Perl Resources

From One of the best way to start learning Perl for Developement jobs, is to read the below books in order and practice on your own. Don't be baffled on the below list of books. If you want to work as a Perl Developer and be a competent Perler you need to work hard. Or otherwise, if enough Perl is required to get the Job Done for your organisation, then "Beginning Perl by James Lee - Apress" is your reference, although it will not work for production level code.

1) Sams Teach yourself Perl in 24 Hours
This gives a definite understanding of all Perl Variables and References for a Beginner. At least first 2 Parts is must reading

2) Learning Perl - Oreilly
This one is definite for Perl Basics and Idioms and with hands on Practice on the exercises to start as a real perl developer

3) Intermediate Perl - Oreilly
This one is for References, Modules and Object Oriented Programming. This book will surely take time to understand if you are new to Perl References and OOPs. But once you are through you can call yourself as a Perl Developer, but be sure to practice the exercises and don't skip it.

4) Mastering Perl - Oreilly
This one is for Typeglobs and other Advanced Perl features, but would recommend to read this book if you have worked atleast on 2 Perl Projects.

5) Effective Perl
This one is only Refresher if there is some gap for your next Perl Project, and that's why I gave 4 stars, but it's a good read ( if you have time ) and it helps to improve your code and you will learn some new perl tricks.

6) Perl Cookbook 2e, Aug. 2003

7) Programming Perl: Unmatched power for text processing and scripting, 4e, Mar. 2012