RE: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids
I would guess that these kids do not have access to computers outside school. Which makes access to printed material advantageous. I guess a printer would be nice, but by the time the cost of it, paper, ink, and other supplies are factored in, I would guess that books would be cheaper. > -Original Message- > From: Stone, Derrick J [mailto:DJS6D@;hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:01 AM > To: John Saylor; Nick Tonkin > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids > > > Amen. > http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/Perl/start.html > http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Training/PerlIntro/ > http://www.ebb.org/PickingUpPerl/ > http://www.cclabs.missouri.edu/things/instruction/perl/perlcourse.html > http://www.lanka.pair.com/techweb/perl/tutor/ > oh wait... did you say spanish? > http://epq.com.co/~cjara/perl/tutorial.html > no? German? > http://www.tekromancer.com/perl/inhalt.html > Japanese? > http://plaza27.mbn.or.jp/~satomii/jdoc/ > > Perldoc is a challenge if you're new, because the syntax can > be hard to pick up. But for a good tutorial, a nice printer > would go a long way... > > Derrick Stone > Internet Specialist > Web Development Center > UVa Health System > ICQ# 1464194 > > > -Original Message- > From: John Saylor [mailto:johns@;worldwinner.com] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:05 AM > To: Nick Tonkin > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids > > > Hi > > ( 02.10.31 21:57 -0800 ) Nick Tonkin: > > I'm excited to get them going in perl, and I want to appeal > to the list > > for donations of books on learning perl. > > I'd say the best 'books' are all on line. Don't underestimate the > [lowly] man pages. Or perldoc [-f]. > > And there are stories and tutorials and good stuff at > perl.apache.org or > perlmonks.org or www.perl.org [and so on]. Hopefully, your > students [or > school] has/have the resources necessary to use the on line resources. > > Good luck! > > -- > .--- ... > >
RE: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids
Amen. http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/Perl/start.html http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Training/PerlIntro/ http://www.ebb.org/PickingUpPerl/ http://www.cclabs.missouri.edu/things/instruction/perl/perlcourse.html http://www.lanka.pair.com/techweb/perl/tutor/ oh wait... did you say spanish? http://epq.com.co/~cjara/perl/tutorial.html no? German? http://www.tekromancer.com/perl/inhalt.html Japanese? http://plaza27.mbn.or.jp/~satomii/jdoc/ Perldoc is a challenge if you're new, because the syntax can be hard to pick up. But for a good tutorial, a nice printer would go a long way... Derrick Stone Internet Specialist Web Development Center UVa Health System ICQ# 1464194 -Original Message- From: John Saylor [mailto:johns@;worldwinner.com] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:05 AM To: Nick Tonkin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids Hi ( 02.10.31 21:57 -0800 ) Nick Tonkin: > I'm excited to get them going in perl, and I want to appeal to the list > for donations of books on learning perl. I'd say the best 'books' are all on line. Don't underestimate the [lowly] man pages. Or perldoc [-f]. And there are stories and tutorials and good stuff at perl.apache.org or perlmonks.org or www.perl.org [and so on]. Hopefully, your students [or school] has/have the resources necessary to use the on line resources. Good luck! -- .--- ...
RE: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids
Me too. (and sorry to for a couple of private replies its early and I haven't had much
caffeine this morning).
> -Original Message-
> From: Ryan Parr [mailto:ryanparr@;precisiontechonline.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:57 AM
> To: Nick Tonkin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids
>
>
> What open-source geek doesn't understand the importance, and
> calling, of
> supporting your community?
>
> Count me in. I think it's great that you are donating your time and
> patience. Teaching isn't easy, but you've got a great cause.
> Send me your
> shipping address and I'll send you a Llama book.
>
> http://www.rain.org/~artworks/NewATW/students/norma_web/sonar.html is
> striking. I hope this girl goes on to great things.
>
> --
> Ryan
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Nick Tonkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:57 PM
> Subject: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids
>
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am going to be working with a small group of
> "disadvantaged" youngsters
> > here teaching them how to build web applications with perl and
> > apache.
> >
> > These are mostly Latino kids who have been doing analog and
> digital art
> > for years and have self-selected into webmastering,
> html-ing and such.
> >
> > I'm excited to get them going in perl, and I want to appeal
> to the list
> > for donations of books on learning perl.
> >
> > Of course I'm most hopeful that we can get half a dozen
> copies of the
> > Llama book and use it as a sort of textbook, but anything will be
> > gratefully accepted.
> >
> > An existing site that shows some of the art these kids make
> (and also
> > why we need a new one!) can be viewed at
> http://www.rain.org/~artworks/
> >
> > A cool project by one of the students is at
> >
> http://www.rain.org/%7Eartworks/NewATW/students/norma_web/norm
a_intro.html
>
> Thanks folks,
>
> - nick
>
>
> Nick Tonkin {|8^)>
>
>
>
Re: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids
Hi ( 02.10.31 21:57 -0800 ) Nick Tonkin: > I'm excited to get them going in perl, and I want to appeal to the list > for donations of books on learning perl. I'd say the best 'books' are all on line. Don't underestimate the [lowly] man pages. Or perldoc [-f]. And there are stories and tutorials and good stuff at perl.apache.org or perlmonks.org or www.perl.org [and so on]. Hopefully, your students [or school] has/have the resources necessary to use the on line resources. Good luck! -- .--- ...
Re: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids
What open-source geek doesn't understand the importance, and calling, of
supporting your community?
Count me in. I think it's great that you are donating your time and
patience. Teaching isn't easy, but you've got a great cause. Send me your
shipping address and I'll send you a Llama book.
http://www.rain.org/~artworks/NewATW/students/norma_web/sonar.html is
striking. I hope this girl goes on to great things.
--
Ryan
- Original Message -
From: "Nick Tonkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: [OT] Wanted: beginning perl books for poor kids
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am going to be working with a small group of "disadvantaged" youngsters
> here teaching them how to build web applications with perl and
> apache.
>
> These are mostly Latino kids who have been doing analog and digital art
> for years and have self-selected into webmastering, html-ing and such.
>
> I'm excited to get them going in perl, and I want to appeal to the list
> for donations of books on learning perl.
>
> Of course I'm most hopeful that we can get half a dozen copies of the
> Llama book and use it as a sort of textbook, but anything will be
> gratefully accepted.
>
> An existing site that shows some of the art these kids make (and also
> why we need a new one!) can be viewed at http://www.rain.org/~artworks/
>
> A cool project by one of the students is at
> http://www.rain.org/%7Eartworks/NewATW/students/norma_web/norma_intro.html
>
> Thanks folks,
>
> - nick
>
>
> Nick Tonkin {|8^)>
>
>
>
