PERLBOOK(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLBOOK(1) #
PERLBOOK(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLBOOK(1)
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perlbook - Books about and related to Perl
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There are many books on Perl and Perl-related. A few of these are good,
some are OK, but many aren't worth your money. There is a list of these
books, some with extensive reviews, at
<https://www.perl.org/books/library.html> . We list some of the books
here, and while listing a book implies our endorsement, don't think that
not including a book means anything.
Most of these books are available online through Safari Books Online (
<http://safaribooksonline.com/> ).
TThhee mmoosstt ppooppuullaarr bbooookkss The major reference book on Perl, written by the creator of Perl, is _P_r_o_g_r_a_m_m_i_n_g _P_e_r_l:
_P_r_o_g_r_a_m_m_i_n_g _P_e_r_l (the "Camel Book"):
by Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall with Jon Orwant
ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 [4th edition February 2012]
ISBN 978-1-4493-9890-3 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004927
The Ram is a cookbook with hundreds of examples of using Perl to
accomplish specific tasks:
_T_h_e _P_e_r_l _C_o_o_k_b_o_o_k (the "Ram Book"):
by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
with Foreword by Larry Wall
ISBN 978-0-596-00313-5 [2nd Edition August 2003]
ISBN 978-0-596-15888-0 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/
If you want to learn the basics of Perl, you might start with the Llama
book, which assumes that you already know a little about programming:
_L_e_a_r_n_i_n_g _P_e_r_l (the "Llama Book")
by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
ISBN 978-1-4493-0358-7 [6th edition June 2011]
ISBN 978-1-4493-0458-4 [ebook]
https://www.learning-perl.com/
The tutorial started in the Llama continues in the Alpaca, which
introduces the intermediate features of references, data structures,
object-oriented programming, and modules:
_I_n_t_e_r_m_e_d_i_a_t_e _P_e_r_l (the "Alpaca Book")
by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
foreword by Damian Conway
ISBN 978-1-4493-9309-0 [2nd edition August 2012]
ISBN 978-1-4493-0459-1 [ebook]
https://www.intermediateperl.com/
RReeffeerreenncceess You might want to keep these desktop references close by your keyboard:
_P_e_r_l _5 _P_o_c_k_e_t _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e
by Johan Vromans
ISBN 978-1-4493-0370-9 [5th edition July 2011]
ISBN 978-1-4493-0813-1 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920018476/
_P_e_r_l _D_e_b_u_g_g_e_r _P_o_c_k_e_t _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e
by Richard Foley
ISBN 978-0-596-00503-0 [1st edition January 2004]
ISBN 978-0-596-55625-9 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005030/
_R_e_g_u_l_a_r _E_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n _P_o_c_k_e_t _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e
by Tony Stubblebine
ISBN 978-0-596-51427-3 [2nd edition July 2007]
ISBN 978-0-596-55782-9 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514273/
TTuuttoorriiaallss _B_e_g_i_n_n_i_n_g _P_e_r_l (There are 2 books with this title)
by Curtis 'Ovid' Poe
ISBN 978-1-118-01384-7 #
http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-1118013840.html
by James Lee
ISBN 1-59059-391-X [3rd edition April 2010 & ebook]
https://www.apress.com/9781430227939
_L_e_a_r_n_i_n_g _P_e_r_l (the "Llama Book")
by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
ISBN 978-1-4493-0358-7 [6th edition June 2011]
ISBN 978-1-4493-0458-4 [ebook]
https://www.learning-perl.com/
_I_n_t_e_r_m_e_d_i_a_t_e _P_e_r_l (the "Alpaca Book")
by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
foreword by Damian Conway
ISBN 978-1-4493-9309-0 [2nd edition August 2012]
ISBN 978-1-4493-0459-1 [ebook]
https://www.intermediateperl.com/
_M_a_s_t_e_r_i_n_g _P_e_r_l
by brian d foy
ISBN 9978-1-4493-9311-3 [2st edition January 2014]
ISBN 978-1-4493-6487-8 [ebook]
https://www.masteringperl.org/
_E_f_f_e_c_t_i_v_e _P_e_r_l _P_r_o_g_r_a_m_m_i_n_g
by Joseph N. Hall, Joshua A. McAdams, brian d foy
ISBN 0-321-49694-9 [2nd edition 2010]
https://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/
TTaasskk--OOrriieenntteedd _W_r_i_t_i_n_g _P_e_r_l _M_o_d_u_l_e_s _f_o_r _C_P_A_N by Sam Tregar ISBN 1-59059-018-X [1st edition August 2002 & ebook] https://www.apress.com/9781590590188
_T_h_e _P_e_r_l _C_o_o_k_b_o_o_k
by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
with Foreword by Larry Wall
ISBN 978-0-596-00313-5 [2nd Edition August 2003]
