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First off, Welcome!

I recently started teaching perl to a friend, and I had to think about this exact concept.

First off, good call on buying that big stack of books. You'll find that you rarely close Programming Perl (The Camel Book) and The Perl Cookbook. I gave up putting my copies back on the shelves because I kept having to take them down again every day.

I've found that the best way to learn perl is to start with something you know a little about. When I taught a Network Admin, I taught him how to parse specific information out of netstat. When I taught a music freak, I showed him how to use MP3::ID3Lib and regular expressions to sort and tag his mp3s.

Learning Perl is a good place to start. Read Chapter 1 and do the exercises. If you get stuck, search the Monastary for an answer. If you can't find an answer, just ask. We're here to help.

Once you get a little more comfortable, pick a project, something that amuses you: translate your phone number to letters, search ebay for stuff, or pull movie listings from the web.

Finally, hang out in the Monastary. You'll find that the people here are friendly and eager to help.

-Logan
"What do I want? I'm an American. I want more."


In reply to Re: The Gates of Perl are not newbie friendly. by logan
in thread The Gates of Perl are not newbie friendly. by Hielo

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