Perl Cgi Programming: No Experience Required [Paperback]

Erik Strom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997 | Series: No Experience Required

Covering the 20 most important skills needed for programming Perl and creating CGI scripts, this text explains, step-by-step, how to build a complete commerical Web site - including catalog, search engine, order forms, database referencing, and user feedback scripts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782121578
• ISBN-13: 978-0782121575
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #644,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - Highly Recommended, October 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Perl Cgi Programming: No Experience Required (Paperback)

I found this book to be a great introduction to both Perl and CGI programming. This book is genuinely trying to teach you, unlike some books where the author is attempting to show you how clever he/she is. Also includes useful examples, and the syntax reference library in the appendix is essential once you are experienced with Perl & CGI. I am very pleased I purchased this book and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to be up and running with Perl CGI programming in the shortest possible period.

4.0 out of 5 stars No fat, full of info., February 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Perl Cgi Programming: No Experience Required (Paperback)

This book is very good as it not only teaches you how to write good CGI code for web pages but it also teaches you how to integrate your exisiting PERL scripts into it. I have had to contact Customer Support in regards to an error in the book and they advised me that the book was "designed for Windows 95". So they could not answer the question.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tutorial for CGI/Perl, February 4, 1999

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This review is from: Perl Cgi Programming: No Experience Required (Paperback)

The book is excellent, but I noticed that one of the examples didn't work on my system(Win 98, Sambar Server, Perl 5). In chapter 2 and 3 it mentions and examines code that uses subroutines, but on my system it returned a false value from the subroutine and an error. To correct this put 1; directly below the entire subroutine 'sub name {subroutine code} 1;' Thanks to Amazon's Perl for Dummies for pointing out that workaround. I would recommend both books as complements of each other. Perl for Dummies describes in more detail with less example, and Perl CGI Programming has detailed examples with little explaination.