CGI Programming with Perl might be the only O'Reilly Perl book I wouldn't recommend; it's out of date and I hate style cops as much as anyone but... well. There is a wealth of tutorials and documents and other books; though I can't endorse any. Still, you might be able to find out if you'd like the current edition of the book on your shelf by browsing the graciously provided first edition here.

The second edition looks better but all in all I believe this mindset/style is why PHP caught fire. Better to learn plain old perl (as davido suggests), some JavaScript, XHTML, and CSS, and then head for a book on Template or Mason, or whatever your poison, instead.

In reply to Re^4: Tabbed html interfaces using perl?? by Your Mother
in thread Tabbed html interfaces using perl?? by fadingjava

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