Re: Help from the very start.

You'd think being a recent computer science graduate would leave me a little more clued up!

No, I'd think it would leave you knowing how to do nothing but write Java programs on Windows. *rimshot*

Snarkiness about the state of CS education aside, it's hard to go wrong with The Llama (Learning Perl) for getting started. Conway's OO Perl book is an excellent resource for getting a good solid grip on that side of things once you're ready. There's actually a book titled Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics, but I haven't read it (and I don't work in the field), so all I can say about it is that you might want to find a copy and scope it out.

Once you get going, the contents of perldoc (especially perldoc -f) will likely become your primary reference source.

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Re^2: Help from the very start. by Ctrl-z (Friar) on Jun 15, 2005 at 09:05 UTC
Writing java programs? Schpiel and UML diagrams will often afford a pass. A recent Datastructures & Algorithms assignment seriously suggested it was ok to download an AVL Tree implementation because using other peoples code can be as difficult as implementing it yourself. I am accruing significant debt for a BEng in javadoc rimshot time was, I could move my arms like a bird and...	[reply]
Re^2: Help from the very start. by samizdat (Vicar) on Jun 15, 2005 at 13:17 UTC
No, I'd think it would leave you knowing how to do nothing but write Java programs on Windows. rimshot SLAM-DUNK!!! {sound of backboard shattering}	[reply]