Any Suggestions for Programmer Needing To Know Perl by Tomorrow?
My local pointy haired boss decided I should learn Perl over the weekend -- specifically to interact with databases and use in CGI programming. With the job market being what it is I said "Sure" and picked up O'Reilly's "Programming Perl". After a lot of reading I think I understand the basic structure of the language pretty well, and even can write some nifty (but perfectly useless) programs. My question is: when I go in tomorrow and start out is there anything I should know? Any suggestions, comments, or general warnings from more experienced Perl hackers as to what to do and what not to do? Much thanks in advance, -Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any Suggestions for Programmer Needing To Know Perl by Tomorrow?
Hi, You mentionned CGI do you need to know perl for Web programming? If so I suggest two kind of books one to learn PERL and another to integrate perl in website. "Dan Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > My local pointy haired boss decided I should learn Perl over the weekend > -- specifically to interact with databases and use in CGI programming. > With the job market being what it is I said "Sure" and picked up > O'Reilly's "Programming Perl". After a lot of reading I think I > understand the basic structure of the language pretty well, and even can > write some nifty (but perfectly useless) programs. > > My question is: when I go in tomorrow and start out is there anything I > should know? Any suggestions, comments, or general warnings from more > experienced Perl hackers as to what to do and what not to do? > > Much thanks in advance, > > -Dan > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any Suggestions for Programmer Needing To Know Perl by Tomorrow?
From: Dan Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My local pointy haired boss decided I should learn Perl over the > weekend -- specifically to interact with databases and use in CGI > programming. With the job market being what it is I said "Sure" and > picked up O'Reilly's "Programming Perl". After a lot of reading I > think I understand the basic structure of the language pretty well, > and even can write some nifty (but perfectly useless) programs. > > My question is: when I go in tomorrow and start out is there anything > I should know? Any suggestions, comments, or general warnings from > more experienced Perl hackers as to what to do and what not to do? I believe you should at least scan through the perl faqs. Run perldoc perlfaq1 ... perldoc perlfaq9 Plus at least one CGI/WWW related FAQs on http://www.perl.org/CGI_MetaFAQ.html Jenda = [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz = When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any Suggestions for Programmer Needing To Know Perl by Tomorrow?
Wow! No pressure from above then I think the Programming Perl book covers some rudimentary use of the CGI & DBI modules. To create a simple web service, you just need to know how to bolt it all together. A couple of websites to look at for CGI: http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/cgi1.html http://www.cgi101.com/class/ The DBI module: http://www.zdnet.com.au/builder/webdesign/scripting/story/0,240414,20267 210,00.htm http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/10/DBI.html Or the ultimate guide to everything: Google. Hope this gets you in the right direction atleast. Cheers! - Original Message - From: "Dan Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Perl List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 8:17 PM Subject: Any Suggestions for Programmer Needing To Know Perl by Tomorrow? > My local pointy haired boss decided I should learn Perl over the weekend > -- specifically to interact with databases and use in CGI programming. > With the job market being what it is I said "Sure" and picked up > O'Reilly's "Programming Perl". After a lot of reading I think I > understand the basic structure of the language pretty well, and even can > write some nifty (but perfectly useless) programs. > > My question is: when I go in tomorrow and start out is there anything I > should know? Any suggestions, comments, or general warnings from more > experienced Perl hackers as to what to do and what not to do? > > Much thanks in advance, > > -Dan > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any Suggestions for Programmer Needing To Know Perl by Tomorrow?
Dan Anderson wrote: > My local pointy haired boss decided I should learn Perl over the weekend The whole language, and all its subtleties, or some functional subset. > > -- specifically to interact with databases and use in CGI programming. What is your first Perl task. Focus on the task itself, work out the logic, and write what code you can to express that logic. Then let us know about where you are getting stuck. The more specific you can be about the immediate needs, the better you can focus your efforts in learning the language. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
