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perl.j has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

If you ask me, reading the documentation for everyday CPAN modules (as well as many others) is a hassle. They are usually written with the seasoned Perl programmer in mind. With that said, it can become very difficult to understand CPAN documentation if it isn't a tutorial or walkthrough.

For example, JSON.pm is an app that I will soon be using. The issue is, in my eyes, the documentation is poor. It gives you a bunch of functions and what they do, but it says nothing about how to do it, besides the synopsis, which really doesn't help much

So, my question to you is, how can I become better at reading CPAN module documentation, and understanding how to use modules that don't come with books or tutorials in them?

--perl.j