Perl for Dummies

by Paul E. Hoffman

Book Overview

In the days before personal computers, BASIC was the easy programming language to learn, and serious programmers learned FORTRAN or COBOL to do "real work." Today, many people have discovered that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764537504
• ISBN13: 9780764537509
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Well Worn Book that I Love

I've never been a big fan of the "Dummies" line of books because I've had some bad experiences with some of them. This book was a pleasant surprise. I wanted to learn Perl for doing CGI on the web, and I wanted to learn it quickly. This book did not dissapoint. I used it as a starting point and then moved on to the O'reilly books, which was an excellent way to do it. Here's the funny thing, I still go back to this book as a quick reference at times. There have been times that I have not been able to find the answer quickly enough in the O'reilly books and I've ended up turning back to this one. I just had one of those occasions where I quickly found a small section in this book on concatenation. It gave an excellent example. After sifting through O'reilly for a couple of hours, I wish that I had looked through this one first.With a good amount of work and concentration, you should be able to learn Perl with this book. Think of it as a starting point, because it will not likely teach you everything that you want to know. That's not the purpose of the dummies books.In conclusion, I'm very happy that I chose this book as a starting point.

Out of print? WHY????

I learned how to program perl with this book, having no previous experience in programming. I have since gone on to other languages, but I never would have gotten started if I hadn't read Perl5 for Dummies. Why, oh, why take it out of print?

This Perl book is my PERL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book is excellent, if they sold it as a necklace at a jewelry store for a million dollars I would still buy it. This book should be ranked #1 on your charts. The only draw back is that there wasn't enough chapters on CGI, so I had to go out and buy a seperate book on CGI. But I still love my "diamond" PERL FOR DUMMIES.

What a Great Book! Worth the Money

Wow! This book was a great way to learn Perl. It explains everything, and has a nice pace. This book is great for anyone who has no programming experience. Not even halfway through the book, I was able to right basic perl programs. It doesn't teach you everything about perl, but all the basics, and a little more. It is a great way to start learning about perl. I suggest this book to anyone!

Very Good Intro to Perl 5!

This is a very easy to understand introductory book on Perl 5. I have been frustrated by other books but this one covers the main issues in plain english. I did not give it a 10 because you may need more information than this book can hold to become an advanced Perl programmer, but it is close. Great Job.