Hi all, >learning about basics like scalar variables and > arrays etc. > first is a little daunting. With the Bioinfo. book I was writing > programs (well, If u are a novice to programming, well it might be a bit difficult initially - i agree. > doing the exercises) straight away. Kinda like when I learnt French > (pretentious? Moi?), I was speaking phrases and communicating before > worrying about grammer - the grammer comes naturally the more you get > into > the language.
well i 'd like to say that learning natural language (write/speak) is different from learning a programming language. in a natural language u get to the tune of the accent also along with grammar where as here it doesnt have any. well, we cant say "i speak in Perl language" ;-P. i have also noticed people who only start with those 'Perl for Bioinfo' books get stuck when they need to do something beyond what is taught in the book.coz learning a language at the first place increases the scope of applicativity which u might miss otherwise. i have learnt Perl language first then applying it for bioinfo. > But I take your point and some people (most?) would find your > suggestion > helpful. well its up to u/them :-) Its just a suggestion. > Harvey regards, KM > >Hi all, > > > >sorry i think its the otherway around. first one should know the > technical basics > of Perl language then dive into books like 'Beginning Perl for > Bioinformatics'. As > far as i have seen people who have learnt Perl language initially and > then read > books like those fared far better than people who took those books > without > knowing what Perl language is. > > > >regards, > >KM > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > >On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 12:08:21PM -0000, Harvey Kelly wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> If you've no experience whatsoever, then Beginning Perl for > >> Bioinformatics is > >> very helpful - then move on to Learning Perl I guess. It assumes > no > >> prior > >> knowledge, and although its focus is on Biology, it's all just data > >> isn't it? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Harvey > >> > >> ------------------- > >> >On 2/4/2004 10:17 PM, wolf blaum wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hi, > >> >> I like: > >> >> > >> >> Learning Perl by Randal Schwartz & Tom Phoenix as a good > >> introduction > >> with > >> >> tons of further references > >> >> > >> >> Programing Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Jon Orwant > as > >> the > >> ultimate > >> >> refernce and pillow > >> >> > >> >> Mastering Perl/Tk by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh for times when > I > >> dont > >> have > >> >> access to this mailing list and zentaras hints > >> >> > >> >> The Perl Cookbook by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington for > >> when I > >> was to > >> >> lasy to think for myself (or wanted to get depressed by how much > >> better one > >> >> could solve the problem Ive been working on in hunderts of > lines) > >> >> > >> >> And even though I never read it in the linear way: Mastering > >> regular > >> >> expressions by Jeffrey Friedl > >> >> > >> >> Not to forget: perldoc perltoc or www.perldoc.com > >> >> > >> >> and The Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy and Last Chance to see > by > >> Douglas > >> >> Adams. > >> >> > >> >> I guess others would recomend The Lord of the rings too. > >> >> > >> >> Good night:-) > >> >> Wolf > >> > > >> >Since there was no mention what kind of perl books (beginner, > etc.): > >> > > >> >I'd add: "Object Oriented Perl" by Damian Conway, I've also been > >> wanting > >> >to check out "Learning Perl Objects, References, & Modules" by > >> Randall > >> >Schwartz. "Advanced Perl Programming" by Sriram Srinivasan > (getting > >> >slightly out of date; seems I heard of updated edition coming > ???). > >> >"Effective Perl Programming" by Joseph Hall is not bad. "Writing > Perl > >> > >> >Modules for CPAN" by Sam Tregar is pretty good if your going to > write > >> > >> >modules for CPAN. "Extending & Embedding Perl" by Tim Jenness & > Simon > >> > >> >Cozens is good if your going to get into Perl/XS. > >> > > >> >You'll definately want the Perl Cookbook mentioned above. It's the > >> Perl > >> >equivelant of the Effective C++ books. > >> > > >> >Regards, > >> >Randy. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >-- > >> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ><http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Harvey Kelly > >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > Harvey Kelly > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
