Appendix B. Perls of Wisdom
Aspirat primo Fortuna labori.
| No. | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Know the documentation. Be able to find anything in it. |
| 2 | 10 | To get started with the Perl documentation, type perldoc perl. |
| 3 | 18 | First know yourself, then your programs will be easier to know. |
| 4 | 20 | Motivate yourself by what you want to move toward, not what you want to get away from. |
| 5 | 28 | If you can't say it in natural language, you won't be able to say it in Perl. |
| 6 | 30 | Use a consistent style for each project. |
| 7 | 39 | Comment the hard parts. Use POD. |
| 8 | 44 | Declare as many of your variables as possible to be lexical. |
| 9 | 46 | Use -w and use strict in all your programs. |
| 10 | 46 | Use ... |
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