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List:       perl-beginners
Subject:    Re: practical perl guides.
From:       Chris Nehren <c.nehren/beginners () shadowcat ! co ! uk>
Date:       2011-05-31 9:51:08
Message-ID: 20110531095108.GE14406 () isuckatdomains
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On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 13:10:05 +1000 , Sayth Renshaw wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Wanted to ask a question about practical beginners guides for perl. I
> have found a read the baisc beginners guides here
> http://www.perl.com/pub/2008/05/07/beginners-introduction-to-perl-510-part-2.html.
> 
> Was hoping to expand on this with some practical and hands on guides to perl.
> 
> personally I struggle to learn from the this is a language feature format like.
> 
> This is feature X
>      - this is an impractical example of using feature X.
> 
> This is feature Y
>      - this is an impractical example of using feature Y.
> 
> I am looking for a practical guide something that says here is a
> example tasks you'll want to achieve this is how its put together and
> here a some ways to alter it change it etc using these language
> features... there you go son have a crack. Really if a language
> feature confuses me I can more than likely find a library reference to
> refer to for that.

Would descriptions with exercises help? If so, then _Learning Perl_
should do well. There are a couple of nits (it suggests calling subs
with & which is unwise) but otherwise it's a fine text on which most of
the experts here cut their teeth. _Beginning Perl_ is another suitable
text (the first edition is available free online at http://p3rl.org/bp
).

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Chris Nehren           | Coder, Sysadmin, Masochist
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