[Cialug] Looking for a PERL course.

[David W. Body]

I agree with Josh about the books, and but would suggest Learning  
Perl followed by Intermediate Perl, both by Randal Schwartz, who, by  
the way, is one of the very best teachers (of any subject) I've ever  
had.  His courses may not be local, but they're definitely worth  
checking out.  He's an extremely effective instructor, and very  
funny, too.  His regular expression puns are hilarious.

   http://www.stonehenge.com

I've heard the other trainers from Stonehenge are also top notch, but  
Randal is the only one I've had.

--David W. Body / Big Creek Software, LLC

On Jan 16, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Josh More wrote:

> If you are already using Perl, any class will likely be so much review
> that it wouldn't be worth your time, so I recommend against taking a
> course.   It would be better to go through O'Reilly's _Learning Perl_
> page by page, and once you're done with that, go through _Programming
> Perl_ page by page.
>
>> From a learning perspective, if you need help beyond this, it  
>> would be
> better to spend the money on a Perl tutor.  So, if you *really*  
> want to
> spend your company's money, see if you can find a local Perl  
> tutor. . .
> Like me.  *grin*
>
>
>
>
> -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC
>  morej at alliancetechnologies.net
>  515-245-7701
>
>
>
>>>> "Brandon Griffis" <brandongriffis at gmail.com> 01/16/08 2:52 PM >>>
> I was wondering if anyone on the list could suggest a good local
> resource
> for learning PERL programming.
>
> I know there are tons of online resources and books, and I can muddle
> my way
> through it decently ATM, but as my work is going to foot the bill I
> can't
> see any reason not to take them up on it.
>
> A quick google search brought up some 3 day courses for about $1500,
> and it
> looks like DMACC is offering a course this year as well.
>
> Drake and Iowa State (as expected) offer more generic computer
> programming
> courses which don't quite fit.
>
> Any other local recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Brandon
>
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