First Perl 6 Book is Out

prostoalex writes "O'Reilly Publishing presented Perl 6 Essentials, the first book to be dedicated to Perl 6, at the beginning of this month. Looking at the table of contents, it hardly looks like a valid replacement for Llama or Camel books. Chapter 1 is available online. The whole book is available to Safari subscribers." I'm sure we'll review it sooner or later.

Comments

not *intended* to replace the camel book

[josephgrossberg]

"it hardly looks like a valid replacement for Llama or Camel books"

It's not supposed to be. Just as they have conventions for the books' color (e.g. Perl blue), O'Reilly and Associates has conventions for the titles.

* "... Essentials" means an overview of what's new.
* "Learning ..." is a discussion and tutorial on a topic, intended for beginners
* "Programming ..." is the same, but for intermediate and advanced users
* "... Cookbook" is a series of problems and their solutions
* "... in a Nutshell" is like a language reference
* "...: The Definitive Guide" is a combination of all four
* "... Pocket Reference" is a shorter version of the above