Getting Started

Perl Tutorial

Perl Tutorial from ZDNet's Internet User

The ABC's of CGI at CNET's Builder.com

Developing Applications in Perl at BYTE by Tom Christiansen

FAQs/Reference
Information

The Perl FAQ

Perl for Win32 FAQ

Perl CGI Programming FAQ

CPAN - The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

www.perl.com

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Perl Documentation

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1. Carefully check the FAQs (see the links above) to see if the answer to your question is there.
2. Search the archives to see if your question has already been answered. You can use the forms below to do this:

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Visit the Newsgroups

Perl Group: comp.lang.perl.misc   With your newsgroup reader   At DejaNews (on the web)

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Programming Perl by Larry Wall, et al. (The "Camel Book") This is the classic book on Perl and is co-authored by Larry Wall, the creator of the Perl programming language. This is a fairly technical book which is geared toward people who have some background in programming.

Learning Perl by Randall Schwartz and Tom Christiansen (The "Llama Book"). Also considered a classic, this book is written at a more introductory level than Programming Perl and provides a structured course for learning the language.

Learning Perl on Win32 Systems by Randall Schwartz and Tom Christiansen, et. al. Based on the Learning Perl book (above) but geared toward Windows.

Advanced Perl Programming by Sriram Srinivasan. Good coverage of more advanced topics in Perl programming, but definitely for experienced programmers.

Effective Perl Programming by Joseph N. Hall and Randall Schwartz. A great resource for both beginning and experienced Perl programmers.

Perl 5 Interactive Course by Jon Orwant. An excellent resource for learning Perl programming.

Special Edition Using Perl 5 for Web Programming by David Harlan, et al. Good coverage of both Perl and CGI programming.

CGI Developer's Guide by Eugene Eric Kim - A good introduction to CGI programming, primarily using Perl.

Search for other books on Perl

www.perl.com - The central resource for Perl information and news.

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