feat: Add Perl introductory resources to warm newbies about Perl #8204 (

#8206) Co-authored-by: VaiTon <[email protected]>
openfoodfacts · Mar 20, 2023 · bda3722 · bda3722
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diff --git a/docs/dev/how-to-learn-perl.md b/docs/dev/how-to-learn-perl.md
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+# How can I learn the Perl programming language?
+
+Here are some introductory resources to learn Perl:
+
+### Quick start 
+
+- [Perl Youtube Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0k9ieKky7Q) - Perl Enough to be dangerous // FULL COURSE 3 HOURS.
+- [Perl - Introduction](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/perl/perl_quick_guide.htm) - Introduction to perl from tutorialspoint
+- [Impatient Perl](https://blob.perl.org/books/impatient-perl/iperl.pdf) - PDF document for people wintrested in learning perl.
+
+### Official Documentation
+
+- [Perl.org](https://www.perl.org/) - Official Perl website with documentation, tutorials, and community resources.
+- [Learn Perl](https://learn.perl.org/) - Perl programming language tutorials for beginners.
+- [Perl Maven](https://perlmaven.com/) - Perl programming tutorials, tips, and code examples.
diff --git a/docs/dev/how-to-quick-start-guide.md b/docs/dev/how-to-quick-start-guide.md
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 Docker provides an isolated environment, very close to a Virtual Machine. This environment contains everything required to launch the Open Food Facts server. There is **no need to install** Perl, Perl modules, Nginx, nor Apache separately.
 
+> **_NOTE:_**  New to Perl? Check [how to learn perl](how-to-learn-perl.md)!
+
 **Installation steps:**
 - [Install Docker CE](https://docs.docker.com/install/#supported-platforms)
 > If you run e.g. Debian, don't forget to add your user to the `docker` group!

diff --git a/docs/dev/how-to-use-repl.md b/docs/dev/how-to-use-repl.md
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 # How to use Perl REPL (re.pl)
 
+> **_NOTE:_**  New to Perl? Check [how to learn perl](how-to-learn-perl.md)!
+
 On your local dev instance, the "backend" container
 comes with [Devel::REPL](https://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::REPL) installed.