New perl books in the last year or two (or three)? [Borders, etc, gone]

[David Combs]

Used to be, I could discover new books by browsing eg
Borders (wonderful bookstore) or, best of all for NYC,
the McGraw-Hill bookstore.

All gone, M-H *long* gone.

And the computer section of Barnes and Noble keeps shrinking,
ditto even the big B&N in NYC at 5th ave and 18th st.

Amazon, unfortunately, doesn't (as far as I know) list books
by publication date. Who wants to look through a hundred or
more books every few months, 99% of which you already know
about.

So, as far as I know, the only practical way to discover (good) new
Perl texts is by asking here.

So, that's my question: are there any? And any *good* ones? Or
ones that cover new Perl features?

Thanks!

David


PS: Heck, maybe even go back five years. Bound to be some
that others in this group don't know about.

 

[Jim Gibson]

Used to be, I could discover new books by browsing eg
Borders (wonderful bookstore) or, best of all for NYC,
the McGraw-Hill bookstore.

All gone, M-H *long* gone.

And the computer section of Barnes and Noble keeps shrinking,
ditto even the big B&N in NYC at 5th ave and 18th st.

Amazon, unfortunately, doesn't (as far as I know) list books
by publication date. Who wants to look through a hundred or
more books every few months, 99% of which you already know
about.

So, as far as I know, the only practical way to discover (good) new
Perl texts is by asking here.

So, that's my question: are there any? And any *good* ones? Or
ones that cover new Perl features?

The latest (4th) edition of "Programming Perl", by Christiansen, foy,
Wall, & Orwant was published in February, 2012, and covers Perl 5.12,
5.14, and some previews of 5.16 features.
<http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596004927.do>

"Modern Perl", by chromatic also covers 5.12 and 5.14.
<http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/>

 

[brian d foy]

Amazon, unfortunately, doesn't (as far as I know) list books
by publication date.

Sure it does. It turns out to not be very useful because "perl" has a
lot of hits.

When you search and get results, you're probably getting results from
all departments. Above the results should be something that says
something like "Choose a department to enable sorting". In books, one
of the options is publication date.


However, just pay attention to the new releases from the major
publishers. I have those in my RSS reader. I see the new titles and
move on in less than a minute.

 

[greymausg]

The latest (4th) edition of "Programming Perl", by Christiansen, foy,
Wall, & Orwant was published in February, 2012, and covers Perl 5.12,
5.14, and some previews of 5.16 features.
<http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596004927.do>

"Modern Perl", by chromatic also covers 5.12 and 5.14.
<http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/>

i would recommend "modern perl"
Well, I suppose "nearly modern perl", now.

 

[David Combs]

The latest (4th) edition of "Programming Perl", by Christiansen, foy,
Wall, & Orwant was published in February, 2012, and covers Perl 5.12,
5.14, and some previews of 5.16 features.
<http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596004927.do>

"Modern Perl", by chromatic also covers 5.12 and 5.14.
<http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/>

THANK YOU!!!!

Programming Perl: what happened to Larry (as author)?

Now, let's go back a couple of years: how about in 2011
and 2010 (or even 2009 and 2008).

THANKS AGAIN!

Now I go buy them (amazon).

David

 

[David Combs]

Sure it does. It turns out to not be very useful because "perl" has a
lot of hits.

When you search and get results, you're probably getting results from
all departments. Above the results should be something that says
something like "Choose a department to enable sorting". In books, one
of the options is publication date.


However, just pay attention to the new releases from the major
publishers. I have those in my RSS reader. I see the new titles and
move on in less than a minute.

Thanks.

What's your publisher list?



(Also, nerdbooks.com does have a list of new books, but I sure
haven't noticed either Modern Perl or PP #4. Better look again!)

David