Raku / Perl 6 Books

<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <link href="css/layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link href="//cdn-images.mailchimp.com/embedcode/classic-10_7.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <title>Raku / Perl 6 Books</title> </head> <body> <section class="intro p6-box"> <h1>Raku Books</h1> <p>Here is a list of books about the <a href="https://raku.org/">Raku</a> (formerly known as Perl 6) programming language, as well as guidance on which one to read.</p> <p>The following flow chart should help you to decide which general-purpose book to approach first. It omits specialized books like those on <a href="#p6-bailador">web apps</a> and <a href="#p6-regex">parsing</a>. Click on the image to see it in full size.</p> <a href="img/p6-book-flowchart.png"> <img class="flowchart" src="img/tn-p6-book-flowchart.png" width="665" height="557"> </a> <h2>Keep Informed</h2> <p>If you want to keep up to date on Raku books, sign up for the mailing list below. It's low volume (typically less than one email per month).<p>  <style type="text/css"> #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. 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Fundamentals</h2> <h3>A Primer with Examples, Projects, and Case Studies</h3> <a href="img/full/fundamentals.jpg"> <img class="p6-book-conver-img" src="img/thumbnail/fundamentals.jpg"> </a> <p class="p6-authors">by <a href="https://perlgeek.de/">Moritz Lenz</a></p> <p class="p6-links"> <a href="https://www.apress.com/9781484261088">Apress</a>, <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08HKWS6H2/">Amazon</a> </p> <table class="p6-book-properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Formats</th> <td>print, ebook</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Target audience</th> <td>more experienced programmers</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Emphasis</th> <td>Practical, example-driven invitation to Perl 6</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Status</th> <td>Published</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Publication date</th> <td>2020-09-11</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </article> <article class="p6-book p6-box p6-available" id="p6-regex"> <h2>Searching and Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes</h2> <a href="img/full/regex.jpg"> <img class="p6-book-conver-img" src="img/thumbnail/regex.jpg"> </a> <p class="p6-authors">by <a href="https://perlgeek.de/">Moritz Lenz</a></p> <p class="p6-links"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Parsing-Perl-Regexes-Grammars-Recursive/dp/1484232275">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484232279">Apress</a> </p> <table class="p6-book-properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Formats</th> <td>ebook</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Target audience</th> <td>programmers</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Emphasis</th> <td>Parsing and searching, regex, grammars</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Status</th> <td>published</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Publication date</th> <td>2017-12-22</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </article> <article class="p6-book p6-box p6-available" id="p6-deepdive"> <h2>Perl 6 Deep Dive</h2> <a href="img/full/deepdive.jpg"> <img class="p6-book-conver-img" src="img/thumbnail/deepdive.jpg"> </a> <p class="p6-authors">by Andrew Shitov</p> <p class="p6-links"> <a href="https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/perl-6-deep-dive">Packt</a> </p> <table class="p6-book-properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Formats</th> <td>print</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Target audience</th> <td>programmers</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Emphasis</th> <td>Complete textbook of Perl 6</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Status</th> <td>published</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Publication date</th> <td>2017-10-20</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </article> <article class="p6-book p6-box p6-available" id="p6-think"> <h2>Think Perl 6</h2> <h3>How to Think Like a Computer Scientist</h3> <a href="img/full/think.jpg"> <img class="p6-book-conver-img" src="img/thumbnail/think.jpg"> </a> <p class="p6-authors">by Laurent Rosenfeld, <a href="http://www.allendowney.com/wp/">Allen Downey</a></p> <p class="p6-links"> <a href="http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920065883.do">O'Reilly</a>, <a href="http://greenteapress.com/wp/think-perl-6/">Green Tea Press</a>, <a href="https://github.com/LaurentRosenfeld/thinkperl6/">Source on GitHub</a> </p> <table class="p6-book-properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Formats</th> <td>print, ebook</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Target audience</th> <td>Programming novices</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Emphasis</th> <td>Computer Science</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Status</th> <td>published</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Publication date</th> <td>2017-05-26</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </article> <article class="p6-book p6-box p6-available" id="p6-glance"> <h2>Perl 6 At a Glance</h2> <a href="img/full/glance.jpg"> <img class="p6-book-conver-img" src="img/thumbnail/glance.jpg"> </a> <p class="p6-authors">by <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewshitov">Andrew Shitov</a></p> <p class="p6-links"> <a href="https://deeptext.media/perl6-at-a-glance/">Deep Text Media</a> </p> <table class="p6-book-properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Formats</th> <td>print, ebook</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Target audience</th> <td>more experienced programmers</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Emphasis</th> <td>Overview of Perl 6 features</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Status</th> <td>published</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Publication date</th> <td>2016-12-29</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </article> <article class="p6-book p6-box p6-available" id="p6-using"> <h2>Using Perl 6</h2> <a href="img/full/using.jpg"> <img class="p6-book-conver-img" src="img/thumbnail/using.jpg"> </a> <p class="p6-authors">by Andrew Shitov</p> <p class="p6-links"> <a href="https://deeptext.media/using-perl6">DeepText Media</a> </p> <table class="p6-book-properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Formats</th> <td>print, ebook</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Target audience</th> <td>Programming novices</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Emphasis</th> <td>Solving programming challenges in Perl 6</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Status</th> <td>published</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </article> <article class="p6-book p6-box p6-available" id="p6-learningtoprogram"> <h2>Learning to program with Perl 6</h2> <a href="img/full/learningtoprogram.jpg"> <img class="p6-book-conver-img" src="img/thumbnail/learningtoprogram.jpg"> </a> <p class="p6-authors">by JJ Merelo</p> <p class="p6-links"> <a href="http://amzn.to/2th9b2P">Amazon.com</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/2tgO8h7">Amazon.co.uk</a> </p> <table class="p6-book-properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Formats</th> <td>ebook</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Target audience</th> <td>beginners</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Emphasis</th> <td>Learning from scratch, starting with expressions</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Status</th> <td>First edition, more to come</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </article> <article class="p6-book p6-box p6-available" id="p6-learning"> <h2>Learning Perl 6</h2> <h3>Keeping the Easy, Hard and Impossible Within Reach</h3> <a href="img/full/learning.jpg"> <img class="p6-book-conver-img" src="img/thumbnail/learning.jpg"> </a> <p class="p6-authors">by <a href="https://www.learningperl6.com/author/brian/">brian d foy</a></p> <p class="p6-links"> <a href="https://www.learningperl6.com/">Web page</a>, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1422827986/learning-perl-6">Kickstarter</a> </p> <table class="p6-book-properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Target audience</th> <td>programmers</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Status</th> <td>published</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </article> </div> </section> <footer> <p>The source for this website can be found <a href="https://github.com/moritz/perl6book-web">on GitHub in the repo moritz/perl6book-web</a>. 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