Hear, hear! AcidHawk
Although having read your post and had some time to digest its content and the replies there are a few things that I would like to add as my personal
"Things learned from Perl Monks" being another young-timer here :) (Can I use that? People use old-timer after all...)
First off I agree wholeheartedly with the posts that mention
use strict and
-w or
use warnings. I also agree with
charnos where
tutorials are mentioned. Just to try and get my own personal experience across, search for an answer, look in
tutorials, find a great
tutorial in
tutorials and use the
tutorial to further your knowledge!!
"Wonders if he got his point across sufficiently there..."
Oh and if you can't find something of relevance in
tutorials take the time to go and look in the
library too! The material there is priceless!
To re-iterate... my lessons learned here would be;
- use strict; and use warnings or -w
- Look in the tutorials section because it's great!
- Look in the library section becuase it's great!
- Participate in the incredible community that has grown up here - make the most of it to both help with your problems and to help others where you can.
Just my $0.02,
Neil
Update: My other lesson which I forgot to include would be:
Listen to and take heed of any good advice given to you, there are a lot of very experienced posters whose tone may not always seem friendly (especially if you offer a hopeless solution ;)) but who are here to try and help!