Perl Books
- Note
- Books for Beginners
- Books for Those with Previous Programming Knowledge
- Books for Learning about More Advanced Parts of the Core Language
- Books for Learning about Specialized Technologies
Note
It is not absolutely necessary to read an organized book, in order to learn Perl. However, occasionally many people like it better than reading an ad hoc tutorial on their computer screens, and then trying to understand the man pages. Here is a list of books that can teach you Perl with some remarks on each book.
Books for Beginners
Modern Perl
A book by chromatic, a well-known Perl programmer, writer, and author, about how to write Perl 5 in a good and modern way. Covers from the basics up to doing object-oriented programming using Moose, and a bit beyond. I've read this book and can recommend it.
The book is available online for free download and viewing and we have a local mirror.
Book Information
Authors: chromaticPublisher: Onyx Neon Press
Download/View Online
Buy From: Amazon - Powells - Amazon UK
Beginning Perl
Book Information
Authors: Curtis “Ovid” PoePublisher: Wrox Press Inc.
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Book Page at books.perl.org
Buy From: Amazon - Powells - Amazon UK
This book is intended for people who are new to programming and wish to learn how to program using Perl. Those that already have a past experience in programming, will find it easier, but otherwise, even those without prior experience will be able to learn using it.
The first edition of the book is available online for free download but is outdated and no longer recommended. There is a preview version of the latest edition available in archive.org.
Books for Those with Previous Programming Knowledge
These books are intended for people with a solid knowledge of programming in at least one other programming language besides Perl, who would like to learn Perl.
Impatient Perl
A book for people who need to learn Perl as soon as possible. Its full text is also available online for free download. We have a local mirror.
Learning Perl the Hard Way
Also intended for people who are already familiar with programming, and want to learn Perl quickly, and is available online for free download.
Perl for C Programmers
This book teaches Perl for experienced C Programmers. It is comprehensive and encompassing and tries to focus on Perl code that resembles C as much as possible. If you don't know C either, it will probably be of little help.
Note: It may be quite outdated by now.
