in reply to Re: What are Modules
in thread What are Modules
George,
I agree with you, but I also think it is important for a newbie not to rely too much on modules because even though it will take more time to write your own code, I feel you learn Perl faster this way. This was the case when I started out. People were suggesting modules left and right and I said to myself "How am I going to learn this stuff if all I'm doing is using other people's code?"
Now that I have a better grasp on Perl, I find myself using CPAN much more. I would suggest to a newbie to try and write the code themselves first and then check out CPAN to see if a module can do something they want better/faster (which is usually the case).
Hope I don't get flamed for this, but this is the approach that I took.
-Dru
I agree with you, but I also think it is important for a newbie not to rely too much on modules because even though it will take more time to write your own code, I feel you learn Perl faster this way. This was the case when I started out. People were suggesting modules left and right and I said to myself "How am I going to learn this stuff if all I'm doing is using other people's code?"
Now that I have a better grasp on Perl, I find myself using CPAN much more. I would suggest to a newbie to try and write the code themselves first and then check out CPAN to see if a module can do something they want better/faster (which is usually the case).
Hope I don't get flamed for this, but this is the approach that I took.
-Dru
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Re: Re: Re: What are Modules
by belg4mit (Prior) on Dec 07, 2001 at 21:44 UTC | |
Re: Re: Re: What are Modules
by George_Sherston (Vicar) on Dec 08, 2001 at 00:23 UTC |
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