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6 perlbook - Books about and related to Perl
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9 There are many books on Perl and Perl-related. A few of these are good,
10 some are OK, but many aren't worth your money. There is a list of these
11 books, some with extensive reviews, at <http://books.perl.org/> . We
12 list some of the books here, and while listing a book implies our
13 endorsement, don't think that not including a book means anything.
14 Most of these books are available online through Safari Books Online (
16 <http://safaribooksonline.com/> ).
17 The most popular books
19 The major reference book on Perl, written by the creator of Perl, is
20 Programming Perl:
21 Programming Perl (the "Camel Book"):
23 by Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall with Jon Orwant
24 ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 [4th edition February 2012]
25 ISBN 978-1-4493-9890-3 [ebook]
26 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004927
27 The Ram is a cookbook with hundreds of examples of using Perl to
29 accomplish specific tasks:
30 The Perl Cookbook (the "Ram Book"):
32 by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
33 with Foreword by Larry Wall
34 ISBN 978-0-596-00313-5 [2nd Edition August 2003]
35 ISBN 978-0-596-15888-0 [ebook]
36 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/
37 If you want to learn the basics of Perl, you might start with the Llama
39 book, which assumes that you already know a little about programming:
40 Learning Perl (the "Llama Book")
42 by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
43 ISBN 978-1-4493-0358-7 [6th edition June 2011]
44 ISBN 978-1-4493-0458-4 [ebook]
45 http://www.learning-perl.com/
46 The tutorial started in the Llama continues in the Alpaca, which
48 introduces the intermediate features of references, data structures,
49 object-oriented programming, and modules:
50 Intermediate Perl (the "Alpaca Book")
52 by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
53 foreword by Damian Conway
54 ISBN 978-1-4493-9309-0 [2nd edition August 2012]
55 ISBN 978-1-4493-0459-1 [ebook]
56 http://www.intermediateperl.com/
57 References
59 You might want to keep these desktop references close by your keyboard:
60 Perl 5 Pocket Reference
62 by Johan Vromans
63 ISBN 978-1-4493-0370-9 [5th edition July 2011]
64 ISBN 978-1-4493-0813-1 [ebook]
65 http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920018476/
66 Perl Debugger Pocket Reference
68 by Richard Foley
69 ISBN 978-0-596-00503-0 [1st edition January 2004]
70 ISBN 978-0-596-55625-9 [ebook]
71 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005030/
72 Regular Expression Pocket Reference
74 by Tony Stubblebine
75 ISBN 978-0-596-51427-3 [2nd edition July 2007]
76 ISBN 978-0-596-55782-9 [ebook]
77 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514273/
78 Tutorials
80 Beginning Perl
81 (There are 2 books with this title)
82 by Curtis 'Ovid' Poe
84 ISBN 978-1-118-01384-7
85 http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-1118013840.html
86 by James Lee
88 ISBN 1-59059-391-X [3rd edition April 2010 & ebook]
89 http://www.apress.com/9781430227939
90 Learning Perl (the "Llama Book")
92 by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
93 ISBN 978-1-4493-0358-7 [6th edition June 2011]
94 ISBN 978-1-4493-0458-4 [ebook]
95 http://www.learning-perl.com/
96 Intermediate Perl (the "Alpaca Book")
98 by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
99 foreword by Damian Conway
100 ISBN 978-1-4493-9309-0 [2nd edition August 2012]
101 ISBN 978-1-4493-0459-1 [ebook]
102 http://www.intermediateperl.com/
103 Mastering Perl
105 by brian d foy
106 ISBN 9978-1-4493-9311-3 [2st edition January 2014]
107 ISBN 978-1-4493-6487-8 [ebook]
108 http://www.masteringperl.org/
109 Effective Perl Programming
111 by Joseph N. Hall, Joshua A. McAdams, brian d foy
112 ISBN 0-321-49694-9 [2nd edition 2010]
113 http://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/
114 Task-Oriented
116 Writing Perl Modules for CPAN
117 by Sam Tregar
118 ISBN 1-59059-018-X [1st edition August 2002 & ebook]
119 http://www.apress.com/9781590590188
120 The Perl Cookbook
122 by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
123 with Foreword by Larry Wall
124 ISBN 978-0-596-00313-5 [2nd Edition August 2003]
125 ISBN 978-0-596-15888-0 [ebook]
126 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/
