To gain the 13 credits I need to graduate I enrolled for a 3 credit "Advanced Perl Independent Study." The good thing about that is that I get to play with Perl. The bad news is since it's independent I need to figure out what I wanna do with Perl to push my knowledge of it.

So far I'm good at using the features of the language I need to get the job done. The "job" usually includes web programming, and data munging. Part of what I want to do is nail down a lot of the nuances of the language I haven't explored before. Things I plan on including so far:

Any other ideas?? I'd be interested in links to good columns/tutorials/papers etc. What have you found to be the best way of learning things that you haven't been required to get the job done???

vroom | Tim Vroom | vroom@cs.hope.edu

In reply to Ask Perlmonks: What should be included in an "Advanced Perl Independent Study"? by vroom

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