Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $20.00 | Rating: 8
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Pros:
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No nonsense Perl programming
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Cons:
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Too no nonsense for someone with no programming experience
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There is a lot of info packed into a small amount of pages here. If you have done some programming before this is a quick way to learn Perl. When I first bought this book however, Perl was my first attempt at learning a 'real' language and in most cases it was not enough. I bought Beginning Perl by Simon Cozens and it does a much better job of deeply explaining Perl concepts to the total beginner.
I found combining both books, "Beginning" to get a good solid understanding of each concept, and "Learning" to quickly pound the details in was an excellent way to get some Perl skillz.
Beginning Perl is available for free online but is worth purchasing to keep as a reference. http://learn.perl.org/library/beginning_perl/
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