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It would be interesting to hear which you've got and what you thought of them.
I currently own:
- Programming Perl
The classic book. Recommended.
- Perl for system administration
Feels dated, but a nice read. It mostly talks about using 'databases' for storing records, and conducting ping-scans, etc.
- Advanced Perl Programming
A few nice pieces on mixing Perl + C, and has a few nice bits on persistance, networking, and graphical work.
Apart from the C+Perl internals stuff I'd not class it as advanced, but it is a nice read.
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One of the things I plan to do on my Mondays off is re-design my web site, and that will mean I'll do a lot more book reviews. However in the interim - when I get a minute, I'll reply here with a list and what I think in summary.
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Adam
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http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlbp/
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"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam
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Programming Perl 2nd and 3rd edition. It's getting due for a new edition, Perl has evolved quite a bit since it came out. It's still THE reference though.
Perl Cookbook 1st edition. I should get the 2nd edition. A good recipe driven book. Quite think with lots of content
Perl Best Practices. Excellent book for teaching you consistent maintainable programming style. You don't have to agree with it all but it's well explained and argued.
Effective Perl Programming. A bit dated, PBP has probably superseded it now, but it's still a good little book.
Object Oriented Perl, needs a new edition but it's still an excellent book.
Data Munging with Perl, a slim but very useful volume.
Perl Hacks, new book bought on holiday. Have to read it yet!
Perl & LWP, slim and interesting. Not looked at it in a while - I don't do as much web Perl as I use to.
Perl in a Nutshell - another good reference book.
Network Programming with Perl, good book on network stuff, I need to read it again though.
Higher Order Perl, quite advanced, I started it but didn't get very far, I need to try again.
Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook. Arrived last week, already I wish I'd bought it a year ago!
Web Client Programming with Perl, very old and out of print, but it taught me a lot about HTTP.
Mastering Perl, in the post on it's way to me (I hope!).
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"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam
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