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Recent Book
Reviews:
Object
Oriented Perl
by Damian Conway
"One of the best Perl books around: This is a book that many people
have been awaiting for a very long time... Everyone who is serious
about writing Perl programs should buy this book."
--David Wall, reviewed at Development
Exchange (www.devx.com)
"There
are a few precious books in my library that seem almost magical....
Tannenbaum's Computer Networks is one. I think Damian Conway's
Object Oriented Perl is another."
--Mark-Jason Dominus, The
Perl Journal
"...a complete
and authoritative reference..."
--Dan Schmidt, The
Perl Journal
"...impressive...
for nearly everyone...informal and witty... buy this book."
--Vicki Brown, The
Perl Journal
Elements
of Programming with Perl
by Andrew L. Johnson
"New to programming, and think Perl may be up your alley? Andrew
Johnson's excellent Elements of Programming with Perl will teach
you both disciplines...From the start, Johnson's explanations are
clean and clear. It's obvious that he's polished his didactic style
through years of real world teaching. Also from the start, good
programming practices receive due emphasis...
This is a good
introduction to Perl, and a very good introduction to programming
in general. Johnson promotes good habits and discipline... It's
a rare book that teaches as well as it informs, so take the plunge
and teach yourself Perl and programming."
--www.slashdot.org
"It seems quite
clear that Elements of Programming with Perl is the first book that
you would want to actually recommend…[to non-programmers]…without
worrying that they'll have to be entirely retrained afterwards.
Johnson does a good job of presenting the basics. After a short
introduction to both programming and Perl, the book moves immediately
on to structure and style…I am quite happy to recommend this title.
The book is informative and clear, and is a good introduction to
basic programming and Perl."
--David Alder, www.perl.org
Swing
by Matthew Robinson and Pavel Vorobiev
"...one of the best books available for learning the more advanced
Swing features."
--Marty Hall, Senior Computer Scientist
The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Lab
"... will satisfy
readers from beginner to advanced ... starts with easy-to-understand
concepts and then drills down until it hits advanced intellectual
pay dirt."
--Kirk Brown, Senior Engineer
Sun Microsystems Advanced
Technology Group
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