Resources for Learning Perl

One should note that in order to get help with Perl code, you should first make a minimal effort to learn it. Perl is a relatively easy language to learn, and most programmers can easily get the hang of it, and become productive with it. If you don't want to learn it, then there are many Perl consultants who will be happy to help you for a fee. But the Perl gods only help those who help themselves.

From what to Learn?

Tutorials

A list of recommended online tutorials for learning Perl and getting up to speed with it. Normally they don't teach everything you can possibly know, but they should be OK to start with if you're impatient. As such they are optimize for starting to write code, not reading that of much more experienced Perl programmers, or those that use a different style from you.

Books

A list of online and offline (or otherwise books that require pay to view online or download), for learning Perl.

Core Documentation

The core documentation of Perl, which has been improving. Contains several tutorials for getting up to speed with many sujects.

Article Collections

Collections of short, in-depth articles.

How to Get Help?

Suppose you've read one of these resources and encountered a problem. Now what should you do?

IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

Internet Chat is probably the fastest way to receive answers to most common beginner questions. Please visit the link to learn more about it, and see where it is best to ask, what to avoid doing and what to expect.

Mailing Lists

Mailing lists allow you to ask questions by E-mail and also learn from similar discussions. They are the best solution for more obscure questions, or if you're not short on time and wants less interactive, but more in-depth discussions.