CGI/Perl (Web Warrior Series) (Paperback)

by Diane Zak (Author)

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Product Description
CGI/Perl teaches users how to write CGI programs using the Perl programming language, the most common way Web sites accept orders over the Internet. Users begin the book with an introduction to the Perl language and progress into developing forms and graphics using CGI.

About the Author
Diane Zak is a best-selling CT programming author of VB6, Intro to Programming with C++, and a forthcoming book on Visual Basic for Applications. She is also a professor of CIS at College of DuPage.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; 1 edition (August 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0619034408
• ISBN-13: 978-0619034405
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #155,755 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars special purpose book, July 23, 2007

By	C. Carter - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have used this book for teaching a Perl/CGI course at a post-secondary technical college. Course Technologies usually does a good job with their instructional material and this is no exception. I have also used other texts by Diane Zak, and they are all first rate. This is a great book for teaching server side scripting in a non-academic setting.

WARNING: This isn't a Perl book so don't expect to learn Perl, although this will certainly get you started. It isn't a CGI book. It isn't an architecture book. It's not a web design book. It doesn't cover database connectivity. It's special purpose is to get you up and running using Perl for server side scripting, and for this purpose it does an excellant job, and I have no problem giving it 5 stars for this special purpose.

1.0 out of 5 stars A students view, April 25, 2008

By	mstlyn43 (Michigan) - See all my reviews

As an online student my opinion is that this book is not good at all. I am taking the same course for the second time,and struggling again.
Perhaps this book would be fine in an "on campus" environment, but where there is no instructor to get help face to face, a better book is definitely needed. I just ordered "Perl Black Book" and "Perl Cookbook" which were recommended by an online tutor.
Hopefully they arrive quickly, and can help me get through the course this time around.