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Re: How To Learn Perl From Scratch

by cjf (Parson)
on Apr 02, 2002 at 10:03 UTC ( [id://155966]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to How To Learn Perl From Scratch

For someone who already has extensive programming experience I recommend picking up a copy of Programming Perl, reading it cover to cover (pay special attention to the Security chapter) writing out examples of concepts along the way. After that write a couple small practice projects and then he should be ready to get started.

Depending on how fast a reader he is, this may take a couple weeks, but it's important not to rush it too much or he could end up with some very poor quality (and dangerous) code.

Update: other nodes that may be of use:

Another Update: As for sites to look at Ovid's CGI Course is good. I usually make a point of telling people not to go looking for other online tutorials because most of them encourage such bad practices.

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Re: Re: How To Learn Perl From Scratch
by badblk (Monk) on Apr 02, 2002 at 13:40 UTC
    Not wanting to rehash anything already written, another good book is "Perl Black Book" ISBN# 1-57610-465-6. It is a good book but kind of duplicates info out of the Programming Perl book by OReilly but explains some stuff better.

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