Poorly designed, rushed, and very bad continuity

I felt this book was good only up to it's halfway point, where it strays from actually teaching you PERL techniques, to other things which have little to no relevance. Not saying that the first half was any good, either - the program sources themselves were riddled with continuity errors. Variable names changed from one reference to another in the same program. The author also took very little time to make sure the reader understood what was going on; too often he would cite code 'snippets' that did exactly what they were supposed to do, but then didn't tell you how to fit them together to actually make them WORK. I suggest O'Reilley's Animal Series CGI book (easily idenifiable in the bookstores with their animals on the cover and black-and-cyan colors) as an alternative to this one.

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• Poor CD information...
• Novice or pro, you can use this book.
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• An INCREDIBLE learning resource for beginners!!
• Poorly designed, rushed, and very bad continuity