--- Lee Goddard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Derek B. Smith > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- Lee Goddard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Most of the docs you'll ever need are in perldoc > > > > > > Perldoc perl > > > Perldoc perltoc Table of contents > > > perlboot Perl OO tutorial for > > > beginners > > > perltoot Perl OO tutorial, > part 1 > > > perltooc Perl OO tutorial, > part 2 > > > perlbot Perl OO tricks and > > > examples > > > > > > perlstyle Perl style guide > > > > > > Only after you've read those get what ppl call > The Camel > > Book, but is > > > actually Programming Perl published by O'Reilly, > and only > > after that > > > get Advanced Perl Programming by the same > publisher. But post any > > > questions you have to the list. I rmmember > learning Perl OO after > > > Java, and asking 'what is a thingy?' > > ... > > > > Ok thanks for replying! I have owned Programming > Perl for > > quite some time now and although I have not read > it from > > front to back, I have read most of it. Perl Best > practices is > > another book I refer to from time-2-time. > Learning Perl I > > read years ago, but now the nice folks at > Stonehenge came out > > with Intermediate Perl and now they will be > releasing > > Mastering Perl. I thought it was a nice > transition from > > Learning to Programming so are these 2 new books > really > > necessary? Intermediate Perl did not get that > great of > > reviews from amazon.com > > You don't *need* any books to learn Perl - it's all > online, and lots of > it comes with Perl. When I compaired perldoc with > the Camel book and the > only added value I got from the paper book was it > was easier and cheaper > to read on the train. But it is the only Perl book > most people recognise > (with the name of the author of Perl on the cover, > that is perhaps > inevitable). > > Advnaced Programming Perl is good in as much as it > covers modules like > Tk, which can be a bit daunting, to me its brevity > was a rare boon. > > I suppose to get exactly the right book, you need to > know exactly what > you want. > > -- I know no one *needs* any book, but I like to refer back to my side notes and highlighted paragraphs. ok thx. derek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
