Using the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition, I moved myself from level 1 to level 3 because of three main things.

These are the triumvirate for me. Perldoc is the ultimate language reference. PBP is the ultimate style guide for when you are overwhelmed by TMTOWTDI. And Perl Monks is for everything else.

Note Well: I prefer to teach myself by running example code snippets and then reading specific reference material for more detail. I usually do not have the patience for tutorials with lots of exposition (for example, the Camel book and Learning Perl). If this is also your learning style, then I am hard pressed to think of anything more you would need to get a good grasp of base Perl.

In reply to Re^3: Help with updating a Perl Resources sticky thread at a web developer forum? by jffry
in thread Help with updating a Perl Resources sticky thread at a web developer forum? by StommePoes

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