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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It came out just as I was trying to learn catalyst. From a
beginner perspective it wasn’t of any value -- thankfully Kennedy Clark
has been doing an excellent job with the Tutorial on CPAN, because that’s
how I figured most things out. I was severely disappointed with the book, and
not the least concerned with LOLCats and Kitty Pidgin. The people who wrote the
book are a very knowledgeable group and sometimes their book works as a
reference, but overall doesn’t seem add a lot to what’s already in
the documentation, while being of no value to beginners whatsoever. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It would be nice to have a good beginner book and a more
advanced book. If any of the more advanced programmers on this list would like
someone to help with writing the beginner book, don’t hesitate to get in
touch! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Philip Medes
[mailto:pmedes_2000@yahoo.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 01, 2010 5:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The elegant MVC web framework<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Catalyst] Has anyone read the book "Catalyst 5.8 :
The Perl MVC Framework" yet?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I actually read the first 2 chapters and tried the
examples. I haven't had time to finish the book. <br>
I haven't read any other books on Catalyst, but I do like the Sitepoint books
better ("Build Your Own Ruby On Rails Web Applications").<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Kiffin Gish
<kiffin.gish@planet.nl><br>
<b>To:</b> catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Fri, October 1, 2010 3:15:47 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Catalyst] Has anyone read the book "Catalyst 5.8 : The
Perl MVC Framework" yet?<br>
</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
I recently received a copy of the book "Catalyst 5.8 : The Perl MVC<br>
Framework" for review, have read it and tried out the examples.<br>
<br>
Before I make my judgments public, I'd first be curious to hear from<br>
others in the Catalyst Community about what their views are on the<br>
book. <br>
<br>
Those that have "actually read" the book, that is. I've already seen
a<br>
couple blog entries and they tend to be fairly negative (we sure prefer<br>
to rant).<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Kiffin Gish <<a href="mailto:Kiffin.Gish@planet.nl">Kiffin.Gish@planet.nl</a>><br>
Gouda, The Netherlands<br>
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