changalrai has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Please suggest me where can i start, i know some programming background. thanks Changalrai.

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Re: I am new to Perl
by toolic (Bishop) on Jul 31, 2010 at 01:53 UTC
Re: I am new to Perl
by ivo_ac (Acolyte) on Jul 31, 2010 at 05:16 UTC

    Hi,

    Definitely buy the book "Learning Perl". Its real fun to read and lets you program Perl in no time.

    If you are still looking for a good IDE, use Padre (http://padre.perlide.org/), it has extensive code checking and so much more ...(its also free of course).....

Re: I am new to Perl
by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 31, 2010 at 07:53 UTC
Re: I am new to Perl
by nvivek (Vicar) on Jul 31, 2010 at 04:08 UTC
Re: I am new to Perl
by morgon (Priest) on Aug 01, 2010 at 01:55 UTC
    If you already have a programming background I still recommend the second edition of "Programming Perl" by Larry Wall.

    It is out of print now (the 3rd edition unfortunately has become a monster) but you can surely find it in a library (or somewhere in the darker corners of the internet).

    For me it is the best book on a programming language I have ever read (but of course that is a matter of taste).

    After that a must-read is the "Perl Cookbook".

Re: I am new to Perl
by codeacrobat (Chaplain) on Jul 31, 2010 at 19:32 UTC
    Have a look at Perl5 Wiki

    print+qq(\L@{[ref\&@]}@{['@'x7^'!#2/"!4']});