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in reply to Books to master Perl, LAMP and web development

Why limit it to Perl? Check out some of the hot new frameworks like Django (Python based) or even Rails.

PHP is the language of choice for Web development these days and you will have a much better chance of finding a job knowing these than if you only have Perl under your belt.

I love Perl, and not predicting it's demise, but it is no longer the darling of the Web. Heresy here at the Monastery? Maybe, but it's the truth in Web land where I leave daily.

—Brad
"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot

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Re^2: Books to master Perl, LAMP and web development
by xyzzy (Pilgrim) on Apr 08, 2010 at 15:28 UTC
    Heresy indeed! Let us not forget that all truth is subjective, and 95% of all people are idiots, web developers included. Let them have their pee eich pee and their piethawn. It will not save them come the Day of Wreckoning :^)

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Re^2: Books to master Perl, LAMP and web development
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Apr 08, 2010 at 21:15 UTC
    PHP is the language of choice for Web development these days....

    That's, to me, a sign not to work with a project. PHP's a decent templating language, but I wouldn't build anything serious in it.

      Agreed. I *never* use PHP and never will, but facts is facts. I also loathe the idea of ASP(X), but it's reality.

      —Brad
      "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot
Re^2: Books to master Perl, LAMP and web development
by CountZero (Bishop) on Apr 08, 2010 at 19:31 UTC
    Burn the Heretic! Kill the Mutant! Purge the Unclean!

    CountZero

    A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James