Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2762 EAN: 9780471395973 ISBN: 0471395978 Label: John Wiley & Sons Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: January 23, 2001 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Sales Rank: 1470636 Studio: John Wiley & Sons
Product DescriptionThe only one-stop resource for Web developers and programmers This book is an indispensable resource for Web developers and programmers who program CGI applications in Perl. It is designed to function as both a comprehensive reference to the fundamentals and a hands-on tutorial with detailed examples on creating and customizing CGI applications for the Web. Readers learn how to set up a server for integrating CGI scripts, how to work with HTTP variables, and other important CGI basics. They get a complete review of all the Perl syntax needed to create CGI programs and learn how to upload and test scripts and how to use libraries effectively.
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Rating: - Love this book
If you know PERL or are familiar with programming languages and are looking for a good book on PERL and CGI with lots of examples, this is the one. It's a great little book that's easy to follow.
Rating: - Very poorly edited
The overall idea of Kevin Hanegan's book is a good one. An appreciation of CGI Scripting using Perl from the basics up to a couple of real world examples is exactly what anyone new to authoring CGI scripts would want from such a book.
Unfortunately, the text seems to have been written in one go and never checked as the litany of glaring errors, most noticeably in the examples, testify. I was fortunate to be coming at the book from a background in Unix and 'C', so some of the mistakes were glaringly ... Read More
Rating: - Great Book
Easy to follow examples. Great for a beginner to learn CGI. Learn the language by the end of the book.
Rating: - Awesome book!!!!!!!!!!!
Great book - I am a beginner and was able to learn with relative ease. I knew Mr. Hanegan in high school and it is no surprise to me that he was capable of writing such a fine manual.
Rating: - Best CGI Book
I am a beginner and this book was very helpful. Author did a fantastic job.