perlmeditation nbezzala <p> There are some great posts on Perl monks about how to learn Perl. And a lot of books and tutorials to learn from. </p> <p> But, once I learn something, I would like to practice it on a real world problem. A lot of posts have problems seeking solutions, and these can be rephrased into 'Write a program to... ' type of questions for beginners. Or, we could just link to those posts from a central place, and point the beginners to it. </p> <p> The aim would be to create an opportunity for effective learning as defined on <a href="http://norvig.com/21-days.html">Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years</a> - <i>the most effective learning requires a well-defined task with an appropriate difficulty level for the particular individual, informative feedback, and opportunities for repetition and corrections of errors.</i> </p> <p> Has this been done or tried before? How do we make it work? </p>