title: How to go about learning perl
body: <p>I am a bioinformatics student and am in the process of learning perl.  I don't have a strong programming background but would like for that to change.  </p>
  
  <p>Right now I am in the process of reading/following and coding from this <a href="http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/01/02/bioinf.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">book</a></p>
  
  <p>I want to know is this the best way to go about learning perl?  Should I be experimenting with regular expressions more?  Should I keep trying writing sample perl scripts?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Related:</strong> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/336715/what-are-good-books-for-learning-perl">what are good books for learning perl</a></p>