ISBN 978-0-596-15888-0 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/
_A_u_t_o_m_a_t_i_n_g _S_y_s_t_e_m _A_d_m_i_n_i_s_t_r_a_t_i_o_n _w_i_t_h _P_e_r_l
by David N. Blank-Edelman
ISBN 978-0-596-00639-6 [2nd edition May 2009]
ISBN 978-0-596-80251-6 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596006396
_R_e_a_l _W_o_r_l_d _S_Q_L _S_e_r_v_e_r _A_d_m_i_n_i_s_t_r_a_t_i_o_n _w_i_t_h _P_e_r_l
by Linchi Shea
ISBN 1-59059-097-X [1st edition July 2003 & ebook]
https://www.apress.com/9781590590973
SSppeecciiaall TTooppiiccss _R_e_g_u_l_a_r _E_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n_s _C_o_o_k_b_o_o_k by Jan Goyvaerts and Steven Levithan ISBN 978-1-4493-1943-4 [2nd edition August 2012] ISBN 978-1-4493-2747-7 [ebook] https://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023630.do
_P_r_o_g_r_a_m_m_i_n_g _t_h_e _P_e_r_l _D_B_I
by Tim Bunce and Alligator Descartes
ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8 [February 2000]
ISBN 978-1-4493-8670-2 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926998
_P_e_r_l _B_e_s_t _P_r_a_c_t_i_c_e_s
by Damian Conway
ISBN 978-0-596-00173-5 [1st edition July 2005]
ISBN 978-0-596-15900-9 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001735
_H_i_g_h_e_r_-_O_r_d_e_r _P_e_r_l
by Mark-Jason Dominus
ISBN 1-55860-701-3 [1st edition March 2005]
free ebook https://hop.perl.plover.com/book/
https://hop.perl.plover.com/
_M_a_s_t_e_r_i_n_g _R_e_g_u_l_a_r _E_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n_s
by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
ISBN 978-0-596-52812-6 [3rd edition August 2006]
ISBN 978-0-596-55899-4 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528126
_N_e_t_w_o_r_k _P_r_o_g_r_a_m_m_i_n_g _w_i_t_h _P_e_r_l
by Lincoln Stein
ISBN 0-201-61571-1 [1st edition 2001]
https://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Network-Programming-with-Perl/9780201615715.page
_P_e_r_l _T_e_m_p_l_a_t_e _T_o_o_l_k_i_t
by Darren Chamberlain, Dave Cross, and Andy Wardley
ISBN 978-0-596-00476-7 [December 2003]
ISBN 978-1-4493-8647-4 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004767
_O_b_j_e_c_t _O_r_i_e_n_t_e_d _P_e_r_l
by Damian Conway
with foreword by Randal L. Schwartz
ISBN 1-884777-79-1 [1st edition August 1999 & ebook]
https://www.manning.com/conway/
_D_a_t_a _M_u_n_g_i_n_g _w_i_t_h _P_e_r_l
by Dave Cross
ISBN 1-930110-00-6 [1st edition 2001 & ebook]
https://www.manning.com/cross
_M_a_s_t_e_r_i_n_g _P_e_r_l_/_T_k
by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh
ISBN 978-1-56592-716-2 [1st edition January 2002]
ISBN 978-0-596-10344-6 [ebook]
https://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565927162
_E_x_t_e_n_d_i_n_g _a_n_d _E_m_b_e_d_d_i_n_g _P_e_r_l
by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens
ISBN 1-930110-82-0 [1st edition August 2002 & ebook]
https://www.manning.com/jenness
_P_r_o _P_e_r_l _D_e_b_u_g_g_i_n_g
by Richard Foley with Andy Lester
ISBN 1-59059-454-1 [1st edition July 2005 & ebook]
https://www.apress.com/9781590594544
FFrreeee ((aass iinn bbeeeerr)) bbooookkss Some of these books are available as free downloads.
_H_i_g_h_e_r_-_O_r_d_e_r _P_e_r_l: <https://hop.perl.plover.com/>
_M_o_d_e_r_n _P_e_r_l: <http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/>
OOtthheerr iinntteerreessttiinngg,, nnoonn--PPeerrll bbooookkss You might notice several familiar Perl concepts in this collection of ACM columns from Jon Bentley. The similarity to the title of the major Perl book (which came later) is not completely accidental:
_P_r_o_g_r_a_m_m_i_n_g _P_e_a_r_l_s
by Jon Bentley
ISBN 978-0-201-65788-3 [2 edition, October 1999]
_M_o_r_e _P_r_o_g_r_a_m_m_i_n_g _P_e_a_r_l_s
by Jon Bentley
ISBN 0-201-11889-0 [January 1988]
AA nnoottee oonn ffrreesshhnneessss Each version of Perl comes with the documentation that was current at the time of release. This poses a problem for content such as book lists. There are probably very nice books published after this list was included in your Perl release, and you can check the latest released version at https://perldoc.perl.org/perlbook.html .
Some of the books we've listed appear almost ancient in internet scale,
but we've included those books because they still describe the current
way of doing things. Not everything in Perl changes every day. Many of
the beginner-level books, too, go over basic features and techniques that
are still valid today. In general though, we try to limit this list to
books published in the past five years.
GGeett yyoouurr bbooookk lliisstteedd If your Perl book isn’t listed and you think it should be, let us know. mailto:perl5-porters@perl.org
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