additional helpful PDFs learning Perl. http://perltraining.com.au/notes.html
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Uri Guttman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> "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 > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
