=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