Shlomi, Really sorry about the name!:( I will not make the same mistake. And thanks Shlomi & Chas, I think git is really popular now, and I think I'll start with that now.
2009/8/12 Shlomi Fish <shlo...@iglu.org.il> > On Tuesday 11 August 2009 17:22:46 Xu Peter wrote: > > David, Octavian, Mr. Randal Schwartz, Shlomy & Lan > > > > Thank all of you!:) > > You're welcome. Just note that it's "Shlomi" and "Ian" - not "Shlomy" and > "Lan". > > > > > I really didn't expected to receive so many helps from all of you, that > > really inspired me alot. And I was really stunned when I first saw > Randal's > > name appeared in my reply list... Maybe that's what mail-list is. > > > > I think I'll always go to stonehenge to read the columns, since I found > it > > really another way to learn perl, and enjoy the reading. > > > > I really want to take part in the programs Shlomy mentioned, but I don't > > think I'm capable now, since I found that still don't know how to use > > "git". Maybe I have to do more study before I get to know how to take > part > > in it? > > Well, in addition to what Chas. Owens said about git, I should note that > http://web-cpan.berlios.de/ (which was one of the projects I mentioned) is > using Subversion instead of git, which may be easier for you to get into. > > If you're not using version control yet, you should really start using it, > because developing code without it is not recommended. For more motivation > see: > > * http://www.shlomifish.org/lecture/Perl/Newbies/lecture5/version-control/ > > * http://better-scm.berlios.de/ > > * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control > > I wouldn't recommend using CVS anymore (and Microsoft Visual SourceSafe > even > less than that), but I still find Subversion pretty decent, despite the > fact > that I've been working quite a lot with git. You can find some references > to > other modern version control systems on http://better-scm.berlios.de/ . > Subversion, git, Bazaar (bzr), Mercurial, Darcs, and Monotone are all open- > source and free, and they seem to be the most popular choices nowadays > among > open-source developers. > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > > > > Anyway, I'll go on my study. > > 2009/8/11 Ian <pcs...@gmail.com> > > > > > Xu, > > > > > > I'm a Mainframe Systems Programmer. Assembler and JCL is the only > > > languages I knew. > > > > > > When I decided to learn perl, I looked for some application I need in > my > > > daily routine, > > > bought Randal Schwartz's "Learning Perl" to get the basics down and > just > > > started coding. > > > > > > I ended up writing an application that collects statistics, put them in > > > MySQL and show me nice graphs. > > > > > > When you have a goal, it is easier to learn to use the tools to achieve > > > the goal. > > > If this old mainframer can learn perl you will have no problem with it > > > ;-) > > > > > > > > > Good luck > > > Ian > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > Freecell Solver - http://fc-solve.berlios.de/ > > God gave us two eyes and ten fingers so we will type five times as much as > we > read. >
