absolute beginner has questions

2002-02-03 Thread Thomas Kienberger
Hallo, first: I´ve never programmed, bevore. Now i want to start programming with perl. I´ve made the download of a standard perl version for windows. And now I have no idea how to start with a first small programm. I have bought a book about perl, but there is no describtion of how to start. Do

RE: absolute beginner has questions

2002-02-03 Thread Steve Howard
perl helloWorld.pl and it will run. That'll get you your first program run, and from there, have fun learning. Steve H. -Original Message- From: Thomas Kienberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 6:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: absolute beginner

Re: absolute beginner has questions

2002-02-03 Thread Dave K
Thomas, Any editor (I use notepad, WinVim, and anything else available - later you may find reason to look for a 'better' editor and there is always plenty of opinion available about editors). With windows, you can set a file extension association by clicking in My Computer, View, Options.

Re: absolute beginner has questions

2002-02-03 Thread Dave Benware
Thomas Kienberger wrote: > > Hallo, first: I´ve never programmed, bevore. > Now i want to start programming with perl. I´ve made the download of a standard perl >version for windows. And now I have no idea how to start with a first small programm. >I have bought a book about perl, but there i

Re: absolute beginner has questions

2002-02-03 Thread Dave Benware
Dave K wrote: > > Thomas, > Any editor (I use notepad, WinVim, and anything else available - later > you may find reason to look for a 'better' editor and there is always plenty > of opinion available about editors). There's a great list of editors with reviews at http://pureperl.org/edit

RE: absolute beginner has questions

2002-02-03 Thread Timothy Johnson
ts. All that being said, good luck with Perl! :) -Original Message- From: Thomas Kienberger To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2/3/02 4:39 AM Subject: absolute beginner has questions Hallo, first: I´ve never programmed, bevore. Now i want to start programming with perl. I´ve made the download of

Re: absolute beginner has questions

2002-02-04 Thread Matthew Lyon
EditPlus for Windoze really kicks ass. I love it --> it's got syn highlighting and type-ahead macros (at a shareware price.) -mL p.s. (no, I *didn't* write this app.) On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Dave Benware wrote: > > > Dave K wrote: > > > > Thomas, > > Any editor (I use notepad, WinVim, and anyth

Re: absolute beginner has questions

2002-02-04 Thread Filson
learning. > >Steve H. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Thomas Kienberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 6:40 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: absolute beginner has questions > > >Hallo, first: I´ve never programmed, bevore. >