Newest Nodes is my best friend, and it should be your best friend too.

I don't care about the meaning of life, I just want to one day understand the Schwartzian Transform.

COBOL vs. Perl. Interesting node for me. I learned Perl while I was doing Y2K work on COBOL programs. I wrote Perl programs to help find and fix Y2K bugs. There really were Y2K bugs. You didn't see any because I did my job. *grin*

Shortcuts for linking to information. Good stuff to know.

Some useful man pages:

Some OOP nodes. One of these days I'm really going to learn OOP.

Here's a few of my favorite nodes.

Purely Practical Nodes:

Site How To Writeup Guidelines Underscores in Numbers Most Often Mentioned Modules Reviews (Both books and modules) Regex ne String Compare Functional Programming Functional, Imperative, Objective Programming Working with Poor Code Choose the Most Powerful Language Web site design, or lack thereof Security matters: keep thy doors closed!

A Commenting Question Shift, Pop, Unshift, & Push with Impunity! IDE for Tk Knuth Books, More Book Recommendations Webpage Logins Part I Webpage Logins Part II Death to Dot Star! Online CGI Resources Delving Deeper into the World of Programming Benefits of learning C To sub or not to sub (lots of programming style advice) Things every Perl programmer should know

Not quite as practical (but quite enjoyable) nodes:

From Initiate to Monk A must read, if you ask me. The Path to Mastery Code Smarter Discipline Chip(on the shoulder) Monks Craft Code vs. Prose Articles on Philosophy of Programming

Perl Enlightenment and Personal Journey To It PerlMonks as Ambassadors "That's not the way I'd do it" Frustration Focus A question of style At what rate are YOU progressing? Programming Inspiration

And finally, the Damian Conway Mini-Shrine: