Thank you Shlomi & Phil. This is really helpful. -Manpreet
*Regards* Manpreet Singh +91-9945522500 On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote: > Hi Manpreet, > > Please reply to all recipients. See the last line of my signature for > details. > > 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 outdated.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 which may be somewhat outdated, and I have created this public page - 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 . >
