Perl by Example | 
| Author: Ellie Quigley
Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
Category: Book
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Pages: 552
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7 x 1.8
ISBN: 0136556892
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780136556893
Publication Date: October 1997
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Through proven sample programs, professional Perl trainer Ellie Quigley takes readers from their first program to highly sophisticated scripting. Updated for Web developers, the book teaches CGI scripting with Perl. The CD-ROM includes Perl 5 for all leading UNIX platforms, Windows 95 and NT, plus hundreds of code examples.
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 This is an excellent Perl book for beginners November 16, 2008
This is a very complete book if you want to learn and start to implement Perl. While Perl is not the be all/end all language, it is very much fun to use, especially in the UNIX world where you find the limitations of all the various shells limiting. Perl can get you going, and you can continue to learn more and more (such as object-oriented Perl) as you grow and evolve.
But this book is really good for beginners. While the examples are simple (as they SHOULD BE in a learning environment) each example line is explained in great gory detail. None of these "Hey, look at what I can distract you with while trying to teach you this simple example" or some authors involved and crazy "Case Study"; these examples are easy to assimilate. It is up to the reader to put the concepts together to make a coherant program (and Perl is a very forgiving language, making it great for beginning programmers).
When I was teaching Perl for collegiate newbies, this was my book of choice. The students would actually visualize some program, and this book would show them how the pieces worked. So the students just put them together and away they went. A lot of other Perl books fall very short in this aspect. Of the dozens of Perl books I own, this is one to read if you want to start with Perl.
well suited for beginners November 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
[A review of the 4th Edition, that came out in late 2007.]
One way to learn is to learn by example. Quigley follows this precept in this massive book on Perl. Candidly, there are far slimmer books that describe the syntax of Perl. Typically, these have a few didactic examples. For some people, that suffices. But you might be a newbie to any type of programming. Or perhaps you want a grab bag of many example programs, to search thru in case you can find one to quickly adapt to your needs. In this case, Quigley's book might be well suited.
The examples are easy to grasp. Accompanied by exhaustive supporting text. It doesn't get simpler than this. In some ways, this led to complaints in reviews of earlier editions. A few other reviewers saw the examples as perhaps too trivial. Well they are, to experienced programmers. Newcomers need more support.
The book also goes into an important usage context. Where you combine Perl scripts with CGI to write dynamic web pages. But beware. The book doesn't really discuss on first principles whether you should use this Perl/CGI combination. CGI has been found to be rather cumbersome for dynamic pages. Programmers tend to favour other methods, like JSP [Java Server Pages] and ASP.
 Good, but examles are too simple November 16, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I use the Perl language daily (and I love it). I own several of Ellie's books and have taken classes from her in Silicon Valley. The books are clear, the index is excellent, but the examples are too simple. Many examples use input typed in from the keyboard (instead of reading in input from a file). Business applications/corporate applications usually read in input from a file.
One fo the better books I have run across on Perl. October 28, 2005
Good straight forward examples... most show the input, the code and the output produced by the code. You need only understand the logic of programming... the book fills in the rest you need to know. I have six or seven books on Perl but always reach for this or The Little Black Book for syntax and examples. Invest in a good editor designed for Perl programming like OptiPerl [with syntax checking and debugger] and you will be well on your way!
Perl by Example September 23, 2005
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Clealy written, and in terms I believe are easily understood by programmers.
Also, wonderful price! (under $2.00)
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