Re: You've read the Llama, now what?



On 11/27/05, Tom Yarrish <tom@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've been reading this list for a while, and I've been trying to
> learn perl on my own for quite some time. However, my job doesn't
> really (from my vantage point at least) "allow" me to do any sort of
> programming (by that I mean my day to day work is more administrative
> and project related versus writing any code). So it makes it
> difficult for me to apply what I've read from the O'Reilly books to
> real world problems (and I've read the Llama book a few times).
> My main issue has been trying to come up with a way to build up any
> type of perl skills, and I know to do that requires writing code.
> However it's been difficult for me to come up with something to
> write.

Tom,

I do use Perl all day long just about every day, so I'm definately not
in your situation. However, you may be interested in sites such as
the "Perl Quiz of the Week" found at: http://perl.plover.com/qotw/

They send out two quizzes every week (one "beginner" and one more
advanced). You can try to solve the quiz and send in your solution.
After a week, the various solutions are discussed.

Hope this helps,
Paul Lalli
.



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