perlfaq2: online perldoc update, remove ancient books
[email protected] (_brian_d_foy) Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:25:22 -0700
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I may have sent this patch before, but here it is again just in case
I didn't. I updated the URLs that referenced perldoc.com and removed
the ancient books.
I still need to addd some books, but that will be in the next round
of changes.
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--- perlfaq2.pod 10 Aug 2005 15:56:54 -0000 1.34
+++ perlfaq2.pod 10 Oct 2005 17:22:35 -0000
@@ -149,9 +149,8 @@
have a proper man command, or it's been misinstalled. If that doesn't
work, try looking in /usr/local/lib/perl5/pod for documentation.
-If all else fails, consult http://perldoc.cpan.org/ or
-http://www.perldoc.com/ both offer the complete documentation
-in html format.
+If all else fails, consult http://perldoc.perl.org/ which had the
+complete documentation in HTML and PDF format.
Many good books have been written about Perl--see the section below
for more details.
@@ -162,11 +161,9 @@
L<perlreftut> for managing references, L<perlretut> for regular
expressions, L<perlthrtut> for threads, L<perldebtut> for debugging,
and L<perlxstut> for linking C and Perl together. There may be more
-by the time you read this. The following URLs might also be of
-assistance:
+by the time you read this. These URLs might also be useful:
- http://perldoc.cpan.org/
- http://www.perldoc.com/
+ http://perldoc.perl.org/
http://bookmarks.cpan.org/search.cgi?cat=Training%2FTutorials
=head2 What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post
questions?
@@ -221,10 +218,11 @@
A number of books on Perl and/or CGI programming are available. A few
of these are good, some are OK, but many aren't worth your money.
There is a list of these books, some with extensive reviews, at
-http://books.perl.org/ .
+http://books.perl.org/ . If you don't see your book listed here, you
+can write to [email protected] .
The incontestably definitive reference book on Perl, written by
-the creator of Perl, is now (Sept 2004) in its third edition:
+the creator of Perl, is Programming Perl:
Programming Perl (the "Camel Book"):
by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant
@@ -242,13 +240,13 @@
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlckbk2/
If you're already a seasoned programmer, then the Camel Book might
-suffice for you to learn Perl from. If you're not, check out the
+suffice for you to learn Perl. If you're not, check out the
Llama book:
- Learning Perl (the "Llama Book")
- by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix
- ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001]
- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/
+ Learning Perl
+ by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
+ ISBN 0-596-10105-8 [4th edition July 2005]
+ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/
And for more advanced information on writing larger programs,
presented in the same style as the Llama book, continue your education
@@ -306,11 +304,6 @@
ISBN 0-596-00032-4 [3rd edition May 2000]
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlpr3/
- Perl in a Nutshell
- by Ellen Siever, Stephan Spainhour, and Nathan Patwardhan
- ISBN 1-56592-286-7 [1st edition December 1998]
- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlnut/
-
=item Tutorials
Beginning Perl
@@ -324,38 +317,15 @@
http://www.manning.com/Johnson/
Learning Perl
- by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix
- ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001]
- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/
+ by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
+ ISBN 0-596-10105-8 [4th edition July 2005]
+ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/
Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules
by Randal L. Schwartz, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian
Conway)
ISBN 0-596-00478-8 [1st edition June 2003]
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/
- Learning Perl on Win32 Systems
- by Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson, and Tom Christiansen,
- with foreword by Larry Wall
- ISBN 1-56592-324-3 [1st edition August 1997]
- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperlwin/
-
- Perl: The Programmer's Companion
- by Nigel Chapman
- ISBN 0-471-97563-X [1997, 3rd printing Spring 1998]
- http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/97563-X.htm
- http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/chapman/perl/perltpc.html
(errata etc)
-
- Cross-Platform Perl
- by Eric Foster-Johnson
- ISBN 1-55851-483-X [2nd edition September 2000]
- http://www.pconline.com/~erc/perlbook.htm
-
- MacPerl: Power and Ease
- by Vicki Brown and Chris Nandor,
- with foreword by Matthias Neeracher
- ISBN 1-881957-32-2 [1st edition May 1998]
- http://www.macperl.com/ptf_book/
-
=item Task-Oriented
Writing Perl Modules for CPAN
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brian d foy, [email protected]