Online Tutorials

Table of Contents

• Note
• Our List of Tutorials
  
  • Beginning Perl
  • Perl for Perl Newbies Series
  • The Perldoc Tutorials
  • Perl.com's Beginners Introduction to Perl
  • Haifa University Perl Course
  • Picking Up Perl
• Other Lists
  
  • Dmoz Category
  • Perl.com's List of Perl Tutorials
  • Perlmeme.org
  • Perlmonks.org's Tutorials
• Video Tutorials
  
  • ShowMeDo's "Introduction to Perl" series by Steven Devijver

Note

These online tutorials can provide an introduction to Perl so you can start writing your own scripts. Nevertheless, they don't teach everything there is to know about the language and one should still take care to learn all other things on his own from other resources.

If you prefer a tutorial in something else besides English, check the foreign languages page

Our List of Tutorials

Beginning Perl

A comprehensive book for beginners by Simon Cozens that is available online. Aims to teach Perl even for people with no prior experience in programming at all. Probably your best bet, unless you don't want to read too much to get started.

Perl for Perl Newbies Series

Intended for People with basic knowledge of C or something similar or even no knowledge of any programming language at all. Contains verbose slides filled with explanation, examples and anecdotes. Covers a basic subset of Perl, without too many "other ways to do it". (you are still expected to read the POD documents after the second lecture)

The Perldoc Tutorials

The tutorials that ship as part of the perl core. Start with perlintro and then continue with other tutorials.

Perl.com's Beginners Introduction to Perl

A 6-part tutorial that covers the basics without too many details. Again, reading the man pages is expected afterwards, but this tutorial should get you started.

Haifa University Perl Course

A perl course with online slides.

Picking Up Perl

A comprehensive tutorial by Bradley M. Kuhn and others. Does not cover modules and objects, but should get you started on simple scripts.

Other Lists

Dmoz Category

Links to many other online tutorials.

Perl.com's List of Perl Tutorials

A comprehensive list of Perl tutorials.

Perlmeme.org

Several tutorials, "Frequently Asked Questions", and "Howto" documents on various subjects.

Perlmonks.org's Tutorials

Several tutorials as hosted on the popular "Perlmonks.org" site. Cover various topics.

Video Tutorials

These are video tutorials (and so-called screencasts), that are used to introduce Perl for beginners.

ShowMeDo's "Introduction to Perl" series by Steven Devijver

Several basic videos introducing Perl for beginners available on the ShowMeDo site