Thanks davorg and everybody else's comments. They have been really helpfull with some great node links.

I actually just bought Elements of Programming with Perl and I am just waiting for it to arrive. In the meantime, I have been doing the exercises at the end of each chapter in Learning Perl, but I wish Schwartz & Christiansen wouldn't use the term "similar to how it is in C" to explain some of the commands.

I still feel that this site is the best resource because it is like having your own personal mentor of Perl guru's at your fingertips, except they make you work for the answer : ) which is the best way to learn in the long run.

Thanks Again,
Dru

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Best Approach to Learn Perl for a Non Programmer by dru145
in thread Best Approach to Learn Perl for a Non Programmer by dru145

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.