Hi! I've completed "Beginning Perl" by Simon Cozens. What do you recommend as my next book? I'd like to tackle "Networking Programming with Perl" by Lincoln Stein or "Win32 Perl Scripting" by Roth but I'm not sure if I'm ready for these. Should I go for something like "Learning Perl" or "Programming Perl" before I learn sockets and Win32 or is it ok to go for it? Thanks!
You've already got some solid suggestions about what books to read next, so I'll add a different sort of comment. I'm not familiar with where exactly "Beginning Perl" leaves off, and I'm not familiar with "Win32 Perl Scripting". I do know "Network Programming with Perl" pretty well though.
Stein's book is very good in my opinion and it guides you pretty well. It starts with the basics and builds up to the tricky stuff. While it does use some objects in places, I don't even think you have to know too much about objects to understand what he's doing. He describes all serious programs line by line anyway. It's also very cross platform, so it'll work fine on Windows without reading extra books. Given all of that, you might go ahead and jump right into it.
Only you can say how comfortable you feel with Perl at this point. What you intend to do with sockets could be a big factor too, depending on how complex it is. In the end though, the only way to gain some serious programming skill is by programming. Reading a hundred books alone will not teach you Perl, not that I have anything at all against Perl's very rich library.
So, if you feel like you're progressing well and you want to try some basic socket programs, I say give it a go. You'll learn what you want and improve your Perl at the same time. You already even know a great place to go get some help when you get stuck. Good luck.
James
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