CGI Primer Plus for Windows: Learn to Create Interactive Web Pages [Paperback]

Mohammed J. Kabir (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1996

This guide includes free CGI scripts and a CD-ROM with all the software needed to start creating CGI programmes. Included are ready-to-run applications for Web page features such as "hit" counters, automatic Web server statistics and guest books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 662 pages
• Publisher: Waite Group Pr (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571690255
• ISBN-13: 978-1571690258
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,428,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mohammed Junayed Kabir (prefers to be called Kabir) was born in Bangladesh in 1971. He came to Sacramento, CA in 1990 to study computer engineering and has been living in Sacramento since then. His first book CGI Primer was written in 1995 and published in 1996. Kabir continued to write a dozen more books on Linux, Apache, MySQP/PHP, etc. over the last decade. He decided to stop writing technical books for publishers as he found the publishing process to be outdated and feels technical writing is best done in online format where changes, revisions and updates are up to speed with technologies that are written about.

Kabir is working on few new online titles: Virtual CIO for Small Business -- an online book to help small businesses make better technology decisions; The Software Company in a Box; Smart Sourcing Software for Small Companies -- a guide to help small businesses identify software needs, learn how to engage and manage small software projects using common sense tools and methodologies.

Kabir's company, EVOKNOW (short for Evolutionary Knowledge), focuses on building Web apps that help customers find initial user base and the kick-off buzz needed to launch new products and services. Kabir can be reached at [e-mail]

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The chapters are very uneven in understanding level, June 4, 1999

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Peter Boatman (Saint Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CGI Primer Plus for Windows: Learn to Create Interactive Web Pages (Paperback)

The introductory chapters to the various CGI elements are very good even though written 3 - 1/2 years ago (thus previous to PerlEx). Some of the DOS screens needed a little introductory and conclusion text added to make them meaningful in context so I just penned it onto the particular book page. However, when dealing with the CGI complexities, e. g. , stateful programming, even though these are the most complex examples in the book, I kept looking for a different pedagogical approach that would make the examples in the book meaningful and relevant in context. I found that I had to re-write some of the example .pl scripts in that particular chapter to have them match the expected output printed in the text. Perhaps a second edition is overdue . . .

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book but you will need to purchase a Perl book!, January 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: CGI Primer Plus for Windows: Learn to Create Interactive Web Pages (Paperback)

I like the concepts in the CGI Primer Plus for windows: I learned how to create an link generator, address book, email, and a survey interface using the book. The best feature about the 'CGI Primer Plus' is the number of applications in the book. The down side is the assumption the user knows Perl. I purchased the 'Perl 5 by Example Book'; read the first eight chapters, and dove into the 'CGI Primer Plus' book. The author's applications inspired to create numerous of my own applications. I'm very excited by the books value in terms of ideas and methods to apply perl. My wish list is to have a CGI book design for sybperl, Oracle, or Informix. Creating Database applications would be very valueable.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is awesome!, April 3, 1999

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[e-mail] (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CGI Primer Plus for Windows: Learn to Create Interactive Web Pages (Paperback)

CGI Primer Plus for Windows gives the reader an excellent overview of CGI, Perl and developing interactive web content. I was able to develop interactive CGIs after reading only a few chapters of this book. I would recommend this book and other books written by this author to everyone.