Helped a lot. I also have the pocket reference and find it an indispensable tool. Perldoc seems hard to use because you need to know the function you want to look before hand. Unless I am using it wrong?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mystik Gotan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Perl Learning Paths > > > I suggest you buy Perl Pocket Reference. It's not for > learning purpose, but > very handy to look up things while scripting. I found it > quite expensive > however, as I went to Glasgow with my dad a month ago, went > to Waterstone's > (ofcourse, all of us know it's expensive, but anyway), it > costed 9 pounds. > Pretty expensive, I thought, in Holland it costs only 8 > euro's, but that > besides, it great for looking up things quickly. > > We don't have too much Perl books in Holland. By that, I mean > books about > regexes, OO programming, using TK with Perl, GD. We only have > basics books, > but we also have CGI Programming with Perl. It was great. I > didn't needed > much time in this summer for reading it (we went to Scotland, imagine > getting through the book while climbing mountains and getting > exhausted). It > covers a lot. Beginning of XML, many modules, HTML embedding, > searching, > security, cookies... It's a bit harder to actually learn from it, you > morelike get an idea what and how to do (something) with CGI. > > On the other hand, I have the funny idea more and more books > are being > published in UK and others. I see more TK and more GD, so you > might get a > look at www.oreilly.com. > > Also, I love perldoc. i'm using ActiveState (bloody windows), > but it covers > so much and there's so much to learn from. > > Kinda bullshit story but anyway, hope it helps ;) > > -------------- > Bob Erinkveld (Webmaster Insane Hosts) > www.insane-hosts.net > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >From: "Paul Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Perl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Perl Learning Paths > >Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 15:10:39 -0500 > > > >I have read learning Perl and have begun programming Perl. The later > >seems to move kind of slow and goes to more depth then I need right > >now. More of a C. Science book with C. Science history mixed in. Is > >there a better way to go about this. I like programming Perl > but would > >enjoy it more and get more from it if I already had a strong > >understanding of some of Perl more advanced topics. OO, Ref, ect. I > >blew through the learning Perl book in about 1 day. So it > was to basic. > >Any suggestions? > > > >Paul Kraus > >Network Administrator > >PEL Supply Company > >216.267.5775 Voice > >216-267-6176 Fax > >www.pelsupply.com > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Zoeken, voor duidelijke zoekresultaten! > http://search.msn.nl/worldwide.asp > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
