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On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:35:53 +0530 Manpreet Singh <manpreet....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am and have been an avid Java programmer. I started learning Perl about a > month ago as I took up a new role in QA automation. I have gone through the > 'Learning Perl' Llama book by OReilly and did quite a few scripts in > office. I love Perl and love the fact how it is totally different than Java. Just for the record: <perlbot> The original "Beginning Perl" and O'Reilly's "Learning Perl" are outdated. Please use Curtis "Ovid" Poe's "Beginning Perl" published by Wrox if you need a beginner's book. Alternatives for people who already know programming: "Modern Perl" (see mp) and "Programming Perl" (O'Reilly) This is just based on other people's testimonials. > > The question now is, do I straightaway jump into the 'Intermediate Perl' > book or should I try my hand at a few other scripts before I do that? If I > do need to try more programs, could somebody recommend a website or a > portal where such problem statements might be provided? See this link: http://perl-begin.org/exercises/ (*NOTE*: perl-begin.org is a site which I originated and which I still maintain). > Also, is there any > book or website dedicated to any Perl design methodologies? > There's the book Perl Best Practices ( https://duckduckgo.com/?q=perl+best+practices&ia=products ) by Damian Conway, which may be somewhat outdated, and I have created this public page - http://perl-begin.org/tutorials/bad-elements/ - based on it and other online and offline resources. My page is under the free-content/free-culture Creative Commons Attribution Licence. > Any other skill building advice for a beginner related to Perl is welcome. > Here are some sites for Perl beginners: * http://perl-begin.org/ (which like I said is primarily maintained by me). * http://learn.perl.org/ - The more official site for Perl beginners. * https://metacpan.org/ - a convenient (and open source and community maintained) interface to CPAN , the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. Allows you to not reinvent the wheel (especially not square wheels), and instead start building space rockets. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Selina Mandrake - The Slayer (Buffy parody) - http://shlom.in/selina Ran Eilam To Shlomi Fish: so what are you working on? Working on a new wiki about unit testing fortunes in freecell? Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
