Here is a list of books about theRaku (formerly known as Perl 6) programming language, as well as guidance on which one to read.
The following flow chart should help you to decide which general-purpose book to approach first. It omits specialized books like those onweb apps andparsing. Click on the image to see it in full size.
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Formats | print, ebook |
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Target audience | more experienced programmers |
Emphasis | Practical, example-driven invitation to Perl 6 |
Status | Published |
Publication date | 2020-09-11 |
Formats | ebook |
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Target audience | programmers |
Emphasis | Parsing and searching, regex, grammars |
Status | published |
Publication date | 2017-12-22 |
by Andrew Shitov
Formats | |
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Target audience | programmers |
Emphasis | Complete textbook of Perl 6 |
Status | published |
Publication date | 2017-10-20 |
by Laurent Rosenfeld,Allen Downey
O'Reilly,Green Tea Press,Source on GitHub
Formats | print, ebook |
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Target audience | Programming novices |
Emphasis | Computer Science |
Status | published |
Publication date | 2017-05-26 |
Formats | print, ebook |
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Target audience | more experienced programmers |
Emphasis | Overview of Perl 6 features |
Status | published |
Publication date | 2016-12-29 |
by Andrew Shitov
Formats | print, ebook |
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Target audience | Programming novices |
Emphasis | Solving programming challenges in Perl 6 |
Status | published |
by JJ Merelo
Formats | ebook |
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Target audience | beginners |
Emphasis | Learning from scratch, starting with expressions |
Status | First edition, more to come |
Target audience | programmers |
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Status | published |