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. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
