Perl Books

I've been teaching myself Perl over the last few months, and now that I've become comfortable with the language, I wonder why I didn't start using it years ago! Perl is an incredibly useful language. No matter what kind of programming you do, it will be worth your while to learn Perl.

The books listed here are all from O'Reilly & Associates, the definitive publisher of Perl documentation.

   Programming Perl, 2nd Edition

by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz

This is the "camel book", the official bible of Perl programming, written by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl. You might not want to learn Perl from this book, but once you start doing serious Perl programming, this book is a must-have.



   Learning Perl, 2nd Edition

by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen

A classic, bestselling, introduction to Perl programming.



   Learning Perl on Win32 Systems

by Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson & Tom Christiansen

This edition of Learning Perl is customized for Windows programmers.



New! Perl Cookbook

by Tom Christiansen & Nathan Torkington

Lots of recipes for performing common tasks in Perl. I've found this to be a very useful book.



New! Perl in a Nutshell

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan

A quick-reference to the Perl language, Perl functions, and Perl modules, with extra chapters on CGI, Databases, Network Programming, Perl/Tk, and Win32-specific modules. I like this book, and use it a lot.



   Perl 5 Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition

by Johan Vromans

A nice, compact quick-reference for Perl 5.005 syntax, operators, functions, and modules. This 71-page book really does fit in your pocket. The first edition was the first book on Perl I owned.



   Advanced Perl Programming

by Sriram Srinivasan

Exactly what the title says. If you're an experienced Perl programmer, you're ready for this book.



   Perl Resource Kit, Unix Edition

by Larry Wall, Nate Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, David Futato & Brian Jepson

This boxed set includes over 1800 pages of Perl documentation not available anywhere else. It also contains a complete snapshot of the CPAN Perl archive, and a new tool by Larry Wall that allows programmers to implement Java classes in Perl!



   Perl Resource Kit, Win32 Edition

by Dick Hardt, Erik Olson, David Futato & Brian Jepson

This version of the Perl Resource Kit contains the same documentation as the Unix edition, plus a bunch of useful commercial Perl software for windows.



   Learning Perl/Tk

by Nancy Walsh

This tutorial book explains how to program with Perl/Tk, an extension to Perl that allows you to use the Tk graphical interface toolkit.



   Perl/Tk Pocket Reference

by Stephen Lidie

The ideal companion to Learning Perl/Tk, this Perl/Tk quick reference really does fit in your pocket!



New Programming Web Graphics with Perl and GNU Software

by Shawn P. Wallace

This book teaches Perl programmers and advanced Web designers how to use CGI scripts to create dynamic graphical content.



   Web Client Programming with Perl

by Clinton Wong

This book teaches you to script and automate the web by replacing your web browser with custom web clients written in Perl.



New Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C

by Lincoln Stein & Doug MacEachern

How to extend the Apache web server with Perl and/or C.


	*Programming Perl, 2nd Edition*

	by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz
	This is the "camel book", the official bible of Perl programming, written by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl. You might not want to learn Perl from this book, but once you start doing serious Perl programming, this book is a must-have.


	*Learning Perl, 2nd Edition*

	by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen
	A classic, bestselling, introduction to Perl programming.


	*Learning Perl on Win32 Systems*

	by Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson & Tom Christiansen
	This edition of Learning Perl is customized for Windows programmers.


New!	*Perl Cookbook*

	by Tom Christiansen & Nathan Torkington
	Lots of recipes for performing common tasks in Perl. I've found this to be a very useful book.


New!	*Perl in a Nutshell*

	by Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
	A quick-reference to the Perl language, Perl functions, and Perl modules, with extra chapters on CGI, Databases, Network Programming, Perl/Tk, and Win32-specific modules. I like this book, and use it a lot.


	*Perl 5 Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition*

	by Johan Vromans
	A nice, compact quick-reference for Perl 5.005 syntax, operators, functions, and modules. This 71-page book really does fit in your pocket. The first edition was the first book on Perl I owned.


	*Advanced Perl Programming*

	by Sriram Srinivasan
	Exactly what the title says. If you're an experienced Perl programmer, you're ready for this book.


	*Perl Resource Kit, Unix Edition*

	by Larry Wall, Nate Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, David Futato & Brian Jepson
	This boxed set includes over 1800 pages of Perl documentation not available anywhere else. It also contains a complete snapshot of the CPAN Perl archive, and a new tool by Larry Wall that allows programmers to implement Java classes in Perl!


	*Perl Resource Kit, Win32 Edition*

	by Dick Hardt, Erik Olson, David Futato & Brian Jepson
	This version of the Perl Resource Kit contains the same documentation as the Unix edition, plus a bunch of useful commercial Perl software for windows.


	*Learning Perl/Tk*

	by Nancy Walsh
	This tutorial book explains how to program with Perl/Tk, an extension to Perl that allows you to use the Tk graphical interface toolkit.


	*Perl/Tk Pocket Reference*

	by Stephen Lidie
	The ideal companion to Learning Perl/Tk, this Perl/Tk quick reference really does fit in your pocket!


New	*Programming Web Graphics with Perl and GNU Software*

	by Shawn P. Wallace
	This book teaches Perl programmers and advanced Web designers how to use CGI scripts to create dynamic graphical content.


	*Web Client Programming with Perl*

	by Clinton Wong
	This book teaches you to script and automate the web by replacing your web browser with custom web clients written in Perl.


New	*Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C*

	by Lincoln Stein & Doug MacEachern
	How to extend the Apache web server with Perl and/or C.