Re: modperl book

Chris Datfung wrote:
> I'm looking for recommendations for a good ModPerl book that does not
> assume too much Perl background, any suggestions?
>
> - Chris
I have found this book to be extremely helpful
http://www.modperlcookbook.org/

if you get it, be sure to use the index on this website. The books index
is incomplete.


Object Oriented Perl by Damian Conway isn't mod_perl, but is extremely
helpful anyway.

A lot of mod_perl info is free on the net.
You will want to set up a practice server as you will make many mistakes!

Mod_perl isn't "hard" so much as it requires very careful, well written
perl. It is an excellent teacher

Good Luck,
Chris Bennett

modperl book

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I'm looking for recommendations for a good ModPerl book that does not assume
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- Chris

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Re: modperl book

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Well, there probably isn't just one book that will fill that particular
void.
Writing fast, correct, and safe mod_perl is non-trivial, what with taint
mode, URL rewriting, handling SQL queries, caching, etc.
So there is sometimes a lot of non-perl-specific context that the mod_perl
interfaces give you access to that a higher-level mod_perl developer will
leverage.
A good mod_perl coder has to understand some or all of that context.

There is also apache 1.3 vs. 2.x to consider and the concomitant mod_perl
1.x vs 2.x codelines to deal with.

If you are deploying on apache 1.3, then I would start with
Practical mod_perl
_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276878192&sr=8-1>

However, P m_p doesn't cover mod_perl2.
So if you need that, I would add
mod_perl 2 User's Guide
_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276878248&sr=8-1>
which, I'm told, is also available online.

I wound up spending most of my learning time in mp2 user's guide,
supplemented by
Pro Apache, Third Edition (Expert's Voice)
_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276878391&sr=8-1>
for the details of the underlying mechanisms m_p was giving me access to.

Have fun...

-- jeff

On 6/18/10 7:10 AM, "Chris Datfung" wrote:

> I'm looking for recommendations for a good ModPerl book that does not assume
> too much Perl background, any suggestions?
>
> - Chris
>


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Writing fast, correct, and safe mod_perl is non-trivial, what with taint mo=
de, URL rewriting, handling SQL queries, caching, etc.

So there is sometimes a lot of non-perl-specific context that the mod_perl =
interfaces give you access to that a higher-level mod_perl developer will le=
verage.

A good mod_perl coder has to understand some or all of that context.



There is also apache 1.3 vs. 2.x to consider and the concomitant mod_perl 1=
..x vs 2.x codelines to deal with.



If you are deploying on apache 1.3, then I would start with

Practical mod_perl < as-Bekman/dp/0596002270/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks &qid=3D1276878192&am=
p;sr=3D8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Practical-mod_perl-Stas-Be kman/dp/0596002270=
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However, P m_p doesn't cover mod_perl2.

So if you need that, I would add

mod_perl 2 User's Guide < uide-Stas-Bekman/dp/0977920119/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s= 3Dbooks&qid=3D127687=
8248&sr=3D8-1">http://www.amazon.com/mod_perl-Users-Guid e-Stas-Bekman/dp/0=
977920119/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D127 6878248&sr=3D8-1&g=
t;

which, I'm told, is also available online.



I wound up spending most of my learning time in mp2 user's guide, supplemen=
ted by

 Pro Apache, Third Edition (Expert's Voice) < azon.com/Pro-Apache-Third-Experts-Voice/dp/1590593006/ref=3D sr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&=
;s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1276878391&sr=3D8-1">http://www.ama zon.com/Pro-Apache-Thi=
rd-Experts-Voice/dp/1590593006/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s= 3Dbooks&qid=3D127687=
8391&sr=3D8-1>

for the details of the underlying mechanisms m_p was giving me access to. R>


Have fun...



-- jeff



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Re: modperl book

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Chris Datfung wrote:
> I'm looking for recommendations for a good ModPerl book that does not assume
> too much Perl background, any suggestions?

While not technically a book, many parts of the docs are available in
pdf form at http://perl.apache.org

For example, just replace the .html extension with .pdf:

http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/intro/overview.pdf