Perl Fast & Easy Web Development

Rating:
Summary: Just like the title says.
Review: This is not a know it all book on Perl, but it will get you started coding and executing right away.
I liked the way Les takes you through coding a program step by step and then explaining what each step accomplishes. The book has about 20 coding and execution examples, some just pure perl, some using HTML and some with a little javascript. Even if you don't know these areas you get the feel for how Perl interfaces with them.
The book will also take you into ways to do some data base interfacing. Les uses Microsofts Access for the data base example, but will also work if you know mySQL. Les will even give you steps for setting up the PWS (Personal Web Server) on non Windows XP operating systems like W98.
The last chapter takes you through a complete case study using a contact data base using some web design principles.
With the exception of a a few minor coding errors, this book in my opinion is top notch and the very best for getting a good head start on learning Perl.