> WOW the black book is almost 70 bucks!!! BUT CHECK THIS OUT. > Amazon has it used for around 10 bucks with the CD woo who!!
$70? Mine was $20 but I think I got the smaller version, no CD The big one is still pretty sexxy though from what I've seen of it It may be worth $70 but if you can get it used for $10, super. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:25 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dylan Boudreau; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Perl book > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:39:04 -0400, "Dylan Boudreau" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I am a network administrator maintaining strictly Unix > > > boxes of some > > > > type or another. I want to become as proficient at Perl as > > > I possibly > > > > can because I see scripting as the week point on my > > resume. I have > > > > the Oreilly book "Perl for System Administrators" but I > > > want to read > > > > another book before I get in to that one so I have a good base. > > > > > > > > I think the main thing I want to get out of the next > book is more > > > > familiarity with modules because Learning Perl doesn't > > really cover > > > > them well at all. > > > > > > > > Dylan > > > > > > > > > > Have you been through the provided perl documentation? > Surprisingly > > > I found it incredibly helpful despite my lack of its use for the > > > first 4+ years of using Perl (granted I already had the other > > > standard issues, Camel, Cookbook, OOP Perl, DBI, XML, > etc.) perldoc > > > perl will give you a list of goodies to try, once you understand > > > using CPAN, then few modules will have (or need) a book > devoted to > > > them (the exceptions already do, CGI, DBI, XML) but most > 90+% have > > > good standard documentation that is available with the module > > > itself or online. If you start with: > > > > An excellent idea I second that motion! I got all caught up in books > > that I missed the place the books get their info! Thanks for > > the obvious! > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > perldoc perlmod - Perl modules: how they work > > > perldoc perlmodlib - Perl modules: how to write and use > > > perldoc perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN > > > > > > perldoc perlreftut - Perl references short introduction > > > perldoc perlref - Perl references, the rest > of the story > > > > > > That will give you a great overview and then exploring any > > > particular module should be relatively similar to any other. > > > > > http://danconia.org > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
