What do you think?
Rate this book
Effective Software Development
Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs with Perl 1st edition by Hall, Joseph N., Schwartz, Randal (1998) Paperback
Brand New. Will be shipped from US.
Paperback
First published January 9, 1997
11 people are currently reading
67 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 reviews
August 31, 2012
This book is the most awesome resource on Perl I have ever found. I just finished reading it through for the second time; it was a good read when I was a beginner, and it is still a good reader as an advanced programmer.
Read
September 6, 2023""
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 21, 2014
Ultimately, it doesn't matter what scripting language you use.
Perl, Python, R, Javascript, Ruby (ok, maybe not Ruby), whatever.
Having your code be lucid, literate and readable is important no matter what language.
If you work in Perl, this is a great book to help make your code more idiomatic (or, as Perl coders say, "Perlish").
This is one of the two books (along with The Camel) I have at my elbow every time I code in Perl.
Perl, Python, R, Javascript, Ruby (ok, maybe not Ruby), whatever.
Having your code be lucid, literate and readable is important no matter what language.
If you work in Perl, this is a great book to help make your code more idiomatic (or, as Perl coders say, "Perlish").
This is one of the two books (along with The Camel) I have at my elbow every time I code in Perl.
December 23, 2010
The book context was good. As a professional Perl programmer I did find some information useful.
However, I purchased this for my eReader as a quick reference and the code samples are extremely hard to read. I am disappointed in the eReader version of this book.
However, I purchased this for my eReader as a quick reference and the code samples are extremely hard to read. I am disappointed in the eReader version of this book.
Read
April 2, 2013A second edition?? The first one was brilliant. Before I've even finished chapter one of the new edition, I've been introduced to the goatse operator... it's the slightly-unhinged quality of the language that gives it that distinct Bukowski flavor.
March 21, 2011
Helps separate the kiddies and the adults in the Perl world.
October 1, 2011
A simply wonderful perl book. Has some really nice features of 5.10 & 5.12. It's been wonderfully updated and is now on my wishlist.
February 1, 2015
Effectiveness is my power
Great book.
From every chapter I take minimum 10 tips and tricks.
Each bad style has fail example in this book.
Thank you, guys, for this book!
Great book.
From every chapter I take minimum 10 tips and tricks.
Each bad style has fail example in this book.
Thank you, guys, for this book!
December 18, 2016
An excellent book about how to write perl programs effectively. A must read for all perl programmers.
January 6, 2016
This is a fantastic book for advanced perl programmer.
Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 reviews