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Re: Pearl Beginner
by Saganaga (Sexton) on Feb 05, 2000 at 12:17 UTC
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First off...be sure to spell it right: "Perl", not "Pearl".
Ok, that's out of the way... :-)
I am relatively new to Perl myself. I started with "Learning Perl", then "Programming Perl", then "Perl Cookbook" (still working on this one), and also "Mastering Regular Expressions". I've got "Advanced Perl Programming" on deck. All of these are O'Reilly books; they've all been very very good.
If you get through all of those and understand everything, I think you'll be doing pretty well.
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Re: Pearl Beginner
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2000 at 04:59 UTC
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I concur with Saganaga. O'Reilly seems to have THE BEST books on the Perl language. I'm also a Perl initiate (only been coding Perl for a year). I’ve read the same books and in the same order (weird huh!?) as Saganaga and they've done me well. My next book will be O'Reilly's new Perl DBI book. Can't wait! | [reply] |
RE: Pearl Beginner
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2000 at 08:11 UTC
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The best thing I can recommend is the Perl CD Bookshelf from O'Reilly. It lists for $59.95 US, but is worth every penny. Comes with 6 books (nutshell, programming perl, cookbook, advanced perl progrmming, learning perl, learning perl on win32. The CD is searchable, and it provides quick answers to all of your questions. | [reply] |
Re: Pearl Beginner
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2000 at 20:02 UTC
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Are any of the above mentioned books in online format? If so, where? | [reply] |
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the book MacPerl:Power and Ease is online at http://ptf.com/macperl/ptf_book/r/MP/i2.html
early chapters start assuming zero knowledge, later cover the basics of Perl language and constructions--emphasis is on learning Perl and only much later the Mac specific stuff. I'm stillworking my way through it, but it is well written.
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Re: Pearl Beginner
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2000 at 22:42 UTC
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First of all: All of the O'Reilly books are excellent. I have the Perl Cookbook and the Pocket Reference, and make extensive use of both.
I actually started with _Learn Perl in 21 Days_. After about 10 days or so, I knew enough to not need the book any more. :) After that, the Cookbook is very useful.
Something else to point out is the documentation that comes with Perl. There are many, many manpages that come with Perl (type 'man perl' to get started). Additionally, you can use 'perldoc' ('perldoc perldoc' to get started there) as well for more documentation, especially about the various modules that Perl has. | [reply] |
RE: Pearl Beginner
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2000 at 11:40 UTC
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I have used MasteringPerl5 and found it very helpful. So is Perl From The Ground Up. | [reply] |
Re: Pearl Beginner
by jbert (Priest) on Feb 07, 2000 at 17:02 UTC
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Perl CD Bookshelf is great value (in UK as well as in US,
unusually enough).
The blue llama (Learning Perl) is a good intro. A colleague
of mine recommends then skimming the Panther book (Advanced
Perl Programming) before the Camel (Programming Perl). I
don't really care one way or the other.
One tip: get into using '-w' and 'use strict' before you
know why you should. Life will be much easier in the long
run. No really. Honestly. Always use '-w'. | [reply] |
Re: Pearl Beginner
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2000 at 06:39 UTC
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I started out with Learn Pelr in 21 Days from Sams Publishing at work a month ago. I read it in a couple day and it showed me just how powerful perl is ad what kind of things an be done with it very quickly. Since then I've written several scripts and I ust recently picked up O'Reilly's Perl CD Bookshelf which is probably all you'll ever need for a while. | [reply] |