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# Suggested Perl Reading List
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# Perl
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Learning Perl ('the Llama book')
Authors: Randal L Schwartz and Tom Christiansen
ISBN: 0596001320
The standard in Perl books for beginners.

Programming Perl ('the Camel book')
Authors: Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Jon Orwant
ISBN: 0596000278
The standard Perl reference, co-written by the creator
of Perl. Probably the most readable technical book I've read.

CGI Programming with Perl
By Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram, Gunther Birznieks
ISBN: 1565924193
Although CGI programming is one of Perl's most talked-about uses,
neither the Llama nor the Camel spend much time on creating CGI
programs. I don't really like ANY CGI book I've read, but this is
probably as good a choice as any.

Effective Perl Programming
Authors: Joseph N. Hall and Randal L. Schwartz
ISBN: 0201419750
Very helpful in teaching the Perl 'mindset.' This makes the journey
from beginner to expert much quicker.

Object Oriented Perl
Author: Damian Conway
ISBN 1884777791
THE book on object-oriented programming in perl.
(Sample chapters available at www.manning.com)

[You might also want to check out the following O'Reilly books:]
Mastering Algorithms with Perl
(How to implement standard data structures and algorithms in Perl)

Mastering Regular Expressions
(More than you will ever want to know about using regular expressions
in Perl and other programs)

Perl Cookbook
(Short examples answering "How do I do that in Perl")

Perl in a Nutshell
(A compact reference to the Perl language)

Programming the Perl DBI
(An introduction to database handling in Perl)

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MySQL
Author: Paul DuBois
ISBN: 0735709211
Not only is this an excellent MySQL reference, but the Perl DBI
section is better than the DBI coverage in most books devoted
exclusively to Perl.

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mod_perl Developer's Cookbook
Authors: Geoffrey Young, Paul Lindner, and Randy Kobes
ISBN: 0672322404
An excellent cookbook-style introduction to mod_perl.

[You might also want to check out the following O'Reilly book:]
Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C
(An excellent but slightly outdated mod_perl book)