> Steve Bertrand wrote: >> I'm trying very hard to get a good grasp on OOP, references, complex >> data structures etc. >> >> I just ordered Learning Perl Objects, References and Modules from >> amazon.ca, and have been tredging through the perldoc documentation. >> >> After getting into a few of the pages, it appears as though I get a >> certain way through the manual page, and all of a sudden, it drops >> right off and I get lost, as it feels as though you need prior >> knowledge at that point. >> >> In particular, perldsc was very good, well laid out, but again, I >> got >> to a point where it was like whoah, way over my head. >> >> Is there anyone here who can recommend a logical reading order of >> some >> of these docs, so they tend to lean from one, into the next and so >> on? >> >> TIA for any advice on the precedence order. >> >> Steve >> >> > > You might be best off waiting for the book. Having said that, did you > go > through the tutorials or just the reference docs? The difference here > is that the book is specifically geared towards learning/teaching, > where > some of the docs are reference material, they are intended to explain > most or all the possiblities in a tight format. The tutorials are > better because they too are geared more towards teaching, but I don't > think they are as solid as the LPORM book. > > Check, > perldoc perl > > You might want to go with the order listed in there. I would suggest > starting with perlreftut and perlboot, but when I read the docs I > already had a foundation from the Advanced Perl Prog from ORA and OO > Perl by Damian Conway. > > Good luck,
Thanks much...being thanksgiving and all, I won't get much reading time this weekend anyway, so I'll just wait a couple days for the book ;o) Steve > > http://danconia.org > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
