Perl Best Practices author Damian Conway explains that rules, conventions, standards, and practices not only help programmers communicate and coordinate with each other, they also provide a reliable framework for thinking about problems, and common language for expressing solutions. Conway (familiar to many in the Perl community) offers 256 guidelines on the art of coding to help you write better Perl code - in fact, probably the best Perl code. Instead, Perl Best Practices offers suggestions are widely accepted and coherent based on real-world experience of how code is actually written, not the ivory tower's someone's theories on how software should be made. Most of all, Perl Best Practices offers guidelines that actually work, and that many developers around the world already use. Praise for Perl Best Practices from Perl community members: "As a large Perl project manager, I will ensure that every member of my team has a copy of Perl Best Practices on their desk, and use it as a basis for a house style guide-in." - Randal Schwartz "There is no reason to write bad programs Perl - Peter Scott. "Perl Best Practices will be the next big important book in the evolution of Perl. The idea and practice of putting Damian will help bring Perl out from under the humiliating title of" scripting language ". With Perl Best Practices, Damian shows specifically how and why, so that others can see also. "- Andy Lester "Damian did what many thought impossible:. Shows how to build a large, maintained Perl applications, while still letting Perl be the language, strong expressive that programmers have loved for years" - Andrew Sundström "Perl Best Practices provides a valuable education in how to write powerful, Perl maintained, and is a definite source citations when coaching other programmers." - Todd Bennett "I've been teaching Perl for years, and found the same question being asked: Where can I find a reference for writing reusable code, maintainable Perl - Steven Lembark? "The best community Perl writer is back with another book in circulation. There has never been a comprehensive reference on high quality Perl coding and style until Perl Best Practices.