To start, the Perl books node is probably the place to get a very detailed answer.

My own opinion: the canonical answer is probably Programming Perl (the camel book). Edition 3 came out not too long ago, and I myself am reading through it now.

Besides being one of the best (probably the best) reference books on Perl, Programming Perl is incredibly well-written, with useful examples and a fair amount of humor liberally scattered about. I learned much more of the Perl philosophy from Programming Perl than I did from Learning Perl (although both books are excellent, I believe the first few chapters of the former are literary jewels).

Congratulations on your learning, and welcome to the Perl community.

p.s. The best thing you can do for yourself is to write a fair amount of code as you go along. Perl seems to be a much more "hands-on" language than most, at least for me. Of course, only you know how you best learn.

In reply to Re: New Perl learner, what book next? by Falkkin
in thread New Perl learner, what book next? by 98yz

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