Re: [MacPerl] beginner needs book recommendation and advice

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 01.18 -0500 1999.03.02, Rachel McGregor Rawlings wrote:
>  MacPerl: Power and Ease, by your listmates Vicki Brown and Chris "Pudge"
>  Nandor. (Assumes a little less programming experience than the above.)
>  See http://www.macperl.com

The MacPerl book assumes no programming experience from the start.  Parts I
and II can be done by people without ever doing programming.  Part III
requires more experience and knowledge.

My personal recommendations for new programmers using MacPerl are:

  * MacPerl: Power and Ease
  * The Perl Cookbook (I think all Perl programmers should have it, but it is
    not a tutorial; makes a perfect companion to Perl programming, IMO)
  * Get Programming Perl, Perl in a Nutshell, and/or the online docs (the
online
    docs can be used instead of those two books)

There is a free Perl tutorial in the works, but it is not ready to be
looked at by beginners.  :)


>  Get onto IRC (don't ask how here. Type irc from your shell account, or
>  download Homer, Ircle, or ShadowIRC for the Mac). Go to the channel #perl,
>  and ask purl, the resident robot. ("/msg purl tutorials?")

Note that the active #perl channel is on EFNet.  The #perl channel is a
fine resource, but you need to learn on your own first.  Residents don't
take kindly to asking really basic questions and FAQs, though they are glad
to point you to where you can learn more.  There is also a #macperl
channel, which is much less active, but is a good place for discussing
MacPerl when people are around.

>For a tutor in Boston:
>
>  Visit http://www.pm.org and find out when the Boston Perl Mongers next meet.
>  Show up and ask nicely. There will be experts among them. :)

We do not have regular meetings at Boston Perl Mongers, but we do meet
every month or so irregularly.  Go to http://boston.pm.org/ and join the
mailing list if you like.

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