- Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics
- Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics
both are published by O'Reilly (I haven't them, so I can't give a recommendation. Also I don't have any contact with the field of Bioinformatics.).
A search on Amazon reveals quite a lot of books on the combination of Perl and Bioinformatics.
There is another book which sounds interesting:
- Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills (O'Reilly)
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565926646.do
It also appears to discuss the question why Perl is used for some things in Bioinformatics.
The same author (Cynthia Gibas) has written an introductory article:
Computers + Biology = Bioinformatics
http://oreilly.com/news/bioinformatics_0401.html
I can't tell you if learning Perl will give you a competitive advantage in job applications, but I have enjoyed learning Perl very much :)
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- Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics
- Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics
both are published by O'Reilly (I haven't them, so I can't give a recommendation. Also I don't have any contact with the field of Bioinformatics.).
A search on Amazon reveals quite a lot of books on the combination of Perl and Bioinformatics.
There is another book which sounds interesting:
- Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills (O'Reilly)
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565926646.do
It also appears to discuss the question why Perl is used for some things in Bioinformatics.
The same author (Cynthia Gibas) has written an introductory article:
Computers + Biology = Bioinformatics
http://oreilly.com/news/bioinformatics_0401.html
I can't tell you if learning Perl will give you a competitive advantage in job applications, but I have enjoyed learning Perl very much :)