Perl

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Originally posted by Agent Johnson
don't forget www.webmonkey.com , they have tutorials on just about anything, including PERL

Of course, nothing beats having a good book right in front of you while you code.....

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http://images.antionline.com/images/icons/icon14.gif good point about having a book in front of you :)
and its real easy to find a good book
just check out www.amazon.com and check out the top programing books and you should find something usefull

CrazyShaman check your PM's !!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by petemcevoy
O'reilly probably make the most authorative books on perl

http://www.oreilly.com/

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Yep, right on the money, you want to learn Perl I would highly suggest buying Learning Perl, and then Programming Perl (both O'reilly books)

After that, go to www.perlmonks.org

made for beginners
learn.perl.org

Also I visit Perl Monks everyday.

Perl by Example
I believe the 3rd edition is out.
by Ellie Quigley
Prentice Hall.

and

Programming Perl
3rd Edition
By the Perl GODS themselves
Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Randal L. Schwartz
O'Reilly Press

Mag-Rag
The Perl Journal.
Most information without the advertizement on every page.
http://www.tpj.com for subscription

Additional valid information can be found on almost any Linux or Unix machine with Perl installed.

Information Copied from Man Pages.

>man perl


For ease of access, the Perl manual has been split up into a number of
sections:

perl Perl overview (this section)
perldelta Perl changes since previous version
perlfaq Perl frequently asked questions

perldata Perl data structures
perlsyn Perl syntax
perlop Perl operators and precedence
perlre Perl regular expressions
perlrun Perl execution and options
perlfunc Perl builtin functions
perlvar Perl predefined variables
perlsub Perl subroutines
perlmod Perl modules: how they work
perlmodlib Perl modules: how to write and use
perlform Perl formats
perllocale Perl locale support
perlref Perl references
perldsc Perl data structures intro
perllol Perl data structures: lists of lists
perltoot Perl OO tutorial
perlobj Perl objects
perltie Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples
perlipc Perl interprocess communication
perldebug Perl debugging
perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
perlsec Perl security
perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
perlstyle Perl style guide
perlpod Perl plain old documentation
perlbook Perl book information
perlembed Perl ways to embed perl in your C or C++ application
perlapio Perl internal IO abstraction interface
perlxs Perl XS application programming interface
perlxstut Perl XS tutorial
perlguts Perl internal functions for those doing extensions
perlcall Perl calling conventions from C

web monkey
web monkeys link above is good page for learning stuff for the web like javascript cgi etc thought you might like to know

First of all "The Camel Book" (AKA Programming Perl) by Wall, Christianisen, and Orwant is the definitive Perl tutorial. Nothing else comes close.

Second of all, newbies shouldn't start with Perl. It's a great tool for making quick hacks, but it's a very eclectic language (Perl stands for Pathological Eclectic Rubbish Lister) with insane amounts of syntax and it will make things harder for you in the long run. Learn Scheme, then Python, then C/C++, then Perl.