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There have been many books that have helped us over the years, the ones we appreciate most though
are those few books that are written an a manner whereby reading them is not work, it's pleasure.
Here are some of the books we have found most helpful in our own learning process.
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| Complete Idiots Guide to Creating a Web Page (Paul Mcfedries) |
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This is the book that got both Don and Myself started down the path on which we currently find ourselves, (earlier incarnations of this book). Very few books in my experience are written in a manner as easy to follow
as this one. A great reference book to keep around, and a book written with humour, illustrations and examples throughout. |
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| Perl, CGI and JavaScript (Sybex). |
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This is not the most complete or well written book I have read, not even close in fact. However, its over 1000 pages and covers the
basics of JavaScript, Perl and the CGI protocol. Best of all, it only costs around 13.00 dollars USD It has lots of
sample code in both Perl and JavaScript and explains the basics reasonably well. Very likely the most information for the least dollars
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| Effective Perl Programming (Addison Wesley) |
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This book is best suited to someone that knows the basics of the Perl language and now wants to know how to write cleaner more efficient code.
It is a well written book that is surprisingly easy to read considering the advanced topics it covers. I make a point of reading it every year or so
to keep its tips in mind. (It's not a long book, but it covers allot of ground.) Once you have the basics of Perl down, this book will help you turn
working scripts into powerful, efficient and elegant scripts.
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| Programming Perl (O'Reilly) |
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This is THE book about Perl, written by (among others) the gentleman that created Perl back in the early 90's.
Over 1000 pages long, and covering everything from basic programming terminology to advanced regular expression and Object Oriented Programming (OOP).
It took me months to plow though this book, but it was worth it. and it's the first book I turn to when I need a reference. Larry has an amusing and
elegant writing style that would be as well suited to novels as it is to a complex programming book. However if you are a "newbie" looking for a head start
you might prefer "Learning Perl" by the same publishers.
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| MySQL (New Riders) |
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When I started programming, I knew nothing about databases, not even M$ Access. Suddenly I discovered that it was not only necessary to understand relational databases
and SQL, but I needed to know immediately to continue on with my work. This book proved to be a godsend, it explains the basics of relational DB's and then goes into
the specifics as they "relate" to MySQL, it covers well the MySQL interfaces of Perl (DBI), PHP and C/C++. Essential reading for anyone wanting to
write web portals or any other MySQL database backed program. Reading this book was an absolute delight, it made what are normally complex concepts remarkably easy to understand
and within two hours of reading, I not only understood relational DB theory, but had created my own examples. Since then I have written many very large MySQL backed programs,
but I still couldn't get by without this book.
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