Perl for Lamers?

[Cadwalader]

I am new to some of the higher programming lanuages--let's put it this way, I fumble through JavaScript. Someone told me not to even bother learning JS because Perl can blow it's doors off. So is there a good website that I can go to and learn Perl (as my needs relate mostly to web based stuff) from the beginning and get a good grasp on it real fast? I have been looking and looking, but all I am coming up with is stuff that seems to be over my head (heck, for the past month I thought "perl" was spelled "pearl&quot.Thanks for the help.

--President of the Lamer's Guild International (just kidding)
Thanks...

 

[robman70]

you can try

http://www.cgi101.com/class

it gives somewhat of a crash course in perl, though it doesnt teach the best programming practices in the world. The author says she's gonna publish another book that should be much better, i dont know if she'll update the tutorials on her site though. Its definitely just a place to start, to get a handle for perl, but do not stop there or you'll end up writing some sloppy, unsecure code

 

[skottieb]

Mabey spen a bit of money and get a book, theres a heap specifically in CGI, or for a broad overview of perl try "Sams teach yourself perl in 21 days", I just read it and am making html forms and the programs togo with them... all in 21 days, my next step is a perl cgi book, there $10 aussie at my local book store!!! skottieb

 

[Guest_imported]

http://www.wush.net/essays/learningperl.shtml

http://www.wush.net/essays/learningcgi.shtml

 

[Cadwalader]

Thanks. All gci101 and wush.net look like they are going to be very helpful.

 

[CharlesClarkson]

Try this one. It is written by a programmer, but it is clear and teaches secure CGI programming practices.

http://www.easystreet.com/~ovid/cgi_course/index.html

HTH,

Charles

 

[hmerrill]

I'm surprised no-one has suggested it yet, but "Learning Perl" by Schwartz & Christiansen is a very good book for beginners - it's a great 1st book for Perl. Hardy Merrill

 

[hmerrill]

One thing I forgot to mention - if your system already has Perl on it, Perl *comes with* excellent documentation called "perldocs". To get started, you can do

perldoc perl

at a command prompt - that will list all the different topics covered by the perldocs. Then, to look at one of the topics(Ex: Perl Operators - "perlop&quot, just do

perldoc perlop

HTH. Hardy Merrill

 

[goBoating]

and

http://www.perl.com

- look for the tutorials link near the bottom of the page. 'hope this helps

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