Please let me know what I should learn in Perl, besides the fundamentals in Learning Perl and Perl Cookbook.
To make some bullet-points about "what to learn" I would start with this list:
- Also read (cover to cover) Programming Perl - it is the definitive guide to the language itself.
- REGULAR EXPRESSIONS!!!
- Learn how to install CPAN modules
- Learn how to write CPAN modules
- Unit Testing
- object-oriented design
- encapsulation
- polymorphism
- inheritance
- abstraction
- Linux - the basics
- Database programming and design
- Network Programming Basics
- difference between TCP and UDP
- difference between a socket and a filehandle
- multi-threaded programming
- difference between processes and threads
- know when to use threads vs forks
- understand how to distribute workload in a way that gets the job done as quickly as possible
- event-based programming
- callbacks
- events
- publish/subscribe pattern (aka the "observer" pattern)
It would also be worth familiarizing yourself with what are known as "Design Patterns" since knowing them will help you articulate (in code) what you are trying to accomplish.
-
Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
-
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
-
Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
-
Want more info? How to link or
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
|
