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Read "Programming Perl". You'll be amazed at how much perl has to offer that you don't know about.
Study code written by people who predominantly use perl and do it well. Many of these people hang out here at PerlMonks and often post code.
Have your own code reviewed by those same people. There are several sections of the Monastery that you can post your code in. Anything you post will be reviewed.
Look at the modules installed on your system and see how they do things. Download modules that do things you're interested in and examine those.
Ask questions. If you think there might be another way or a better way, post what you have and ask others for suggestions. Use the chatterbox if it's small snippets of code.
Occassionally reread "Programming Perl". You'll be amazed at how much you missed the last time. (I'm on my fourth reading and still learning.

90% of every Perl application is already written. ⇒

dragonchild

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