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Krishnan
Krishnan

Reputation:

Is it feasible to learn Perl and Catalyst at the same time?

Is it feasible to learn Perl and Catalyst at the same time? If so, what would be the typical path?

I am experienced .Net/C#/C++ developer but fairly new to Perl

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1132

Answers (5)

Vasundhar Boddapati
Vasundhar Boddapati

Reputation: 104

I think its only natural to know about the material that goes into building before constructing one. and framework is precisely that.

Natural transition is from the basics and if you think you have less time, you should probably start with small books like Beginning perl by simon cozens or learn.perl.org etc to know what it is like to write programs what are differences in procedural and object oriented lingo when it comes to perl etc.

Upvotes: 0

Brad Gilbert
Brad Gilbert

Reputation: 34120

The most important thing to remember to always:

use strict;
use warnings;

at the beginning of all Perl files.

(at least until you know why)

Upvotes: 3

singingfish
singingfish

Reputation: 3167

In the book, coming out on the 12th of july 2009, we recommend that you're familiar with Perl data types, references, and objects. The best free sources I came up with for learning about this stuff are the Perlmonks tutorials, especially the one on references.

If you're an experienced programmer just getting into perl then Catalyst is quite a good way to learn how to program disciplined, structured, object oriented Perl.

Other than that, as dwc says the tutorial is pretty good.

Upvotes: 5

dwc
dwc

Reputation: 24890

Start right away with a gentle Catalyst tutorial, with some beginner's Perl tutorials/references handy. Coming from C#/C++ you will have a few surprises with Perl, but not enough to worry about. Perl is typically distributed with much documentation, and it's invaluable. So I feel you can pick up on Perl as you learn Catalyst, and then learn deeper Perl skills later.

Upvotes: 7

Alan Haggai Alavi
Alan Haggai Alavi

Reputation: 74252

Catalyst is a web framework in Perl which does use some advanced concepts in Perl like attributes, references, et cetera. Perl should be learnt first. When you are comfortable with Perl, you can dive into Catalyst.

For learning Perl, you can check out http://learn.perl.org/. There are lots of Perl Mongers websites as well. You may be able to find a community near your area too!

Also do surf on to Perl Monks.

Upvotes: 13

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