Perl is one of the most popular scripting languages for adding powerful interactive features to Web pages. Perl lets you place forms on your site that collect and process user input such as comments and product orders; enables visitors to search for information; and can integrate a database into your site, among its many other capabilities. Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide fully revised and updated since its original 1998 release, gets users to the core of CGI scripting with Perl. Even first-time programmers will be able to create useful, workable scripts from scratch, or adapt and customize existing scripts to their own needs. Hundreds of screen shots and clear, easy-to-understand directions make this the perfect Perl book for beginners, as well as a handy reference for those with previous programming experience.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Long on examples, short on detail
This is a jumpstart tutorial book, so anyone looking for a comprehensive guide to either Perl or CGI will be disappointed. (But the title of the book series makes this pretty obvious.) I'm an experienced programmer, and I've had some experience with Python, a language very similar to Perl in some ways, but nevertheless I found this book helpful, even if it is somewhat simplistic. It provides a good, if shallow, introduction to the possibilities of the Perl language and CGI. This book is enough ... Read More
Rating: - I love this book
I ALWAYS buy the Peachpit Press books for everything I need to learn. I bought one for Photoshop, HTML, Studio 10, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, VB, etc. They are straight forward and to-the-point and great books.
Rating: - I checked it out from a library and liked it so much I bought it!
I'm a PERL beginner. I checked out several books from the library and this one, PERL and CGI, was the best fit. It gives a very good overview of what PERL is and its syntax. After just a couple of hours of reading I think I could start writing my own simple scripts. Easy to read and understand. I liked it so much I bought a copy from Amazon to keep as a reference! Not as an exhaustive reference --it's not that --but as a reference for all the common techniques and principles. Although there ... Read More
Rating: - Great Introduction to Perl
This was one of the first books I read to learn Perl and it provides an excellent introduction to Perl. At the beginning I think it could use a little bit more hand holding as some other books do, but if you are familiar with any syntax in a programming language you should be just fine. Even if you are one of those that did need to get another book to get you through the hand holding of learning to program for the first time with Perl, you will quickly find yourself wondering how to do things with ... Read More
Rating: - Really hard to follow
First off, she didn't even get started with user exercises until Chapter 7. (I can already use a web server, thank you-- she doesn't need six chapters to explain the subject) And it would be nice if she included the HTML form examples along with the corresponding perl/CGI scripts that processed the data generated. As it stands, she has a chapter which tells you how to create a form, and then two chapters later, when she gets to the perl/CGI examples, they don't correspond to anything that's been covered ... Read More
- I love this book
- Really hard to follow
