Recommended Learning Resources
Books
If you are serious about learning and programming with Perl then I can recommend the following books. All are very helpful and informative.
- Learning Perl - Randal L Schwartz & Tom Phoenix (O'Reilly)
- Programming Perl - Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Jon Orwant (O'Reilly)
- Perl 5 Pocket Reference - Johan Vromans (O'ReillY)
- Learn Perl in 24 Hours - Clinton Pierce (Sams)
Web sites
Other web sites that may offer you help
- Community sites, forums and discussion boards
- Have you tried the jardScripts forum?
- Dotdragnet have a number of resources and a forum full of helpful people who may be able to help you.
- Documentation, FAQs and official sites
- ASPN's ActivePerl docs. Full web based and fully searchable Perl reference guide and language documentation. Based on the Windows ActivePerl version but contains the full PerlDocs including the CGI modules so is just as relevant for other platforms. Invaluable for anyone trying to program in Perl.
- perl.com is the main Perl homepage, and while it's a bit daunting for the beginner there is an awful lot of quality information hidden away there.
- The CGI Programming MetaFAQ, a large collection of links to various CGI and Perl FAQs.
- The Idiot's Guide to Solving Perl CGI Problems
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