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Perl Index - Perl Book :
Perl: A Beginner's Guide
by R. Allen Wyke, Donald B. Thomas Paperback: 474 pages Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill ISBN: 0072129573; 1st edition (December 26, 2000) Essential skills for first-time programmers! Perl: A Beginner's Guide will teach you the fundamentals of Perl programming. It covers Perl capabilities and syntax, accessing databases, working with modules, CGI programming, debugging and much more. This beginner's guide is designed for easy learning: Modules: Each programming concept is divided into logical modules (chapters), ideal for linear learning Goals: Each module opens with the specific programming skills you'll have by the end of the module Ask the Experts: Q&A sections throughout 1-Minute Drills: Quick self-assessment sections to check your progress Annotated Syntax: Example code annotated with commentary that points to the particular technique illustrated Projects: Coding exercises contained in each module that build on one another, from simple to complex Mastery Checks: End-of-module reviews that test proficiency using multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and simple coding questions. Book Info: (Osborne) A complete tutorial in Perl programming, for first-time programmers. Covers fundamentals like syntax and subroutines, moving on to explain how to access databases, write CGI programs, and debug code. Paced for self-study, this tutorial offers the source code for all of the projects online. Step-by-step instruction for easy learning. From the Back Cover: Essential Skills for First-Time Programmers! Learn the basics of Perl programming from the tutorials and examples in this easy-to-follow resource. Perl: A Beginner's Guide covers fundamentals, such as general syntax and semantics, control structures, subroutines, and regular expressions. The book explains how to use Perl modules, access databases, write CGI programs, and debug code. The examples throughout the book walk you through real-world programming tasks. To speed your progress, the source code for all projects is available free online. Start programming in Perl right away with this self-paced, step-by-step learning solution. This Beginner's Guide is Designed for Easy Learning: • Modules: Each programming concept is divided into logical modules (chapters), ideal for individualized learning • Goals: Each module opens with the specific programming skills you'll have by the end of the module • Ask the Experts: Q&A sections throughout are filled with extra information and interesting commentary • 1-Minute Drills: Quick self-assessment sections to check your progress • Annotated Syntax: Example code annotated with commentary that points to the particular technique illustrated • Projects: Coding exercises contained in each module show how to apply what you are learning • Mastery Checks: End-of-module reviews that test your knowledge using short-answer, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and simple coding questions Customer Reviews Reviewer: Kevin Carlson from Everett, WA USA For Perl beginners, this book is significantly more readable than the O'Reilly texts -- I would like to have seen even more exercises throughout, though. Overall, a good springboard to a more in-depth text, such as the "Wrox, Beginning Perl". I deducted one point for a few minor (but annoying) typographical errors - this book needed one more pass by the technical editor. C programmers will quickly recognize the typos, but these could confuse some beginners. Also, this book covers the Perl DBI using the PostgreSQL database. Installing PostgreSQL is awkward on Windows, yet many beginning Perl developers probably use Windows. The Wrox book "Beginning Perl" makes the more logical choice of using the MySQL database, which is simpler to install and use on Windows (and also runs on most Linux/Unix platforms). Reviewer: tiffanyx from Sunnyvale, CA United States This is the best book to learn basics of Perl programming. It makes really easy to learn everything you need to be able to write the simple programs or to have the good basis for the more advanced books. Reviewer: A reader from Pennsylvania A lot of people write intoduction or beginning books for computer programming. But what most of these beginning books do is to very slowly introduce a few concepts then jump into advance topics without explaining how or why they got there. This book, although not perfect, is a quantum leap compared to other beginner books. The book starts off with a brief history of Perl and then slowly introduces the language of Perl a step at a time. Then it goes to the next logical step without skipping over important topics. The book does a good job of helping the reader write Perl programs for the three major systems NT, Unix and Mac and even gives some advice on how to work your server settings and how to access Perl with html. One of the areas the book could improve on is how you can apply the lesson you are learning about Perl for a problem. While the book does cover this a little bit, and anyone with some programming knowledge knows why or how, the authors could give a few real world reasons why you need such things as arrays in Perl. This book is highly recommended. Reading through this book will give you an excellent base in learning the Perl language. Reviewer: GB from Raleigh, NC USA I didn't know anything about Perl until I read this. Very informative, thanks Guys!! |
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