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| Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics (ISBN: 0596000804) |
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List Price: $39.95
Our Price: $27.97
Used Price: $18.45
Release Date: 15 October, 2001
Manufacturer: O'Reilly & Associates (Paperback)
Sales Rank: 7,587
Author: James Tisdall
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Average Customer Review: 
| Excellent book for Perl in Bioinformatics | |
I think this book is very good for anyone who wants to learn Perl for using in Bioinformatics. I had previous programming knowledge but I did not know Perl, and this book certainly helped me a lot. The exercises at the end are good. I would definitely recommend it.
| No need to have any previous programming knowledge | |
I had zero programming experience when I started reading this book. It allowed me, step by step, to get familiar with the language and start writing programs related to the field I am interested in.
It is fun and very helpful. You don't feel the frustration of being lost in the middle of unreadable code. The comments and explanations to the programs are great. It allows you to start learning the simple things first and then, as you get familiar with the language, go into more detail.
You can chose, as the author suggests, to go sometimes to the Perl documentation and read about the operators or functions introduced in the different programs; but what is great about the book is that you are given examples and exercises to use them. This is really the way to learn.
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