Publications
Magnum Solutions staff have published a lot of material on our areas of expertise. Here is a list:
Blog
Dave Cross writes a blog about Perl programming over on the use.perl web site and another on on more general programming topics on O'ReillyNet.
Books
- Data Munging with
Perl
Many books on Perl concentrate on its use as in CGI programming. But that's not what Perl was designed for - or even what it does best. Data Munging with Perl looks at efficient ways to use Perl to manipulate data in its many forms. - Perl Template Toolkit
The only book to cover the Template Toolkit.
Talks
Here are links to the slides for a number of talks that Dave Cross has given.
- Perl Is Boring
A talk from YAPC::Europe 2000, based on some of the ideas from Data Munging with Perl - Symbol::Approx::Sub
A talk given to london.pm in November 2000 about the Perl module Symbol::Approx::Sub - Perl for the People
A slightly tongue in cheek talk that was presented at both The Open Source Convention and YAPC::Europe in 2001. - Why Perl Advocacy Is A Bad Idea
The text of a lightning (five minute) talk that was presented a few times during 2001. - Idiotic Perl
This talk looks at the reasons why so many people write bad Perl and what we can do to combat this.
Columns
RTFM
For several months, Dave Cross wrote the column RTFM for the online Perl magazine PerlMonth. This column explored the best places to get information about Perl.
- An Introduction to the Perl
Documentation
Perl documentation for beginners. - Modules, References, Data
Structures and Objects
Perl documentation for improvers. - Writing Plain Old
Documentation
Documenting your own Perl code. - Non-free Perl Documentation
Perl books. - Perl Newsgroups
Perl newsgroups and how to use them. - Perl Websites
Where to get the best Perl information on the web. - Perl Mailing Lists
Get Perl help and advice direct to your mailbox. - Perl Documentation Overview
A final look at the Perl documentation.
Introduction to CGI Programming
A short series of three tutorials that Dave Cross wrote for the UK magazine Linux Format.
Introduction to the Template Toolkit
A short series of three tutorials that Dave Cross wrote for Linux Format.
Articles
Here are number of articles that have been published in various places.
- It's Not Still 1998
- Finding CGI scripts
[www.perl.com Jan 2002] - Changing Hash Behaviour with
tie
[www.perl.com Sep 2001] - Symbol::Approx::Sub
A Perl module for bad typists.
[The Perl Journal #20] - Creating Data Output Files Using
The Template Toolkit
A look at an exciting new Perl module.
[www.perl.com Jan 2001] - Why Does My File Have Funny
Characters In It?
The problems with line endings on different Operating Systems.