The Perl CD Bookshelf

By O'Reilly Media, Inc.
First Edition

ISBN 10: 1-56592-462-2 | ISBN 13: 9781565924628
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)

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Book description

Perl programmer alert! Six bestselling O'Reilly Animal Guides are now available on CD-ROM, easily accessible with your favorite Web browser: Perl in a Nutshell; Programming Perl, 2nd Edition; Perl Cookbook; Advanced Perl Programming; Learning Perl; and Learning Perl on Win32 Sytems. As a bonus, the new hard-copy version of Perl in a Nutshell is also included.
Full Description

Perl programmers increasingly rely on the Web, online help, and other online information sources to cure information pain. Now O'Reilly's Perl CD Bookshelf gives you convenient online access to your favorite books from your CD-ROM drive. The Perl CD Bookshelf contains a powerhouse of O'Reilly Animal Guides. Included are complete, unabridged versions of Perl in a Nutshell; Programming Perl, 2nd Edition; Perl Cookbook; Advanced Perl Programming; Learning Perl; and Learning Perl on Win32 Systems. As a bonus, the hard-copy version of Perl in a Nutshell is also included. Never has it been easier to learn, or look up, what you need to know online. Formatted in HTML, The Perl CD Bookshelf can be accessed with any Web browser. The books are fully searchable and cross-referenced. In addition to individual indexes for each book, a master index for the entire library is provided.

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The Perl CD Bookshelf Review, May 26 2000

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Submitted by Kostas Nikolaidis   [Respond | View]

A MUST for any Perl Programmer (or perl hobbiest). You get some of the best perl books at a fraction of the cost (since you can always print the book off of the CD).

I use it everyday at work. The Perl Cookbook and Advanced Perl are my faivorites and a must for anyone who uses Perl everyday.

The Perl CD Bookshelf Review, December 21 1999
Submitted by John Hubbell   [Respond | View]

Re: About Searching your DC Bookshelf on a Macintosh.

Since the Mac OS comes with Sherlock, a Find facility that can index and then search files by content, I find that Sherlock does a completely satisfactory job of searching your wonderful CD bookshelf. You might note that fact on those O'Reilly book covers that indicate one can't search a CD Bookshelf with a Mac.

The Perl CD Bookshelf Review, September 16 1999
Submitted by Jason Alexander   [Respond | View]

This is a great collection of perl books from Oreilly,
and the layout is great on the CD. It is definitely
worth the money, if not worth more, for people like me
who can't carry that many books everywhere. All the
books I carried were crushing my laptop. I am very
happy with this product.

The search function is difficult to get working because
it requires a java server application to run on a higher
port to answer the queries. With Linux, it takes a little
time, but perhaps with jdk-1.x you should be okay.

Oreilly books are awesome.

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The Perl CD Bookshelf Review, August 24 1999
Submitted by Joseph Luczynski [Respond | View]

This is an amazing reference! I've got all three CD Bookshelf sets. ORA has outdone themselves!

This particular set is ideal for any level Perl programmer.

Hint: bn.com is selling it for 25% off.

The Perl CD Bookshelf Review, April 22 1999
Submitted by Jacob Miner [Respond | View]

What's the drawback of a book? You can't search it! The search engine provided is cumbersome, but you CAN search. The price is only slightly more than only one of the books in the set! A must have...

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