=head1 NAME perlbook - Books about and related to Perl =head1 DESCRIPTION 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 L . 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 ( L ). =head2 The most popular books The major reference book on Perl, written by the creator of Perl, is I: =over 4 =item I (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] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004927 =back The Ram is a cookbook with hundreds of examples of using Perl to accomplish specific tasks: =over 4 =item I (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] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/ =back 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: =over 4 =item I (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] http://www.learning-perl.com/ =back The tutorial started in the Llama continues in the Alpaca, which introduces the intermediate features of references, data structures, object-oriented programming, and modules: =over 4 =item I (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] http://www.intermediateperl.com/ =back =head2 References You might want to keep these desktop references close by your keyboard: =over 4 =item I by Johan Vromans ISBN 978-1-4493-0370-9 [5th edition July 2011] ISBN 978-1-4493-0813-1 [ebook] http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920018476/ =item I by Richard Foley ISBN 978-0-596-00503-0 [1st edition January 2004] ISBN 978-0-596-55625-9 [ebook] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005030/ =item I by Tony Stubblebine ISBN 978-0-596-51427-3 [2nd edition July 2007] ISBN 978-0-596-55782-9 [ebook] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514273/ =back =head2 Tutorials =over 4 =item I (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] http://www.apress.com/9781430227939 =item I (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] http://www.learning-perl.com/ =item I (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] http://www.intermediateperl.com/ =item I by brian d foy ISBN 9978-1-4493-9311-3 [2st edition January 2014] ISBN 978-1-4493-6487-8 [ebook] http://www.masteringperl.org/ =item I by Joseph N. Hall, Joshua A. McAdams, brian d foy ISBN 0-321-49694-9 [2nd edition 2010] http://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/ =back =head2 Task-Oriented =over 4 =item I by Sam Tregar ISBN 1-59059-018-X [1st edition August 2002 & ebook] http://www.apress.com/9781590590188 =item I 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] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/ =item I by David N. Blank-Edelman ISBN 978-0-596-00639-6 [2nd edition May 2009] ISBN 978-0-596-80251-6 [ebook] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596006396 =item I by Linchi Shea ISBN 1-59059-097-X [1st edition July 2003 & ebook] http://www.apress.com/9781590590973 =back =head2 Special Topics =over 4 =item I by Jan Goyvaerts and Steven Levithan ISBN 978-1-4493-1943-4 [2nd edition August 2012] ISBN 978-1-4493-2747-7 [ebook] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023630.do =item I by Tim Bunce and Alligator Descartes ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8 [February 2000] ISBN 978-1-4493-8670-2 [ebook] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926998 =item I by Damian Conway ISBN 978-0-596-00173-5 [1st edition July 2005] ISBN 978-0-596-15900-9 [ebook] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001735 =item I by Mark-Jason Dominus ISBN 1-55860-701-3 [1st edition March 2005] free ebook http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/ http://hop.perl.plover.com/ =item I by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl ISBN 978-0-596-52812-6 [3rd edition August 2006] ISBN 978-0-596-55899-4 [ebook] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528126 =item I by Lincoln Stein ISBN 0-201-61571-1 [1st edition 2001] http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Network-Programming-with-Perl/9780201615715.page =item I by Darren Chamberlain, Dave Cross, and Andy Wardley ISBN 978-0-596-00476-7 [December 2003] ISBN 978-1-4493-8647-4 [ebook] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004767 =item I by Damian Conway with foreword by Randal L. Schwartz ISBN 1-884777-79-1 [1st edition August 1999 & ebook] http://www.manning.com/conway/ =item I by Dave Cross ISBN 1-930110-00-6 [1st edition 2001 & ebook] http://www.manning.com/cross =item I by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh ISBN 978-1-56592-716-2 [1st edition January 2002] ISBN 978-0-596-10344-6 [ebook] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565927162 =item I by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens ISBN 1-930110-82-0 [1st edition August 2002 & ebook] http://www.manning.com/jenness =item I by Richard Foley with Andy Lester ISBN 1-59059-454-1 [1st edition July 2005 & ebook] http://www.apress.com/9781590594544 =back =head2 Free (as in beer) books Some of these books are available as free downloads. I: L I: L =head2 Other interesting, non-Perl books 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: =over 4 =item I by Jon Bentley ISBN 978-0-201-65788-3 [2 edition, October 1999] =item I by Jon Bentley ISBN 0-201-11889-0 [January 1988] =back =head2 A note on freshness 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 L . 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. =head2 Get your book listed If your Perl book isn't listed and you think it should be, let us know. L =cut