Fairly good content, but hideously organized. The book jumps all over the place and really lacks the coherence I've come to expect from O'Reilly books. I used "Learning Perl" to get pretty good with Perl in two weeks. The book on HTML is terrific as well. A good "Learning CGI" book to lead into
Perl Cgi Programming: No Experience Required
β Scribed by Erik Strom
- Publisher
- Sybex
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 512
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Experienced HTML authors, Webmaster, and Intranet programmers will find this book one of the fastest ways to learn CGI programming. Topics include catalog, search engine, order forms, database referencing, and user feedback scripts. Real world examples emphasize creating forms and user-driven, interactive Web sites.
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The World Wide Web is more than a place to put up clever documents and pretty pictures. With a little study and practice, you can offer interactive queries and serve instant information from databases, worked up into colorful graphics. That is what the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) offers.This book
convey a great deal of information, but eventually their limitations become clear. What if you wish to provide dynamic data--information that changes over time? What if you want to sell products on your Web site and secure payment information from users? Or what if you seek to provide a search facil