X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq2.pod;h=54627ea5b8ef2f1c6c6ffa87820ec3b13606b4b8;hb=029149a3a15c2ba446182d3da9b94b640c047cac;hp=22f7ad7ce00e01c30a7207c8148f342f9472a547;hpb=197aec242db45fbf1d7853a1ae22a108cc09d23c;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod index 22f7ad7..54627ea 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.18 $, $Date: 2002/12/06 07:40:11 $) +perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 2003/01/26 17:50:56 $) =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -171,24 +171,33 @@ assistance: =head2 What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions? -The now defunct comp.lang.perl newsgroup has been superseded by the -following groups: +Several groups devoted to the Perl language are on Usenet: comp.lang.perl.announce Moderated announcement group - comp.lang.perl.misc Very busy group about Perl in general - comp.lang.perl.moderated Moderated discussion group + comp.lang.perl.misc High traffic general Perl discussion + comp.lang.perl.moderated Moderated discussion group comp.lang.perl.modules Use and development of Perl modules comp.lang.perl.tk Using Tk (and X) from Perl comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi Writing CGI scripts for the Web. -There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at -nntp://nntp.perl.org , a web interface to the same lists at -http://nntp.perl.org/group/ and these lists are also available under the -C hierarchy at http://groups.google.com . Other groups are listed at -http://lists.perl.org/ ( also known as http://lists.cpan.org/ ). +Some years ago, comp.lang.perl was divided into those groups, and +comp.lang.perl itself officially removed. While that group may still +be found on some news servers, it is unwise to use it, because +postings there will not appear on news servers which honour the +official list of group names. Use comp.lang.perl.misc for topics +which do not have a more-appropriate specific group. -A nice place to ask questions is the PerlMonks site, http://www.perlmonks.org/ +There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by +perl.org at nntp://nntp.perl.org , a web interface to the same lists +at http://nntp.perl.org/group/ and these lists are also available +under the C hierarchy at http://groups.google.com . Other +groups are listed at http://lists.perl.org/ ( also known as +http://lists.cpan.org/ ). + +A nice place to ask questions is the PerlMonks site, +http://www.perlmonks.org/ , or the Perl Beginners mailing list +http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=beginners . Note that none of the above are supposed to write your code for you: asking questions about particular problems or general advice is fine, @@ -230,7 +239,7 @@ of real-world examples, mini-tutorials, and complete programs is: by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington, with Foreword by Larry Wall ISBN 1-56592-243-3 [1st Edition August 1998] - http://perl.oreilly.com/cookbook/ + http://perl.oreilly.com/catalog/cookbook/ If you're already a seasoned programmer, then the Camel Book might suffice for you to learn Perl from. If you're not, check out the @@ -241,6 +250,15 @@ Llama book: ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ +And for more advanced information on writing larger programs, +presented in the same style as the Llama book, continue your education +with the Alpaca book: + + Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules (the "Alpaca Book") + by Randal L. Schwartz, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian Conway) + ISBN 0-596-00478-8 [1st edition June 2003] + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/ + If you're not an accidental programmer, but a more serious and possibly even degreed computer scientist who doesn't need as much hand-holding as we try to provide in the Llama, please check out the @@ -305,6 +323,11 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow. ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ + Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules + by Randal L. Schwartz, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian Conway) + ISBN 0-596-00478-8 [1st edition June 2003] + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/ + Learning Perl on Win32 Systems by Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson, and Tom Christiansen, with foreword by Larry Wall @@ -346,8 +369,8 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow. Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl - ISBN 1-56592-257-3 [1st edition January 1997] - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex/ + ISBN 0-596-00289-0 [2nd edition July 2002] + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex2/ Network Programming with Perl by Lincoln Stein @@ -370,6 +393,11 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow. ISBN 1-56592-716-8 [1st edition January 2002] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastperltk/ + Extending and Embedding Perl + by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens + ISBN 1-930110-82-0 [1st edition August 2002] + http://www.manning.com/jenness + =back =head2 Perl in Magazines