Title: Read, practice, use in conjuction with Camel
Product review: Growing up with a C=64, then moving on to Q-Basic, Fortran, and ANSI C in college, I thought the "Camel Book" (Programming Perl, O'Reilly) would be fine, and so I chose to forego this book. I made a mistake...For all but the most experienced programmers, I would suggest this book -- in conjunction with -- the Camel. I found the prose easy to read and follow, and the examples illuminating, yet sparse. I would have doubled the number of examples and also questions at the end of each chapter.My method of success was to read the book through, re-reading occasionally for difficult sections. Read the chapters and do the examples. And finally, read the Camel book and when hitting a difficult topic or one covered very thinly in that book, to go back and read the relevant chapter in the Llama.Overall, an excellent book. Well written, good examples, and for the novice to mid-level programmer from other languages.
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