Perl sites... where do you get programming info?

[Todd McDaniel_1]

I know this isnt a question... but I am currently working on Perl programming.

I found a great resource page on http://www.perl.org site....

They have some online book resources with FULL TEXT in some cases... http://learn.perl.org/library/


Post your favorite Perl resource for a few points...

The book I am currently using is "Perl Core Language" ISBN 1-57610-426-5

There is a 2nd ed just came out this year.

[Naveej.K.A]

hi,

the PERL COOKBOOK from O'reilly

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlckbk2/index.html

and u can read it using the safaari.

regds
Naveej

[Mel Burslan]

Even though I can not program in perl efficiently, whenevr I need to whip up a couple of lines of code, this is the site I go to (when I am too lazy to browse the Camel Book sitting on my shelf)

http://www.perldoc.com/

[John Kittel]

Perl Cookbook always gets me through.

I also have Perl for System Administration, o'Reilly, but I haven't found it to be nearly as useful as the Cookbook.

Of course I need the Camel book, since I'm still trying to advance my minimal perl abilities.

- John

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Go here: http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/#Perl
To click on the links in this text:

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For those that are not (yet) comfortable with Perl, Wendy van Dijk has put up a nice article on use.perl.org titled "Where and how to start learning Perl".
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Enjoy, Have FUN! H.merijn [ perl fanatic ]

[R. Sri Ram Kishore_1]

Hi,

I like this one:
http://www.mit.edu:8001/perl/perl.html

Regards,
Sri Ram

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,
i have this one bookmarked to my favourites:http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=284175

regards
Yogeeraj

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

I don't know where that site got it's source, and what version it represents, but it is nothing more than the on-line documentation that comes standard with every perl distribution. For source and binary.

This is what you get from perldoc.

Starting from the official site at http://www.perl.org/docs.html you get there too, at
http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl/ which also includes the shipped extensions (modules) documentation.

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[R. Allan Hicks]

I picked up this great perl book at microcenter's clearance shelf for $5.99 original price US $49.99

PERL Black Book by Steven Holzner
Published by CoriolisOpen Press
ISBN1 57620-465-6
1283 Pages with a CD ROM

One sweet deal.

The author's approach is somewhat novel. He provides somewhat of a dialog between various people and discusses some of the reasons for using various features. It's not your typical book and for me the style took some getting used to. However, it has a lot of really good examples and really showcases the power of PERL.

This book helped me write a telnet script to go out and poll all of my routers (close to 200) and gather statistics from them for review.

So. Steven where ever you are......
Thanks

[Alzhy]

Todd.

This is how I learn and keep up with Perl:

I simply use Google and search for specific Perl scripts that I immediately need. I then copy that script over, analyze line by line and study syntax that may be greek to me. Once I have the syntax figured out using any resource (book, web, other scripts).. I thence "assemble" my final script.

Perl code -- to be effective, need not be 'fancy'. If you know KSH,CSH,C... try finding out first what the equivalent Perl Code is for the most common scripting routines.. ie. looping, arithmetic, conditionals, formatting, regular expressions and File/IO.

[Alzhy]

Speaking of specific web sites - A favourite of mine would be: http://perlmonks.org (where you can read and find links to Perl Poetry -- yes Perl does Poetry too!).

There's also a "Where and How to Start Learning Perl" link - http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=284175

Enjoy!

[Todd McDaniel_1]

Thanks Nelson,

but I am trying to learn perl not just for quick scripts.

Trying to get my skill set upto date...

[Nicholas Faber]

I am surprised nobody has mentioned Tek_tips Forums:

www.tek-tips.com

Some of the best and most helpful perl scripters around.

JMHO

Nick