I have often wished for "The $language Cookbook" for many values of $language. Highly recommended.
I think "Mastering Regular Expressions" can be almost completely replaced by 'man perlre', but perhaps not for utter neophytes.
Re:Perl Turns 34 Today
by bloopernova on Saturday December 18, 2021 @10:15AM
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My only issue with man pages is that I can't flick through them away from my desk or computer/device.
Which makes me wonder how easy it is to make a pipeline for man pages to my Kindle device/app. Hmm. Another rabbit hole to follow, joy!
As a somewhat "new" sysadmin/coder back in the early 2000s, those blue O'Reilly books were like a business card, comfort blanket, and encyclopedia all in one.
I'd add "Mastering Regular Expressions" and maybe "Perl Best Practices". Oh and definitely "The Perl Cookbook", because it mirrored the way I learn best; from needing to do "a thing" and finding an example that mostly fits what I need.