On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 13:10:05 +1000 , Sayth Renshaw wrote: > Hi > > Wanted to ask a question about practical beginners guides for perl. I > have found a read the baisc beginners guides here > http://www.perl.com/pub/2008/05/07/beginners-introduction-to-perl-510-part-2.html. > > Was hoping to expand on this with some practical and hands on guides to perl. > > personally I struggle to learn from the this is a language feature format > like. > > This is feature X > - this is an impractical example of using feature X. > > This is feature Y > - this is an impractical example of using feature Y. > > I am looking for a practical guide something that says here is a > example tasks you'll want to achieve this is how its put together and > here a some ways to alter it change it etc using these language > features... there you go son have a crack. Really if a language > feature confuses me I can more than likely find a library reference to > refer to for that.
Would descriptions with exercises help? If so, then _Learning Perl_ should do well. There are a couple of nits (it suggests calling subs with & which is unwise) but otherwise it's a fine text on which most of the experts here cut their teeth. _Beginning Perl_ is another suitable text (the first edition is available free online at http://p3rl.org/bp ). -- Chris Nehren | Coder, Sysadmin, Masochist Shadowcat Systems Ltd. | http://shadowcat.co.uk/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