127 Automating System Administration with Perl
129 by David N. Blank-Edelman
130 ISBN 978-0-596-00639-6 [2nd edition May 2009]
131 ISBN 978-0-596-80251-6 [ebook]
132 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596006396
133 Real World SQL Server Administration with Perl
135 by Linchi Shea
136 ISBN 1-59059-097-X [1st edition July 2003 & ebook]
137 http://www.apress.com/9781590590973
138 Special Topics
140 Regular Expressions Cookbook
141 by Jan Goyvaerts and Steven Levithan
142 ISBN 978-1-4493-1943-4 [2nd edition August 2012]
143 ISBN 978-1-4493-2747-7 [ebook]
144 http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023630.do
145 Programming the Perl DBI
147 by Tim Bunce and Alligator Descartes
148 ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8 [February 2000]
149 ISBN 978-1-4493-8670-2 [ebook]
150 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926998
151 Perl Best Practices
153 by Damian Conway
154 ISBN 978-0-596-00173-5 [1st edition July 2005]
155 ISBN 978-0-596-15900-9 [ebook]
156 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001735
157 Higher-Order Perl
159 by Mark-Jason Dominus
160 ISBN 1-55860-701-3 [1st edition March 2005]
161 free ebook http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/
162 http://hop.perl.plover.com/
163 Mastering Regular Expressions
165 by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
166 ISBN 978-0-596-52812-6 [3rd edition August 2006]
167 ISBN 978-0-596-55899-4 [ebook]
168 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528126
169 Network Programming with Perl
171 by Lincoln Stein
172 ISBN 0-201-61571-1 [1st edition 2001]
173 http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Network-Programming-with-Perl/9780201615715.page
174 Perl Template Toolkit
176 by Darren Chamberlain, Dave Cross, and Andy Wardley
177 ISBN 978-0-596-00476-7 [December 2003]
178 ISBN 978-1-4493-8647-4 [ebook]
179 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004767
180 Object Oriented Perl
182 by Damian Conway
183 with foreword by Randal L. Schwartz
184 ISBN 1-884777-79-1 [1st edition August 1999 & ebook]
185 http://www.manning.com/conway/
186 Data Munging with Perl
188 by Dave Cross
189 ISBN 1-930110-00-6 [1st edition 2001 & ebook]
190 http://www.manning.com/cross
191 Mastering Perl/Tk
193 by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh
194 ISBN 978-1-56592-716-2 [1st edition January 2002]
195 ISBN 978-0-596-10344-6 [ebook]
196 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565927162
197 Extending and Embedding Perl
199 by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens
200 ISBN 1-930110-82-0 [1st edition August 2002 & ebook]
201 http://www.manning.com/jenness
202 Pro Perl Debugging
204 by Richard Foley with Andy Lester
205 ISBN 1-59059-454-1 [1st edition July 2005 & ebook]
206 http://www.apress.com/9781590594544
207 Free (as in beer) books
209 Some of these books are available as free downloads.
210 Higher-Order Perl: <http://hop.perl.plover.com/>
212 Modern Perl: <http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/>
214 Other interesting, non-Perl books
216 You might notice several familiar Perl concepts in this collection of
217 ACM columns from Jon Bentley. The similarity to the title of the major
218 Perl book (which came later) is not completely accidental:
219 Programming Pearls
221 by Jon Bentley
222 ISBN 978-0-201-65788-3 [2 edition, October 1999]
223 More Programming Pearls
225 by Jon Bentley
226 ISBN 0-201-11889-0 [January 1988]
227 A note on freshness
229 Each version of Perl comes with the documentation that was current at
230 the time of release. This poses a problem for content such as book
231 lists. There are probably very nice books published after this list was
232 included in your Perl release, and you can check the latest released
233 version at <http://perldoc.perl.org/perlbook.html> .
234 Some of the books we've listed appear almost ancient in internet scale,
236 but we've included those books because they still describe the current
237 way of doing things. Not everything in Perl changes every day. Many of
238 the beginner-level books, too, go over basic features and techniques
239 that are still valid today. In general though, we try to limit this
240 list to books published in the past five years.
241 Get your book listed
243 If your Perl book isn't listed and you think it should be, let us know.
244 <mailto:perl5-porters@perl.org>
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