001 at 22:45 UTC
    i think there's a danger in categorizing "full-fledged programming" as opposed to smaller tasks. large applications are comprised of a well-conceived integration of smaller modules. if one learns to write smaller modules one is programming, period. there are additional skills involved with integrating components into larger projects, but these architectural issues are themselves meta-programming issues that evolve and change. this is an interative process for anyone who participates in it. someone who writes a complex app may be a master programmer, but someone who maintains an overall system involving disparate apps through the use of glue scripts can be just as much a master programmer.

    although i recognize this is an over-simimplification, a dominant model for large-scale software development involves smaller teams writing components that are incorporated into larger-scale constructs. as a person learns to write components, they are learning to program.

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