What i'm wondering, is if any monks out there have any good resources for a php programmer looking to learn perl.
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Manuals that focused, or atleast mentioned the advantanges of perl would definately be a bonus, the programmer in question isn't incredibly eager to learn perl.
If he isn't eager to learn Perl, it is unlikely that any manual or book will increase his eagerness. I've found that a lot of people start using Perl somewhat hesitantly but grow increasingly fond of it the more they use it. If you want to drum up interest show him how incredibly powerful Perl can be at the command line or point him at Cool Uses For Perl.
-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";
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Hi BUU,
I would try this site:
http://perl.about.com/
They have a useful section called 'Essentials' that
has the following links:
- Perl/PHP Glossary
- About Perl Online Class
- How To Install A Perl Script
- PHP Command Reference
In addition to these, there are *many* other links for:
Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Perl and PHP, MySQL, etc.
They even have an online 10 day ( lesson ) perl class with a forum and moderator. She assigns 'homework' that you can finish at your own pace.
The best site ( IMHO ) is perlmonks since many monks here are familar with both languages and can provide rapid feedback.
Hope this helps,
-Katie.
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I did the transition aswell from PHP to Perl quite some time ago. I wasn't really eager to learn perl either, but it was a necessisty at the palce I worked back then.
My main problem at first was, that I didn't find the info i wanted (talk about wrong researching, or just trying to avoid to learn perl). What I missed the most was the documentation www.php.net offers.
Since I had to do all the stuff at work in perl, I got myself a copy of the camel book from o'reilly, and started from there. Plus I got some source code of internal made perl scripts, so that was helping me getting started aswell. Sooner or later I found out about www.perl.com, perlmonks, and some other sites I forgot about meanwhile and since then i'm hooked to perl and don't want to miss it.
here's a nice comparison of perl vs. php: Web Automation: PHP vs. Perl vs. PHP
Starting with perl can be very hard, specially if you aren't eager to learn it and would rather stick with PHP. But once you've gotten into perl, you don't want to miss it anymore.
.emanuel
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