Perl magazine in print?

[dsc]

Does anyone know of a print magazine devoted entirely (or at least significantly) to Perl? I know of some good online resources, but at times I would like to read something I can carry around with me. A quick Google search turned up several enterprises calling themselves online magazines, but no printed periodicals as far as I can see.


David

[chrism01]

I think 1 or 2 of them may have a print version avail if you dig around on their website, but generally i'd doubt it. Not a big enough audience after you've allowed for the web effect.
Depending on your level of expertise, I'd recommned 1 of 2 books from O'Reilly:

1) Learning Perl (the Llama book); written by Perl gurus. Very good.
2) If you can already do basic Perl and are just looking for good recipes/tricks/examples etc, can't recommend The Perl Cookbook highly enough.
Also written by members of the inner group at Perl.

I'm a programmer by trade and the 2nd book is worth its weight in gold ! :)

A good ref to have lying around is the Camel Book aka Programming Perl. Defines all the keywords/built-ins in Perl.

HTH

[dsc]

Thanks, Chris. Actually, I do have all three of the books you mentioned (and several others, to the dismay of my wife ;) ). I was looking for something more like the magazines for other languages I've seen, with regular tutorial columns, reviews of support applications, etc. But I knew it was a long shot. I appreciate your input.

David

[takshaka]

The Perl Journal (http://www.tpj.com/) was the premiere print Perl magazine until it was acquired and subsequently dropped by SysAdmin. Now it lives on only in a monthly PDF format. I don't know of any current print magazines.

[chrism01]

Well I've got 5 and no wife :)
Got the DBI and CGI books as well as those 3.
There's probably a lesson there ;)

Think you're stuck with on-line only...
Have got the Panther book ? (Advanced Algorithms in Perl ; or some name along those lines.) Saw it at a prev job. Looked good, but didn't need it enough to buy it.

[dsc]

No, I haven't got it, but I have looked at it. My instructor in the Perl class I took last semester passed it around. It looks great, but it's too advanced for me.