3 perlbook - Books about and related to Perl
7 There are many books on Perl and Perl-related. A few of these are
8 good, some are OK, but many aren't worth your money. There is a list
9 of these books, some with extensive reviews, at
10 L<http://books.perl.org/> . We list some of the books here, and while
11 listing a book implies our
12 endorsement, don't think that not including a book means anything.
14 Most of these books are available online through Safari Books Online
15 ( L<http://safaribooksonline.com/> ).
17 =head2 The most popular books
19 The major reference book on Perl, written by the creator of Perl, is
24 =item I<Programming Perl> (the "Camel Book"):
26 by Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall with Jon Orwant
27 ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 [4th edition February 2012]
28 ISBN 978-1-4493-9890-3 [ebook]
29 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004927
33 The Ram is a cookbook with hundreds of examples of using Perl to
34 accomplish specific tasks:
38 =item I<The Perl Cookbook> (the "Ram Book"):
40 by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
41 with Foreword by Larry Wall
42 ISBN 978-0-596-00313-5 [2nd Edition August 2003]
43 ISBN 978-0-596-15888-0 [ebook]
44 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/
48 If you want to learn the basics of Perl, you might start with the
49 Llama book, which assumes that you already know a little about
54 =item I<Learning Perl> (the "Llama Book")
56 by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
57 ISBN 978-1-4493-0358-7 [6th edition June 2011]
58 ISBN 978-1-4493-0458-4 [ebook]
59 http://www.learning-perl.com/
63 The tutorial started in the Llama continues in the Alpaca, which
64 introduces the intermediate features of references, data structures,
65 object-oriented programming, and modules:
69 =item I<Intermediate Perl> (the "Alpaca Book")
71 by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
72 foreword by Damian Conway
73 ISBN 978-1-4493-9309-0 [2nd edition August 2012]
74 ISBN 978-1-4493-0459-1 [ebook]
75 http://www.intermediateperl.com/
81 You might want to keep these desktop references close by your keyboard:
85 =item I<Perl 5 Pocket Reference>
88 ISBN 978-1-4493-0370-9 [5th edition July 2011]
89 ISBN 978-1-4493-0813-1 [ebook]
90 http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920018476/
92 =item I<Perl Debugger Pocket Reference>
95 ISBN 978-0-596-00503-0 [1st edition January 2004]
96 ISBN 978-0-596-55625-9 [ebook]
97 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005030/
99 =item I<Regular Expression Pocket Reference>
102 ISBN 978-0-596-51427-3 [2nd edition July 2007]
103 ISBN 978-0-596-55782-9 [ebook]
104 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514273/
112 =item I<Beginning Perl>
114 (There are 2 books with this title)
117 ISBN 978-1-118-01384-7
118 http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-1118013840.html
121 ISBN 1-59059-391-X [3rd edition April 2010 & ebook]
122 http://www.apress.com/9781430227939
124 =item I<Learning Perl> (the "Llama Book")
126 by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
127 ISBN 978-1-4493-0358-7 [6th edition June 2011]
128 ISBN 978-1-4493-0458-4 [ebook]
129 http://www.learning-perl.com/
131 =item I<Intermediate Perl> (the "Alpaca Book")
133 by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
134 foreword by Damian Conway
135 ISBN 978-1-4493-9309-0 [2nd edition August 2012]
136 ISBN 978-1-4493-0459-1 [ebook]
137 http://www.intermediateperl.com/
139 =item I<Mastering Perl>
142 ISBN 9978-1-4493-9311-3 [2st edition January 2014]
143 ISBN 978-1-4493-6487-8 [ebook]
144 http://www.masteringperl.org/
146 =item I<Effective Perl Programming>
148 by Joseph N. Hall, Joshua A. McAdams, brian d foy
149 ISBN 0-321-49694-9 [2nd edition 2010]
150 http://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/
158 =item I<Writing Perl Modules for CPAN>
161 ISBN 1-59059-018-X [1st edition August 2002 & ebook]
162 http://www.apress.com/9781590590188
164 =item I<The Perl Cookbook>
166 by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
167 with Foreword by Larry Wall
168 ISBN 978-0-596-00313-5 [2nd Edition August 2003]
169 ISBN 978-0-596-15888-0 [ebook]
170 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/
172 =item I<Automating System Administration with Perl>
174 by David N. Blank-Edelman
