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Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.6
EAN: 9780672324048
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0672324040
Label: Sams
Manufacturer: Sams
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: September 17, 2002
Publisher: Sams
Studio: Sams
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Editorial Review:Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours teaches the reader the next step beyond simple HTML Web pages. This new edition covers implementing CGI with both C and Perl, and it discusses CGI's relative strengths and weaknesses in comparison with other Web programming technologies like JavaScript, Java, and PHP. It also covers recent developments in templating systems and mod_perl server add-ons.The book takes the reader from the basics of CGI—learning, for example, how to implement and customize existing CGI programs that have been written by others—to the point where he can use CGI to create his own programs from scratch.The book also provides numerous real-life examples of CGI scripts—database search tools, survey forms, interactive games, order forms, guest books, and more.
A quick, easy-to-understand tutorial on how to create interactive Web pages with CGI and Perl. CGI continues to be a core technology for Web development--it is still one of the most common methods of implementing interactivity on a Web site. Readers will learn to add survey forms, guest books, order forms, search tools, interactive games, and other types of interactivity to Web pages. This new edition is updated to include recent developments in CGI and Perl scripting, includes templating systems and mod_perl server add-ons. Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours teaches the reader the next step beyond simple HTML Web pages. This new edition covers implementing CGI with both C and Perl, and it discusses CGI's relative strengths and weaknesses in comparison with other Web programming technologies like JavaScript, Java, and PHP. The book takes the reader from the basics of CGI -- learning, for example, how to implement and customize existing CGI programs that have been written by others -- to the point where he can use CGI to create his own programs from scratch. The book also provides numerous real-life examples of CGI scripts--database search tools, survey forms, interactive games, order forms, guest books, and more. Rafe Colburn is a Web technologist at TriNet Services, where he specializes in designing large corporate Internet and Intranet sites. He is the co-author of several books for Sams, including Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days and Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days, Second Edition.
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Rating:  - Good for Beginners
This book encompassed most of what CGI is all about and did so straight forward enough to where a beginner could learn from it. It covers the basics of programming in a sense with all of its topics and how it's structured. It wouldn't be feasible to go straight from using the book to application programming, but like I said, it's good for beginners to start getting a feel for what the server side world is capable of and how things work.
Rating:  - An excellent beginners book!
I have been learning CGI/PERL/PHP for the past 6 months now. I am currently in an internship and my job is to update the webpage. This book was great! This book helped me a lot. I am definitely still a begginner at CGI and this book taught me a lot of basics. You won't learn how to create professional looking guestbooks or message boards but you will learn the basics of how to create them. This book covers just about everything you need to know to get started.
Rating: - I am impressed
The content of the book impressed me. Prior to reading the book, I had taught myself Perl programming, and had learned the basics of forms processing. I didn't understand some of CGI jargon I came across in more than one Perl book that glossed over CGI in a single chapter somewhere toward the back of the book. But this book on CGI programming gave me all the information I needed to feel like a CGI pro, someone who could keep his cool in any discussion where "CGI" was spoken.
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Rating: - Great Start for a Perl Beginning
Dear Mr. Rafe Colburn:
Buddy! Just thought I had better write you to THANK you for your book, 'Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours". I bought the book last Christmas, and though progress is slow, things are sinking in GOOD!
I just wrapped my head around Hour 15, Session (State) Management, and cookies. Your book is extremely well laid out, easy to understand, and there hasn't been an exercise in your book that I haven't been able to complete yet! The exercises are challenging and fun ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent book for quick start
This is a well written book to obtain a quick understanding of CGI.
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