Teach Yourself CGI Programming with Perl 5 in a week, Second Edition

Publisher: SAMS.NET
Author: Eric Herrmann
ISBN: 1575211963
Publication Date: 01-DEC-96
Retail Price: $39.99

Teach Yourself CGI Programming with Perl 5 in a Week, Second Edition, carefully steps you through all you need to learn to create living, interactive Web pages with the Common Gateway Interface (CGI). You'll learn the fundamental concepts of CGI, the basics of design and integration with HTML, and enough Perl to be able to create your own CGI programs-even if you're not already an experienced programmer.

By the time you finish this book, you'll have a solid understanding of CGI and Perl, and you'll be able to fill your Web pages with interactive shopping environ-ments, surveys, mailing lists, order forms, database queries, e-mail tools, animations, visitor counters, and more.

• Revised and updated to cover Perl 5 and new CGI developments
• Includes new Learning Perl sections and a Perl Quick Reference
• Understand the fundamentals of CGI and Perl
• Build working programs with step-by-step guidance
• Learn to add image maps and forms to Web pages
• Keep track of traffic with counters and guestbooks
• Add Web animation with server push and client pull
• Set up e-mail feedback forms and database queries
• Find out how to customize existing programs from CGI libraries
• Learn what you can do with server-side includes