Thank you for putting this together. I like the way this starts out with "Preparations" and the whole idea behind "How to Succeed With Your Homework". I think I would have liked to see you follow through in that direction instead of mixing in notes on regular expressions and something a little more advanced like references.

When I began reading I was expecting your tutorial to be organized something along the lines of :

"How to Succeed With Your Perl Homework"

1. Tools
   Discussing the text editors and version control software.
2. Resources
   PerlIntro was a nice suggestion as well as studying modules. A few more examples like books and links to good beginner tutorials on perlmonks.org would be a good addition.
3. Prepare Your Work Area
   Creating the outline and what to include at the top of the file.
4. While Your Writing Code
   I think the "One Step At A Time", "Keep It Simple" and "Don't Repeat Yourself" would be better here.

*Then, I think if you really want to include them, place the notes on regular expressions and references in a separate "Miscellaneous" category. It's not that they aren't good tips. I just prefer the simplicity of 1. Get the right tools, 2. Gather good resources, 3. Prepare your work area, 4. While you're cooking

Overall I love the tutorial and the thought you put into it. I think this is going to be really valuable for people like me and especially those who are in their first month of learning Perl. I do think with some of these changes it can give it more clarity in direction and make it stronger.

Thanks again. Nice work!