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standing of shell programming. The author does employ good pro. gramming practices so. you can get a number. of good tips if you pay. attention. ...

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40 Perl Best Practices Shell Scripting Recipes: A ProblemSolution Approach REVIEWS 40Page 140I have a coworker who codes like a plate of spaghetti with the flow of his programs winding in and around and through itself. It is extremely frustrating to figure out why his programs are not working especially at 2 AM. Unfortunately for him I know where he lives.If you have ever wanted to scream loudly in a coworkers face because of his or her code this book is for you. One of the biggest problems with Perl is that there are typically several different ways of solving a particular problem some more elegant than others. This book addresses many situations where a certain solution may not be the best choice.Much of this book can apply to any programming language topics include important considerations such as code layout naming conventions and documentation as well more esoteric concepts like efficiency maintainability Perl Best Practicesand portability. On a number of occasions I found myself reading things that should have been obvious to me years ago.Unlike books that are trying to actually teach Perl this book does not start with basic features of Perl and build upon them. Instead the book is organized by topics such as Naming Conventions I/ O and Objects. This design makes Perl Best Practices a great reference as specific information is always easy to find.Admittedly the author is expressing his opinion about what is right and wrong. Still the opinions are always based on logical arguments. You may have different personal preferences and you may do some things differently from the author. The author even states that it is not his intention to provide the solution to every problem. Even so this book gets you thinking about the validity of your decisions.If you are looking for a book to teach you how to program Perl this is definitely not what you need. Also if you are cranking out quick Perl scripts to solve onetime tasks it might not be worth the effort to read this th ...

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