Suggested Reading List

[jjhorner]

I think we should have a node in either the tutorials or library nodes with a suggested reading list.

I know that our library has most of the good docs, but not many beginners know that they should read them. If we post a "Suggested Reading List", we will be able to give someone a reference point from which to ask follow-up questions.

It gets frustrating to say "RTFM" when the "FM" has all of the right answers, but no newbies know to go there.

Any other thoughts? I know that any aspiring perl person should know to read these, but sometimes, someone has to be told.

We could also consider challenges to new monks. If a new monk has read the suggested reading, and they can answer a few short questions about the reading and perl in general, we can allow them to go to 3rd level or something. Just a random thought. . .

J. J. Horner
Linux, Perl, Apache, Stronghold, Unix
[e-mail] http://www.knoxlug.org/

[agoth]

You're right, also with quite a high visibility, i.e easy to find.

I was about to respond to a recent post about POD with a RTFM style response but couldnt find the FM myself to conclude the post so gave up.

A quick list of doc sources akin to the perlfaq posting on c.l.p.m may divert some of the newer people to the docs, which the more experienced can just ignore

[tilly]

The FM you probably wanted is "perldoc perlpod".

HTH,
Ben

[young perlhopper]

I think this is an excellent idea. While perldoc can be really helpful, there's no substitute for a good book. A lot of perl newbies probably aren't aware of the godsend called Oreilly press. This might intersect somewhat with the reviews section, but I think it would also be useful for links to online articles, (there are a few good ones, like coping with scoping).

I haven't seen any Quests posted since I joined perlmonks, maybe it's time for one. I don't think its entirely clear whether this overlaps too much with other nodes we already have, and i think its also unclear exactly what the format of such a node should be.

Anyway, just my .02

-Mark