>>>>> "LB" == Laura Bethard <[email protected]> writes:
LB> company will cover. IEEE had a promising class but it was cancelled, LB> and the only other two I could find were: LB> http://www.open-source-training-courses.com/Courses/Perl-Scripting-Classes.htm LB> http://www.open-source-training-courses.com/Courses/Perl-Programming-CGI-Scripting.htm LB> I'm not sure if the 3-day will cover what I need to know, and the LB> 5-day is pricey. I'd prefer a traditional class over an online one, LB> but might consider online with a solid recommendation. Anyone have LB> any advice? i recommend the o'reilly school of technology. they just added a perl course (level 1 only so far). i know the author well and it the school is considered very good in how it teaches the classes. i don't know your budget but those courses you listed are expensive. and you won't get a top level teacher from a mass marketed class like that. they will cram too much into such a short period that you won't learn much. just looking at the topics page i see many errors already. that bodes poorly for the classes. Using <FILEHANDLE> and <> File I/O Operators for Standard Input/Output <> is not used for output while Loops and do Loops perl has NO do loop. only a do block. Using strict to Declare Variables strict doesn't declare anything. it forces declarations Using slice, splice, and reverse there is no slice function in perl. Preallocating Memory to Optimize Hash Performance that is just dumbshit to mention in an intro class. it is rarely ever needed. in general i wouldn't recommend any 3-5 day class unless it was from a top level teacher. there are only a couple of people who do that and they don't do it anymore due to the teaching market dying out. as an alternative, getting some good perl books is much cheaper but will take some time and effort. there is a decent free one you can download at learn.perl.org. the learning perl/intermediate perl books from o'reilly are considered very good starters too. hell, if you want to pay me, i can do some private tutoring at your pace that will be much better than anything else you will find locally. this isn't a joke as i have done perl training and written tutorials on perl topics. contact me off list if you are interested. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [email protected] -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
