The FrameCal Bookstore

H E L P T H I S S I T E , H E L P Y O U R S E L F

The FrameCal Perl Script is freeware, in keeping with the tradition of Perl itself. Feel free to modify the script as much as you would like. But, before you do, you may need to learn Perl. Knowing this, I have set up this page to point you to a few books that have greatly helped me. As a matter of fact, these are all the books that I read, or at least browsed through, before undertaking the modifications that I have made.

You can order any of the books listed on this page directly from Amazon.com just by clicking on them to go to the Amazon.com site, or you can search for your own selections. By ordering books from this page, I will get a small portion of the price, giving me some motivation to continue my modifications, and you will get a very good book.

If you would like information on my association with Amazon.com, just read this Amazon.com Endorsement

Learning Perl (Nutshell Handbook)
Also known as "The Llama Book," this is the first book that you should pick up if you really want to get an idea of what Perl is and what it can do. The book covers the basics of Perl, with chapters on I/O, Regular Expressions, Decision Statements, Variables, and all the other fundamental things you need to know to understand a Perl script when you see it.

Programming Perl (Nutshell Handbook)
You got it, this one is known as "The Camel Book," and when you pick this up, you are really getting into Perl Programming. This book covers the entire Perl language, with all of the functions and their usage, all of the syntax of the language, and almost more than you ever really wanted to know about Perl. The definitive guide on Perl, written by the man who invented it, Larry Wall. This edition covers through Perl 5, the latest version of the language.

CGI Programming on the World Wide Web
Okay, this one doesn't have an animal name, but there is a mouse on the cover! Anyway, this is an excellent introduction to using Perl on the World Wide Web to write CGI programs. Very useful information, including information on using Server Side Includes, and a list of all the Environment Variables passed via the browser and server. Also contains loads of sample scripts for CGI so you can see how other people write in Perl.

Well, maybe none of these books spark your interest, or maybe you have all of them and you would like to look for something else. If so, please use the search form below to look it up on Amazon.com. You'll be glad you did.