[[plug] Perl programming using HTML::Parser]

[Mike Roberts]

On Monday 28 April 2003 6:47 pm, Jan Hurst wrote:
> > http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/units/b336/
> > Doesn't seem to have too much Perl ; so the standard method of learning
> > somethin' in Computin' is called for : lots of time and O'Reilly books (
> > and stealing ideas off the Net)
>
> half the course is in perl, the other half using perl to spit out XML...
> i'd call that a fair bit of perl?
>
> -jan

Speaking as one of the people who teaches the unit...

The B336 coursework assumes some prior knowledge of perl, though we do try to 
cater to those who have not done it before. The unit B211 (Internet 
Computing) tries to provide a introduction to perl, but both units are 
centred more around internet technologies, and simply use perl as a tool to 
teach the ideas.

Once a person is familiar with programming techniques, learning a new language 
should not really be that bigger issue. Unless you are moving from one 
programming paradigm to another (e.g OO to functional). So I think the 
suggestion about O'Reilly books is a good one.

My $0.02