chromatic's book "Modern Perl"

Q: Where to download from? A: [Link]

Table of Contents

• Unicode and Strings [Link]
• Moose [Link]
• Testing [Link]
• POD [Link]
• transforming a main program into a module, so that we can test also it local subroutines separately [handling main], [controlled execution] –– I call this "main à la Python"
• …

O'Reilly Media book: Advanced Perl Programming, 2nd Edition

Advanced Perl Programming, 2nd Edition - O'Reilly Media


Just put the 1st paperback edition on top of the batch going to the charitable book collection.

From the TOC:

• Chapter 8: Testing; with a subchapter on "Keeping Tests and Code Together" within POD sections of the source code

O'Reilly Media book: Mastering Perl – Creating professional programs with Perl

• Mastering Perl - O'Reilly Media
• Chaper 5: Profiling Perl: ... DBI …
• Chapter 6: Benchmarking Perl
• Chapter 15: Working with POD
• …

Addison-Wesley book: Effective Perl Programming: Ways to Write Better, More Idiomatic Perl, 2/E

• Pearson - Effective Perl Programming: Ways to Write Better, More Idiomatic Perl, 2/E - Joseph N. Hall, Joshua A. McAdams & brian d foy
• http://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/toc

topics:

• chapter 9: Distributions; has "Item 84. Check your POD"
• chapter 10: Testing
• chapter 12: Databases
• …

O'Reilly Media book: Intermediate Perl, 2nd Edition

Intermediate Perl:
Get a clear roadmap for improving your skills with Intermediate Perl, and gain working knowledge of Perl's objects, references, and modules—ingredients that make the language so versatile and effective. Written by the authors of the bestselling Llama book, Learning Perl, and updated for Perl 5.14, this book offers a gentle but thorough introduction to intermediate programming in Perl.

• Chapters 14 and 20: testing
• Chapter 12: Creating Your Own Perl Distribution; has a section on "Plain Ol’ Documentation" (POD)
• Chapter 19: Moose
• Chapter 13 and 15: OO
• …

o'Reilly Media book: Perl Best Practices

• Perl Best Practices - O'Reilly Media
• its Appendix B gets provided for the public by the publishing house, it lists all the recipes with brief descriptions [Link]
• "PBP Module Recommendation Commentary" on Socialtext [Link, actually Perl Foundation links to that via "perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?pbp_module_recommendation_commentary"]; some "yes", "mostly yes", "no", "maybe" regarding the modules recommended in the book; short resp. compact and worth reading resp. good for looking up a module, that you are tempted to use after reading about it in the book, so you have another (useful) opinion
• a collection of 256 guidelines – find them listed on a refcard here!

• it got released in 2005 though, and time went on in the meantime!
• rather nice to read
• its author also teaches classes in courses by this name, they should be rather up-to-date
• …

From the TOC:

• Chapter 2: Code Layout: …, Vertical Alignment, …
• Chapter 7: Documentation (this is the most extensive text on POD, that I know in the Perl literature)

o'Reilly Media book: Programming Perl, 4th Edition - O'Reilly Media

Programming Perl:
Adopted as the undisputed Perl bible soon after the first edition appeared in 1991, Programming Perl is still the go-to guide for this highly practical language. In this much-anticipated update to "the Camel," three renowned Perl authors cover the language up to its current version, Perl 5.14, with a preview of features in the upcoming 5.16.
From the TOC:

• Chapter 23: Plain Old Documentation