=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 http://books.perl.org/ . 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 ( http://safaribooksonline.com/ ). =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 Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant ISBN 978-0-596-00027-1 [3rd edition July 2000] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596000271/ =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] 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 978-0-596-52011-3 [5th edition June 2008] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596520113 =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 978-0-596-00478-1 [1st edition March 2006] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004781/ =back =head2 References You might want to keep these desktop references close by your keyboard: =over 4 =item I by Johan Vromans ISBN 978-0-596-00374-6 [4th edition July 2002] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003746/ =item I by Richard Foley ISBN 978-0-596-00503-0 [1st edition January 2004] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005030/ =item I by Tony Stubblebine ISBN 978-0-596-51427-3 [July 2007] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514273/ =back =head2 Tutorials =over 4 =item I by James Lee ISBN 1-59059-391-X [3rd edition April 2010] http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430227931 =item I by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy ISBN 978-0-596-52010-6 [5th edition June 2008] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596520106 =item I (the "Alpaca Book") by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix foreword by Damian Conway ISBN 0-596-10206-2 [1st edition March 2006] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596102067 =item I by brian d foy ISBN 978-0-596-10206-7 [1st edition July 2007] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527242 =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] http://www.apress.com/book/view/159059018X =item I by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington with foreword by Larry Wall ISBN 1-56592-243-3 [2nd edition August 2003] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135 =item I by David N. Blank-Edelman ISBN 978-0-596-00639-6 [2nd edition May 2009] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596006396 =item I by Linchi Shea ISBN 1-59059-097-X [1st edition July 2003] http://www.apress.com/book/view/159059097X =back =head2 Special Topics =over 4 =item I by Jan Goyvaerts and Steven Levithan ISBN 978-0-596-52069-4 [May 2009] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596520694 =item I by Tim Bunce and Alligator Descartes ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8 [February 2000] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926998 =item I by Damian Conway ISBN: 978-0-596-00173-5 [1st edition July 2005] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001735 =item I by Mark-Jason Dominus ISBN: 1-55860-701-3 [1st edition March 2005] http://hop.perl.plover.com/ =item I by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl ISBN 978-0-596-52812-6 [3rd edition August 2006] 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] http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004767 =item I