[Omaha.pm] [olug] [OT]: Learning Perl Resources

[Jay Hannah]

Ooo... Dave is out pimping the Perl.   :)

j



Dave Thacker wrote:
> On Sunday 29 July 2007 22:25, Stan Coleman wrote:
>   
>> I'm looking at learning a new program language this fall. Which is better
>> Pearl or Phython or ????
>>     
>
> Try them both and see which one you like.  I've spent more time with perl than 
> python, so I'm familiar with it's resources. 
>
>   
>> What resourse (books website etc.) would you recomend if I wanted to teach
>> myself? Or would you recomend me taking a class from some where?
>>     
>
> For perl I recommend:  
>
> Books
> Learning Perl, published by O'Reilly
>
> Websites
> http://learn.perl.org/
> http://www.perlmonks.org
>
> Mailing Lists
> The perl beginners mailing list:  
> http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=beginners
>
> Local Groups
> Omaha Perl Mongers: http://omaha.pm.org/
>
> I'm sure there similar resources for python.  
>
> As far as books vs classes, it depends on you and the way you learn best.  If 
> you are self teaching, I recommend picking a problem that you want to solve 
> and use your language of choice to solve it.  Have fun!
>
> Dave
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