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Re: Advice to your younger self

by Wysardry (Pilgrim)
on Feb 22, 2003 at 02:47 UTC ( [id://237656]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Advice to your younger self

In general:-

  • Visit PerlMonks
  • Read the Perl Black Book
  • Install Perl and (optionally) web server software on your own machine for test purposes
  • Install MySQL
  • Perl comes with documentation, so read it
  • Find a text editor with Perl syntax colouring features
  • Learn to plan programs before writing any code
  • Ignore the hype about PHP and decide whether to use it based on its real strengths and weaknesses

If using Windows:-

  • Install Apache instead of using the web server included with Windows
  • Install ActivePerl from ActiveState in C:\usr instead of the default C:\Perl (so the path will work on most UNIX hosts too)

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