Re: One-on-one Perl tutorial

Hi! From what I understand, you are trying to go to 1,000 mph from 0 mph. To start on this journey, a basic understanding of Perl is necessary. Perhaps, this book: Perl for Dummies might be a starting place? I haven't seen it, but some basics are necessary to get to the point where you can solve a problem even if you are a regex black belt.

To see where regex can go, the "classic" is Mastering Regex by Friedl. This is definitely not a beginner book! The reason that I mention it is that you will see what kind of problems can be solved with regex even if you only understand 10% of the book.

Sorry that we can't meet in person, I live in California and that is a bit of a trek to meet for coffee.

Update: There is apparently some issue with the "Dummies" book. I haven't seen it (and I did mention that fact above). Learning Perl does get a thumbs up from me. I do have Friedl's book.

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Re^2: One-on-one Perl tutorial by Your Mother (Archbishop) on May 04, 2016 at 17:14 UTC
Perl for Dummies is not to be recommended as I understand it. It was widely panned by the Perl community when it was published. Learning Perl or perhaps the Perl Black Book would be much better starting places.	[reply]
Re^3: One-on-one Perl tutorial by Marshall (Canon) on May 04, 2016 at 17:41 UTC
I've never seen the "Dummies book" or what it contains. It got a pretty high approval rating on Amazon. But that doesn't mean squat. I will see if I can find a hard copy of this critter before talking further about it. Learning Perl gets a definite thumbs up from me! I know for sure that is a "good one".	[reply]