Generally the docs that come with a specific module are the best place to get info about the module. A couple of the most useful modules (CGI and DBI) have books dedicated to them.

Perhaps you're looking for help at a higher level tho'? Documentation about which modules are available and what they are for. It's sometimes difficult to answer questions like "Which modules would be useful for this project?" Often the best solution to this is to go to search.cpan.org and just search for likely looking names.

A few years ago, O'Reilly released the Perl Resource Kit which was a number of new Perl books together with a CD containing a snapshot of CPAN (among other things). This included a 2 volume printed copy of various CPAN modules' documentation. Another, far more useful, book in the set was called "Programming With Perl Modules" and it was an introduction to which modules could be used for various tasks. The PRK itself didn't sell particularly well, but I've often thought that the "Programming With Perl modules" book would sell well if sold separately.

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In reply to Re: Many many modules by davorg
in thread Many many modules by prodevel

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