1. The last sentence of the review says: ". . . this book is pretty much an essential companion to the Camel, as both resource and learning tool." 2. The sentence you quote means that you can't learn program structure by reading code excerpts, no matter how well commented they are. What to use as globals, how to build subroutines and modularize your program is a separate art. Eugene Sotirescu
I agree with your approach. Allow me two points tho: 1.You can't draw a meatcleaver distinction between decription and recommendation. "what this book is about and who it might apply to" often carries an implicit recommendation. 2.The "Perl Cookbook" is a special case. I don't know many tech books that reach this quality of both code and delivery and can sustain it through over 400 pages. That's why this it gets an 'unmixed', "this book is good and I recommend it" review.
Problem is you can't really browse thru the kit, because it's usually shrink-wrapped. ORA's web site has some excerpts tho. The price is kinda steep, but check out bookpool's price ($90, $60 off the store price!) if you decide to go with it. If you haven't done OO in Perl, the Kit might help you use modules that need OO code (the pods are often stingy).
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1. The last sentence of the review says: ". . . this book is pretty much an essential companion to the Camel, as both resource and learning tool." 2. The sentence you quote means that you can't learn program structure by reading code excerpts, no matter how well commented they are. What to use as globals, how to build subroutines and modularize your program is a separate art. Eugene Sotirescu
I agree with your approach. Allow me two points tho:
1.You can't draw a meatcleaver distinction between decription and recommendation. "what this book is about and who it might apply to" often carries an implicit recommendation.
2.The "Perl Cookbook" is a special case. I don't know many tech books that reach this quality of both code and delivery and can sustain it through over 400 pages. That's why this it gets an 'unmixed', "this book is good and I recommend it" review.
Problem is you can't really browse thru the kit, because it's usually shrink-wrapped.
ORA's web site has some excerpts tho.
The price is kinda steep, but check out bookpool's price ($90, $60 off the store price!) if you decide to go with it.
If you haven't done OO in Perl, the Kit might help you use modules that need OO code (the pods are often stingy).
1.Two sections were transposed: "Anatomy of Chapter" should come before "A Code Feast". (author's negligence).
2.Here's a list of prices (edited out):
shopping.com: $19.95
bookpool.com: $26.50
amazon.com: $31.96
Eugene Sotirescu