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ReggaetonKing · Apr 20th, 2006, 9:45 PM

Does anyone have any tips in learning Perl? I want to use Perl for web scripting and using CGI that will interact with web forms such as email, feedbacks, and having user logins. For people who use Perl, how easy what it to use and learn?

Kaja Fumei · Apr 21st, 2006, 1:58 AM

Perl can be frustrating sometimes. It's a strange language at first and has a lot of builtin features, but its really nice once you learn it.

The official docs were always the most helpful to me when I learned Perl:
http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlintro.html
and then http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod...html#Tutorials

ReggaetonKing · Apr 21st, 2006, 2:04 AM

Hey! That is very useful! Thanks A lot Kaja! I just go into Perl, I think it's great, syntax is very easy but a little different as you mention. I was working though, it was never clear to me, I can not use Perl to create application correct such as C++ and Java can, right?

DaWei · Apr 21st, 2006, 7:04 AM

Indeed, there are compilers that will compile Perl to native code.

Pizentios · Apr 21st, 2006, 9:04 AM

Perldoc is what i used. I think i have a ebook about it as well.

Jessehk · Apr 21st, 2006, 3:21 PM

This site looks amazing: http://perldoc.perl.org/

ReggaetonKing · Apr 23rd, 2006, 11:33 PM

I got this book from the library, "Learning Perl, 3rd Ed.". A lot of people online say, "The Llama Book" is the best way for Learning Perl. So far by looking at the language, Perl seems alright. It seems that a lot of programs I can make in Java or C++ are very quicker in Perl, when it comes to console-base programs that is.

By the way, I read that Perl can be used for CGI Scripting, Applications, and System-scripting. Perl is like the ideal language here. Doe anyone know of a GUI library or something I can use for Perl when it comes time for building GUI programs.

Kaja Fumei · Apr 24th, 2006, 4:57 PM

There's a couple GUI libraries for Perl:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Program...UI_programming

ReggaetonKing · Apr 24th, 2006, 8:13 PM

Hey thanks!

tbohon · Oct 18th, 2006, 4:01 PM

Check out the 'Ed2Go' website - if you can't find it, let me know and I'll dig up the url. They offer, through Boise State University (a real, accredited school in Idaho) an $89 Perl course that will teach you exactly what you wanted to learn! They even give you, free, a special Perl interpreter/Apache/cgi-bin setup that installs in it's own directory, doesn't interfere with another Apache, and which is used for all the assignments including web forms, pages, etc. It's a terrific course - just finished it two weeks ago and was able to solve a pretty knotty problem yesterday using what I'd learned.

Course is on-line, runs 6 weeks with 2 new lessons/assignments/quizzes each week. The only graded test is the final - and you can print it out before you answer it to check your answers (highly recommended procedure - I did so and still missed one question on it!!!)

Good luck!

Tom

Apr 20th, 2006, 9:45 PM	#1
ReggaetonKing Sexy Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 891 Rep Power: 3	Learning Perl Does anyone have any tips in learning Perl? I want to use Perl for web scripting and using CGI that will interact with web forms such as email, feedbacks, and having user logins. For people who use Perl, how easy what it to use and learn? __________________ I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code!

Apr 21st, 2006, 1:58 AM	#2
Kaja Fumei Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 134 Rep Power: 3	Perl can be frustrating sometimes. It's a strange language at first and has a lot of builtin features, but its really nice once you learn it. The official docs were always the most helpful to me when I learned Perl: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlintro.html and then http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod...html#Tutorials Last edited by Kaja Fumei; Apr 21st, 2006 at 2:09 AM.

Apr 21st, 2006, 2:04 AM	#3
ReggaetonKing Sexy Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 891 Rep Power: 3	Hey! That is very useful! Thanks A lot Kaja! I just go into Perl, I think it's great, syntax is very easy but a little different as you mention. I was working though, it was never clear to me, I can not use Perl to create application correct such as C++ and Java can, right? __________________ I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code!

Apr 21st, 2006, 7:04 AM	#4
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Indeed, there are compilers that will compile Perl to native code. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Apr 21st, 2006, 9:04 AM	#5
Pizentios Programming Guru Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 2,023 Rep Power: 7	Perldoc is what i used. I think i have a ebook about it as well. __________________ Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. Check out my Blog <---updated Nov 30 2007!

Apr 21st, 2006, 3:21 PM	#6
Jessehk The Oblivious One Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 639 Rep Power: 4	This site looks amazing: http://perldoc.perl.org/ __________________ Dr. Zoidberg: [ecstatic] I'm going to a movie... with FRIENDS!

Apr 23rd, 2006, 11:33 PM	#7
ReggaetonKing Sexy Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 891 Rep Power: 3	I got this book from the library, "Learning Perl, 3rd Ed.". A lot of people online say, "The Llama Book" is the best way for Learning Perl. So far by looking at the language, Perl seems alright. It seems that a lot of programs I can make in Java or C++ are very quicker in Perl, when it comes to console-base programs that is. By the way, I read that Perl can be used for CGI Scripting, Applications, and System-scripting. Perl is like the ideal language here. Doe anyone know of a GUI library or something I can use for Perl when it comes time for building GUI programs. __________________ I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code!

Apr 24th, 2006, 4:57 PM	#8
Kaja Fumei Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 134 Rep Power: 3	There's a couple GUI libraries for Perl: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Program...UI_programming

Apr 24th, 2006, 8:13 PM	#9
ReggaetonKing Sexy Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 891 Rep Power: 3	Hey thanks! __________________ I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code!

Oct 18th, 2006, 4:01 PM	#10
tbohon Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Olympia WA USA Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Check out the 'Ed2Go' website - if you can't find it, let me know and I'll dig up the url. They offer, through Boise State University (a real, accredited school in Idaho) an $89 Perl course that will teach you exactly what you wanted to learn! They even give you, free, a special Perl interpreter/Apache/cgi-bin setup that installs in it's own directory, doesn't interfere with another Apache, and which is used for all the assignments including web forms, pages, etc. It's a terrific course - just finished it two weeks ago and was able to solve a pretty knotty problem yesterday using what I'd learned. Course is on-line, runs 6 weeks with 2 new lessons/assignments/quizzes each week. The only graded test is the final - and you can print it out before you answer it to check your answers (highly recommended procedure - I did so and still missed one question on it!!!) Good luck! Tom __________________ My mind is like a steel whatchamacallit ... Last edited by tbohon; Oct 18th, 2006 at 4:03 PM. Reason: additional information added

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