I noticed a nice new Perl 5.8.0 perlintro. I am trying to train and inspire some absolute Perl beginners and started by pointing them at the URL above (while warning them *not* to visit the intro author's Kink album at infotrope.net ;)
Oh, and I just subscribed to perl-trainers@perl.org. Any advice on how to train Perl beginners welcome.
Well, I can recommend a good book to start with, perhaps.Oh, and I just subscribed to perl-trainers@perl.org. Any advice on how to train Perl beginners welcome.
Re:Advice on training
oneiron on 2002-10-04T05:24:24
I told them the best first book on Perl is "Learning Perl", but I couldn't remember the author's name.
;) I might add that one of them piped up (without any provocation) and said: "Learning Perl is a great book". As for best second books on Perl, I recommended the shiny ball book and the camel. And TheDamian's OO Perl as the best third book. Actually, davorg's "Data Munging with Perl" looks like a nice second book too, but I haven't read it. Being new to Perl training, I will also poke around the Stonehenge web site for some inspiration.
