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Summary: Very helpful
Review: I have been perl programming for a little over 2 years now, and this is the _best_ book I've found for beginning to intermediate programming. The O'Reilly books, even the "Learning Perl" book doesn't give the reader enough examples, nor are the explanations aimed toward the new programmer. Perl5 By Example does a fantastic job of explaining the examples given, and doing so in terms a new programmer would understand.
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Summary: Very helpful
Review: I have been perl programming for a little over 2 years now, and this is the _best_ book I've found for beginning to intermediate programming. The O'Reilly books, even the "Learning Perl" book doesn't give the reader enough examples, nor are the explanations aimed toward the new programmer. Perl5 By Example does a fantastic job of explaining the examples given, and doing so in terms a new programmer would understand.
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Summary: Buy this book! You won't regert it.
Review: I pretty much chose this book at random when I was looking for a book on PERL. And somehow I got lucky! I don't think a better book on PERL could be written. There's an excellent function reference in the back along with ASCII tables which are much easier to read then any of the other ASCII tables I have, so many of my co-workers look at me kind of funny when they see me setting in front of C source code looking in the back of a book that says PERL 5 on the cover. Although the contents of the CD ROM is not quite what the cover of the book says they are, but what's in the book makes up for it.
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Summary: Not a good book
Review: I was attracted by the title "perl5 by example" because I believe that the best way to learn is "By Example". However, I was diappointed with the book because the examples are too obvious and too simple. Even with those simple codes, many didn't work (e.g., code 05lst03.pl, 05lst04.pl, 11list02.pl). Some of them were due to "not so obvious typo" for novice, but some were not. Worst of all, the book title says I will get Perl4 and 5 and two other books (Perl quick reference and Using CGI) on CD, but they are NOT!!! I will definitely return this book
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Summary: Disapointing. Offers nothing for a more advanced programmer
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. I was hoping to get a book with solid examples that was also a useful reference book. It is a terrible reference book and although the examples can be helpful, they don't teach concepts. May be good for a beginner but it will only get you so far.
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Summary: When in Doubt, Go with O'Reilly.
Review: I'm not quite sure how this book got 4 stars. It's not that good. It's also not that bad. I would have given it 3 stars, if it were not for the fact that there are several books so far superior to this one.I bought this book in the days before I understood that the Perl books published by O'Reilly and Associates rock. With a few exceptions, they publish every quality Perl book out there. Ask any experienced Perl hacker, and they'll tell you the same. Go ahead. To be fair, this book is not awful. Actually, I remember liking the parts on writing objects/modules. But I would not recommend a so-so book when there are a number of excellent ones to choose from. You'll (or you would have) outgrow(n) this one pretty quickly. Try one of the `Learning Perl' books to start. You'll soon understand what I mean. Hope this helps,
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Summary: Excellent book for both beginners and pros. Tons of examples
Review: If you are thinking about learning how to program in PERL then by all means get a copy of this book. You'll also find it as a useful reference even after you master the basics. I used to program in C/C++ and then use UNIX shell scripts to automate all the programs and processes on the server. Of course, that's until i discovered the power and advantages of PERL over scripting languages (ksh, bsh, etc) and decided to learn it. I picked up this book during the end of year holiday and learned all that i need to know to get started. I returned to my job two weeks later with enough knowledge to start writing programs in PERL and automating all our processes under UNIX. Even after a year experience with PERL, i still come back to this book whenever i need to lookup a function or use regular expressions. Lots and lots of examples that will definitely speed up the learning curve.
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Summary: It's everything you could want in a PERL programming book.
Review: Perl 5 by Example is a descriptive and comprehensive book dedicated to the Perl programming language.
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Summary: The Best Perl Book I've studied
Review: Perl 5 by example is the best Perl book I've studied. I use the Perl 5 book along with the 'CGI For Windows' book to teach an internet/multimedia class, at an University level. 'Perl 5 by example' has an excellent teaching format: Definition, explaination, and hundreds of sample code fragments, to illustrate the point. 'Perl 5 by example' combines beginning concepts, intermediate, and advance perl programming practices. One of the most valueable sections in 'Perl 5 by example' is the creating reports section. The second most valueable section is the regular expression explaination. I keep the 'Perl 5 by example' book close as a valueable language reference. Database is also a key interest for me. Combining perl with sybase and using the reporting capability helps students start learning how to create enterprise wide solutions. Write to me for details on some of the perl projects that were created using the book. Upon studing this book and reader should have the knowledge to write numerous cgi scripts, create perl modules, and understand at an intermediate level the perl language.
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Summary: This book is the best book EVER
Review: This book is for you, no matter if you are a hero or a zero, in this book you will find almost every thing you need to know about Perl, Everything is explaned in an easy english en there are many examples you can see, there are some errata but ones you finished the book you understand. This book is probebly one of my best inverstments.
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