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in reply to Perl Enlightenment and Personal Journey To It
WebHick, I agree with you. I am also on the journey to Perl Enlightment (like so many others here.) Heck, just go to the Newest Nodes and look at the new users each day. They just keep comming in! That's great that we get that kind of reaction and respect from the users at large, that they want to be a part of our community.My background is varied as far as programming, but I know the basics (I've survived classes in Basic, Fortran, Cobol, C, Pascal, etc.) I also understand the frustration that you mention about 'RTFM.' Heck, I think I was visiting Perl Monks actively for about a week before I figured out from someone's post that docs even EXISTED! I was so excited at that discovery that I didn't post for a couple of days (I was too busy reading.) Later, I was reading another node about Super Search. So I searched for it, and found so much info that most of my 'Newby' questions went away.I still have many personal questions about docs. I think the biggest question I still have is this, "Are there more docs I'm not aware of? (Again!)" I've never dealt with a language that had as much documentation (built in), if you know how to get at it, and read it. I do wish that people would talk more about the different docs available and how to get at them from different OS's. That might be a nice addition to the Perl Monks guide to the Monastery.The biggest help for me has been to be active in Perl Monks. Post questions, code, my current revelations, the hows and whys, etc. This allows me to interact with the people in the know. Heck, I get to the point that I'm starting to get the feel of the personalities of each of the monks. BTW: What's up with the cherry pies Node Reaper?I've been building a large application over the past few weeks. It's to the point that this project is about all I think about day and night. I find myself reading other people's code, and discovering ways to make my code more efficient. I assume it's normal, heck that's a majority of merlyn's posts. I enjoy reading his code and scratching my head most days.My last thought for this node is this: I know my code could be written better / more efficient, but it works. For me right now, that's a major accomplishment. I feel as though I'm swimming in the resort area of your ocean of enlightment with a Lifeguard in sight. I've got a long way to go before I'll be comfortable in the depths of perl (and in my code), and I'm ready for that journey.
- Mission
"Heck I don't know how to do it either, but do you think that's going to stop me?!!"
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