http://qs321.pair.com?node_id=920206

There are some great posts on Perl monks about how to learn Perl. And a lot of books and tutorials to learn from.

But, once I learn something, I would like to practice it on a real world problem. A lot of posts have problems seeking solutions, and these can be rephrased into 'Write a program to... ' type of questions for beginners. Or, we could just link to those posts from a central place, and point the beginners to it.

The aim would be to create an opportunity for effective learning as defined on Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years - the most effective learning requires a well-defined task with an appropriate difficulty level for the particular individual, informative feedback, and opportunities for repetition and corrections of errors.

Has this been done or tried before? How do we make it work?

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Re: Problems to solve for Perl Beginners
by FunkyMonk (Chancellor) on Aug 14, 2011 at 10:10 UTC
      ++ FunkyMonk, great link.

      "The unexamined life is not worth living." -- Socrates

      "The idea, is to make a compromise, somewhere between your ambitions, and your limitations." -- The Teahouse of the August Moon

Re: Problems to solve for Perl Beginners
by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Aug 14, 2011 at 08:14 UTC