175 ISBN 978-0-596-00639-6 [2nd edition May 2009]
176 ISBN 978-0-596-80251-6 [ebook]
177 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596006396
179 =item I<Real World SQL Server Administration with Perl>
182 ISBN 1-59059-097-X [1st edition July 2003 & ebook]
183 http://www.apress.com/9781590590973
187 =head2 Special Topics
191 =item I<Regular Expressions Cookbook>
193 by Jan Goyvaerts and Steven Levithan
194 ISBN 978-1-4493-1943-4 [2nd edition August 2012]
195 ISBN 978-1-4493-2747-7 [ebook]
196 http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023630.do
198 =item I<Programming the Perl DBI>
200 by Tim Bunce and Alligator Descartes
201 ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8 [February 2000]
202 ISBN 978-1-4493-8670-2 [ebook]
203 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926998
205 =item I<Perl Best Practices>
208 ISBN 978-0-596-00173-5 [1st edition July 2005]
209 ISBN 978-0-596-15900-9 [ebook]
210 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001735
212 =item I<Higher-Order Perl>
214 by Mark-Jason Dominus
215 ISBN 1-55860-701-3 [1st edition March 2005]
216 free ebook http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/
217 http://hop.perl.plover.com/
219 =item I<Mastering Regular Expressions>
221 by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
222 ISBN 978-0-596-52812-6 [3rd edition August 2006]
223 ISBN 978-0-596-55899-4 [ebook]
224 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528126
226 =item I<Network Programming with Perl>
229 ISBN 0-201-61571-1 [1st edition 2001]
230 http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Network-Programming-with-Perl/9780201615715.page
232 =item I<Perl Template Toolkit>
234 by Darren Chamberlain, Dave Cross, and Andy Wardley
235 ISBN 978-0-596-00476-7 [December 2003]
236 ISBN 978-1-4493-8647-4 [ebook]
237 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004767
239 =item I<Object Oriented Perl>
242 with foreword by Randal L. Schwartz
243 ISBN 1-884777-79-1 [1st edition August 1999 & ebook]
244 http://www.manning.com/conway/
246 =item I<Data Munging with Perl>
249 ISBN 1-930110-00-6 [1st edition 2001 & ebook]
250 http://www.manning.com/cross
252 =item I<Mastering Perl/Tk>
254 by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh
255 ISBN 978-1-56592-716-2 [1st edition January 2002]
256 ISBN 978-0-596-10344-6 [ebook]
257 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565927162
259 =item I<Extending and Embedding Perl>
261 by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens
262 ISBN 1-930110-82-0 [1st edition August 2002 & ebook]
263 http://www.manning.com/jenness
265 =item I<Pro Perl Debugging>
267 by Richard Foley with Andy Lester
268 ISBN 1-59059-454-1 [1st edition July 2005 & ebook]
269 http://www.apress.com/9781590594544
273 =head2 Free (as in beer) books
275 Some of these books are available as free downloads.
277 I<Higher-Order Perl>: L<http://hop.perl.plover.com/>
279 I<Modern Perl>: L<http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/>
281 =head2 Other interesting, non-Perl books
283 You might notice several familiar Perl concepts in this collection of
284 ACM columns from Jon Bentley. The similarity to the title of the major
285 Perl book (which came later) is not completely accidental:
289 =item I<Programming Pearls>
292 ISBN 978-0-201-65788-3 [2 edition, October 1999]
294 =item I<More Programming Pearls>
297 ISBN 0-201-11889-0 [January 1988]
301 =head2 A note on freshness
303 Each version of Perl comes with the documentation that was current at
304 the time of release. This poses a problem for content such as book
305 lists. There are probably very nice books published after this list
306 was included in your Perl release, and you can check the latest
307 released version at L<http://perldoc.perl.org/perlbook.html> .
309 Some of the books we've listed appear almost ancient in internet
310 scale, but we've included those books because they still describe the
311 current way of doing things. Not everything in Perl changes every day.
312 Many of the beginner-level books, too, go over basic features and
313 techniques that are still valid today. In general though, we try to
314 limit this list to books published in the past five years.
316 =head2 Get your book listed
318 If your Perl book isn't listed and you think it should be, let us know.
319 L<mailto:perl5-porters@perl.org>