Thank you Andrew and I will go through your website as well. *Regards* Manpreet Singh +91-9945522500
On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Andrew Solomon <and...@geekuni.com> wrote: > Hello Manpreet > > Firstly, let me openly state that I have vested interests in this topic as > the owner of Geekuni (https://geekuni.com/) a company providing online > hands-on Perl courses. (That is, I don't claim to be objective! ;) > > Although 'Learning Perl' and 'Intermediate Perl' are very well written, > their most recent editions are 2011 and 2012 which is somewhat out of date > as Perl has been jumping forward in leaps and bounds over the last 5 > years. That said, Perl is backward compatible and the majority of good > programming practices have not changed. The full set of resources I refer > to in my training I've pasted below. > > The main things which are not in 'Learning Perl' but are in 'Intermediate > Perl' are: > - using references; > - building modules; > - unit testing > > I regard these as essential - even when you're just writing scripts (which > is why I cover them in my Perl Essentials course.) > > I hope that's helpful, > > Andrew > > > > [BP1] Simon Cozens, Beginning Perl (1st edition), Wrox, 2000. > http://www.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/ > > [BP2] Curtis "Ovid" Poe, Beginning Perl (1st edition), Wiley/Wrox, 2012. > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781118013847.do > > [MP] chromatic, Modern Perl, Onyx Neon Press 2011 > http://modernperlbooks.com/books/modern_perl/index.html > > [LP] Randal L. Schwartz, brian d foy and Tom Phoenix, Learning Perl (6th > Edition), O'Reilly Media, June 2011 > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920018452.do > > [IP] Randal L. Schwartz, brian d foy and Tom Phoenix, Intermediate Perl > (2nd Edition), O'Reilly Media, July 2012 > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920012689.do > > [EPP] Joseph N. Hall, Joshua A. McAdams, brian d foy, Effective Perl > Programming (Second Edition) 2010, Pearson Education. > > [PM] Perl Maven http://perlmaven.com/ > IRC Channels > > - Perl.org > - channel: perl-help > - network: http://www.irc.perl.org/ > - Open and Free Technology Community > - channel: perl > - network: http://www.oftc.net/ > - Freenode > - channel: perl > - network: http://freenode.net/ > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 1:05 PM, 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. >> >> 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? Also, is there any >> book or website dedicated to any Perl design methodologies? >> >> Any other skill building advice for a beginner related to Perl is welcome. >> >> Thank you. >> >> *Regards* >> Manpreet Singh >> > > > > -- > Andrew Solomon > > Mentor@Geekuni http://geekuni.com/ > http://www.linkedin.com/in/asolomon >
