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"A book about kick-starting your programming imagination . . . [it] will get you thinking about . . . creating practical solutions to your problems." -- About.com Guide to Perl, May 22, 2006

"Exemplifies the practical approach, highlighting utilities that make readers' computing and online lives easier." -- Library Journal Reviews, May 1, 2006

"Provides excellent and useful scripts to do the specific things the author intends them to be used for." -- O’Reilly.net, April 24, 2006

"This is not your typical Perl book . . . great for a Perl programmer who has a flair for unique issues." -- Free Software Magazine, April 20, 2006


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Most Perl programmers have been frustrated at one time or another because the system just wouldn't do what they wanted it to do. There was that one simple and obvious utility that was missing that would make life so much easier: A tool to get a stock quote, show off a photograph collection, or even display a collection of favorite comics. Wicked Cool Perl Scripts is about writing those utilities quickly and easily. A collection of handy utilities that solves difficult problems, Wicked Cool Perl Scripts is a great resource for the savvy Perl programmer.

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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: No Starch Press; illustrated edition edition (February 15, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1593270623
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593270629
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #184,047 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A book full of examples of how NOT to write perl, February 18, 2007
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I couldn't resist the title, so I got this book. Unfortunately, I cannot reccommend it to people who want to learn to write better Perl, execpt as a source of examples of the mistakes you should avoid.

For example, in one of the earliest examples, the authors uses "return undef" in a situation where the return value of the routine is assigned to an array, to indicate the routine didn't find any of whatever it was looking for. Unfortunately, this is a mistake, the correct code would be to use "return;" all on its own. The correct solution produces an empty array or interim values; the mistake creates an array containing one element, 'undef'.

There are a number of similar mistakes which indicate the author is in over his head, writing things he doesn't understand; the editors know even less about the matter; and the code was never tested and verified for correctness.

If you want to learn Perl, get "Learning Perl"; If you want to improve your Perl, get "Intermediate Perl.

Tom
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor riddled with syntax errors, June 16, 2006
I don't usually feel strong enough to write reviews however don't buy this book unless you want to spend hours debugging someone elses code just for the fun of it. I could have written my own in less time that it took me to fix the errors found in the code. In addition you would expect the downloadable code to work and they don't either. They are not even the same code examples found in the book. Unless you want to pay for the ideas and what modules to use this book is a waste of money.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not "Wicked Cool", February 19, 2006
I'm going to be grumpy about this.

I have nothing good to say about this book. I don't have anything bad to say (except maybe that I dislike titles like this), but nothing grabbed me, nothing excited me.

Maybe that's because the kinds of examples presented are just what Perl is best at doing - the author demonstrates that a properly stocked toolbox can indeed be used to build a birdhouse, repair a sticking door, hang a picture. Yaaaawnn..

If you know nothing whatsoever about Perl, I suppose this might be fun. But why would you read it if you knew nothing? I think that's probably the basic flaw here: it's not a "Learn Perl" book, and it doesn't explore the more esoteric areas. The subtitle says "Useful Perl Scripts that solve difficult problems", but there are no difficult problems here, just building birdhouses, hanging pictures, and so on.

Just not my cup of tea, I guess.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I had high hopes for this book, but it fails on several levels.

- Most of the scripts in the book use an external module for the important work. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Aditya

2.0 out of 5 stars Buy something else
This book wants to be a recipe book. But in my opinion it doesn't do it's job very well. There are too many simple examples inside (which take a lot of space) and can be found in... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jure Kodžoman

3.0 out of 5 stars a mixed bag of solid scripting
The problem with book titles which marry terms like 'wicked' and 'cool' with programming, is that scripts which, for example, determine the particular type of EOL marker in a... Read more
Published on July 24, 2007 by Thing with a hook

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, yes. Wicked cool, maybe not.
This is a great book for learning by example, particularly as a follow-on to something like Learning Perl to get you started. Read more
Published on December 19, 2006 by Chad Perrin

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Book For Perl Programmers
'Wicked Cool Perl Scripts : Useful Perl Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems' by Steve Oualline is a fun book for Perl programmers that highlight lots of neat little things that... Read more
Published on July 11, 2006 by Daniel McKinnon

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool ideas that can lead you down interesting paths...
If you have a decent background in Perl and you are looking for practical ideas for scripts, Wicked Cool Perl Scripts by Steve Oualline has a number of benefits to offer... Read more
Published on May 28, 2006 by Thomas Duff

4.0 out of 5 stars Good "utility belt" for experienced PERL programmers
I don't recommend this book for beginning PERL programmers as there is not enough explanation to be useful for that purpose. Read more
Published on April 29, 2006 by calvinnme

3.0 out of 5 stars Cool ideas, too much code, too little explanation
Perl is a great language, but I doubt anyone would call it 'self explanatory'. That's where I find fault with this book. Read more
Published on March 8, 2006 by Jack D. Herrington

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Decent Perl Book
This books gives good examples of different perl scripts for many situations. What I really like about the book was the outline for each script. Read more
Published on February 15, 2006 by T. Sabatini

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