vickie has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
I'm brand spanking new here and could do with some help. Basically, I'm very interested in bioinformatics and will be doing a masters next year. However, knowing some basic Perl would be a great advantage. I've read up on the basic concepts but I want to try it out for myself. That's my problem. I have NO IDEA where to start. You'd think being a recent computer science graduate would leave me a little more clued up!
Anyway. I'm on Windows XP, and am asking for a little help on what to do...what should I download first, and all that jazz. I can't see the answer to this on the forum already, but if I've overlooked it, my apologies.
Thanks in advance,
Vickie