Thanks Matthew, sounds like these two are defiantly worth looking at. I always hated the whole "For Dummies" books, but I'll take a look.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Matthew Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, March 4, 2009 9:40 pm, Matt Nelson wrote: > > P.S. If I buy a book based on your recomendations and I don't like it YOU > > WILL HEAR ABOUT IT! jk. For what it's worth I am more of a visual > learner, > > and learn by examples. > > First, I must recommend the Perl Cookbook. It has served me very well, and > is a great > resource for those of us who learn by example. > > Secondly, in all seriousness, when I was just starting with Perl, I got a > great deal of > value out of Perl For Dummies. I lied in my job interview about whether I > knew perl, and > bought PFD on the way home. By the time work started, I was competent > enough to not rock > the boat. :) (Admittedly, already being fluent in two or three other > languages made that > a LOT easier) > > -- > Matthew Walker > Kydance Hosting & Consulting, Inc. - http://www.kydance.net/ > PHP, Perl, and Web Development - Linux Server Administration > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
