[Techtalk] Ruby/Perl Tutorials

Bethany Seeger seeger at prosensing.com
Wed Apr 14 12:49:16 UTC 2010


Thanks for the recommendations. (just read a page of the Why's guide and 
it's very amusing...)

What I've had a hard time figuring out is what scripting language is it 
valuable to learn?  Esp if you mostly program in a compiled language but 
sometimes what a script to manipulate data, or just perform some minor 
function.   What looks good on a resume?

Perl vs. Python vs. Ruby...

I've used Ruby for some minor utilities I've needed, but only because I 
wanted to learn the language some.    I realize Ruby (on rails) is being 
used in website development, but I haven't touched that yet.

I realize Perl is older and way more complicated.  Maybe over kill for 
most things I want to do.  Or at least not a very good choice.

-Bethany





Chris Wilson wrote:
> Hi Bethany,
>
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Bethany Seeger wrote:
>
>   
>> Do you know of any good ruby and/or perl tutorials?  I'm fluent in C, 
>> and know a bit of Java, C++... and some scripting. I've played with Ruby 
>> some, but am looking for a good tutorial on learning more.
>>     
>
> I learned Ruby from Why the Lucky Stiff's amazing and somewhat disturbing 
> book, which I highly recommend and you can read for free online here:
>
>   http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/book/chapter-1.html
>
> I learned Perl from the O'Really book "Learning Perl", which I also highly 
> recommend, if you really insist on learning Perl. I think Python might 
> help you preserve your sanity, though.
>
> Cheers, Chris.
>   


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