Effective Perl Programming: Ways to Write Better, More Idiomatic Perl, Second Edition

B. Map from First to Second Edition

We restructured the second edition of Effective Perl Programming. We removed some chapters, such as “Object-Oriented Programming” and “Debugging,” that other books cover much better, and added new chapters for modern topics, such as “Testing” and “CPAN.” Of course, we kept and revised quite a number of the original chapters and Items, but shuffled them around a bit.

Table B-1 lists the Items of the first edition in order of appearance in the book and their corresponding Items in the second edition.

Table B-1 Mapping of the Items in the First Edition to Their Positions in the Second Edition

Some Items from ...