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D. Curtis Jamison (Author)

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"This well written book illustrates PERL with examples…Those with less or no programming skills should read this book before attempting the practice of bioinformatics ideas." (Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation, January 2005)

"…the book is useful to biologists who already use languages like C+ or Visual Basic and want to learn Perl." (Biomolecular Engineering, November 2004)

“…written in a pleasant chatty style with obvious enthusiasm for the topic” (Robotica, Vol. 22, 2004)

“...unique and I highly recommend it as a first book on programming for biology–oriented professionals interested in  using perl...excellent for self–study...can also be a great resource as classroom material...” (Clinical Chemistry, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2004)

"...not be surprised to see [it] finding a space on the bookshelves in many biological laboratories in the near future." (Briefings in Bioinformatics, Vol 5(1), March 2004)

Robotica, Vol. 22, 2004

"...written in a pleasant chatty style with obvious enthusiasm for the topic"
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Not nearly as good as Learning/Intermediate Perl or Tisdall's books 17 Jun 2006
By C. J. Fields - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Although James Tisdall's Perl books (Beginning/Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics) could be a little scattered, I found that they offered more for the biologist learning Perl than this one; you could almost buy both those books for the price of this one! This book seems structured more along the lines of the (superior) Learning Perl and Intermediate Perl by Schwartz et al, with a few biological references thrown in as examples. Some of the most important aspects of biological sequence analysis were glossed over fairly quickly if at all. I found it somewhat amazing that file format parsing, restriction enzyme analysis, sequence conversion, transcription-translation, program output parsing, and other fundamental topics were either covered very briefly in passing or not covered at all. Disappointing!

I believe one might find this book was a great read first time out (it is well written), but that once they progressed to other texts (Learning Perl, Intermediate Perl, Programming Perl), they would rarely, if ever, refer back to this one. That's not good for a $50 book. I can't see myself using it in the future when I have the Camel and Llama covering my back, along with Tisdall's texts. Basically a lot of sugar coating without much substance.

Oh, and there's a major mistake in the Object-Oriented Programming section, one which really breaks your programs. In short : -> != =>

My advice: spend your money on those texts and use your imagination on what Perl can accomplish for you as a biologist. If you are an advanced Perl programmer and biologist, at least check out Tisdall's books and wait for the long-rumored BioPerl book. I would give it 3 stars for the writing but the price doesn't justify it, sorry. The Amazon review system won't let me change the rating though, so you lucked out this time!
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Much better than Tisdall's book 26 Mar 2006
By bmaverick - Published on Amazon.com
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I have taught Perl from Tisdall's "Beginning Perl fro Bioinformatics", and was frankly frustrated by the seemingly random order of presentation of topics. The students in the class felt the same. This book, however, does it right: it is a clear, pedagogic introduction to Perl programming with applications in bioinformatics. Highly recommended for biologists who never programmed before.
Perl Bioinformatics Developer 30 Oct 2009
By Rachel - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Excellent book for the beginner programmer who is interested in Bioinformatics. However, an additional Perl reference book with examples is needed.

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