Re: Does anyone need a newbie to help testing or documenting or even writing code?

Hey Sine,

Just because your workplace doesn't currently use Perl, doesn't mean Perl itself isn't of importance, because plenty do.
You should of course install Perl yourself on your home machine(s) and learn it for yourself.
Once you build up a decent knowledge base of Perl, you will begin to see processes at work that
you can automate using Perl, bringing efficiency to the workplace. Not only that, you may even get creative and begin to see other non-work related applications that you can create yourself because Perl is extremely flexible from design to implementation.

I highly recommend Perl as it stimulates the mind, the syntax is not uncommon, and you learn more about different environments due to its wide application possibilities.

Oh yeah, Perlmonks.org is a great learning environment as well.

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Re^2: Does anyone need a newbie to help testing or documenting or even writing code? by oblate kramrdc (Acolyte) on Feb 21, 2007 at 18:42 UTC
I agree with kabeldag! I'm still learning PERL and I'm loving it! I am new at our company and they are not using PERL but most of the solutions to our projects could easily be done in PERL. So, my coworkers wants to learn PERL! LOL	[reply]
Re^2: Does anyone need a newbie to help testing or documenting or even writing code? by sine (Sexton) on Feb 22, 2007 at 00:59 UTC
Thanks for your advice kabeldag, I have started installing Perl already on ly local machine and will definitely keep on trying on using it. :-) And yes you're right, perlmonnks is a great place to learn. Cheers Sine	[reply]