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Posted by Ignoramus25756 on June 9, 2008, 4:45 pm
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>> I am looking for a book on Perl that introduces it to a person who is
>> not a programmer, and offers a track along with exercises, etc.
>>
>> That would be for someone who does not know any programming, so it
>> would need to explain a little more what is a "loop", "subroutine" and
>> similar things in more depth than a book for people who are
>> programmers already.
>>
>> Some useful recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks
>
> "Learning Perl" from O'Reilly might be what you're looking for, though
> IIRC it's not aimed squarely at non-programmers, it is a relatively
> gentle introduction and it includes exercises.
Great.
> /getting slightly off topic/
>
> Is there a reason the "target" must start with perl? Perl's not that
yes, it is a new hire for a specific task based on perl. (not a
general programming position, more like to write a certain kind of
test scripts within a framework)
> hard to get started with, and it may be pretty good for whatever
> code it is (s)he's going to want to write, but I think there may be
> as good or better "pure introductionary programming" books that
> handle other languages.
That's because for most people perl is not the first language.
> OTOH, in my experience the best thing to do is to just start coding,
> and perl makes *that* at least pretty easy.
True, but it may presume a higher level of foreknowledge.
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