Book details of 'Introduction to Cgi/Perl: Getting Started With Web Scripts'

Title	Introduction to Cgi/Perl: Getting Started With Web Scripts
Author(s)	Steven E. Brenner, Edwin Aoki
ISBN	1558514783
Language	English
Published	January 1996
Publisher	Hungry Minds, Inc

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An important guide for developing dynamic content and forms to add impact and interaction to Web sites. Brenner is the author of cgi-lib.pl, the de facto standard library for creating CGI scripts with Perl. Used for everything from NASA space data to Byte Magazine's on-line comment box, this library makes CGI scripting intuitive and fun. If you want to see an excerpt from this book, look below, or click on the title.
Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
An introduction should start with concepts and simple applications, and that is exactly what this book does. The four chapters cover the ideas behind HTML (the HyperText Markup Language) and CGI (the Common Gateway Interface), some very basic programming in Perl, the basics of HTML form tags, and some additional related topics. The text is clear and readable. The examples are simple, illustrating the basic proposals without overwhelming the reader. The book concentrates on Perl and the cgi-lib.pl library. This emphasis allows for somewhat more sophisticated work without as much of the tedium of HTML detail. Ultimately, however, it becomes a shortcoming of the book, since it gives the authors an escape hatch to avoid discussion of some of the technical details of forms that would be necessary for programming in shell scripts, or using Perl without the library. Those who have access to Perl will find this a useful start, but those who do not will be restricted even in the CGI work that can be done. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996
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This book teaches readers all they need to know to create custom programs for the World Wide Web. Introduction to CGI/Perl: Getting Started with Web Scripts begins with a complete review of communication technology and then introduces the essentials of the Perl language and the Common Gateway Interface (CGI). It features detailed coverage of all HTML form elements, text processing, management with Perl, receiving input and producing output, and customized client-server interaction with http; including explanations of protocol nuances such as GET and POST. All code and extra examples are available from an online appendix.