Special Edition Using Perl 5 for Web Programming (Paperback)

by David Harlan (Author), Paul Doyle (Author), Matthew D. Healy (Author), Micheal O Foghlu (Author), Shelley Powers (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Aimed at new programmers of WinPerl, a high-powered instruction manual covers the Perl OOP structure, socket programming, HTML conversions, and building an Internet search utility. Original. (Intermediate).

From the Publisher
With a review by Tom Christiansen, one of the original Perl founders, this is one of the most comprehensive books on the market, covering Perl OOP structure, socket programming, HTML conversions, building Internet search utilities, and more! - Focuses heavily on the Windows NT version of Perl

- Provides coverage of advanced Perl topics, including object-oriented programming with Perl

- CD-ROM includes the complete electronic version of the book in HTML format, as well as two other Que books

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Que Pub (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789706598
• ISBN-13: 978-0789706591
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,714,875 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Be patient, and it'll pay off, December 21, 1999

By	OkeyPlus (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

When I bought this book, I had absolutely no serious programming background. I was pretty accomplished in HTML, but nothing advanced. At first, the book was a bit hard. But the technique that I found helpful is to re-read each section (or each topic). I haven't even looked on the CD yet, and I'm learning loads about Perl. Also, reading this book really helps one understand some more advanced Perl tutorials on the web. It doesn't get 5 stars though, because the reader has to really be committed. This isn't a light read: get in the thinking mood when you read it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Potential to be good but lacking some source code., October 16, 1999

By	Darin Brezeale (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book had the potential to be very good and I did learn some things from it, but many of the example results lacked the source code that generated the results. In addition, much of the source code that was in the book was not on the included CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rushed into hardcopy, June 1, 2000

By A Customer

QUE must have pushed this book into print. As other reviewers have noted, one has to have dogged determination and stamina to digest this book. It presents a confusing, unrelated and diverse array of "my pet way do it" by several authors. The examples on the CD are pathetic - all lumped into one directory, no readme file(s), incomplete and therefore not runnable as-is. Example: to extract the files related to Ch 9 required sifting through the entire chapter, and then register.htm and its CGI backend were conspicuously missing. However, after bludgeoning my way through most of the book, I have extracted a small number of gems that are actually useful in real-life projects. The CD contains this whole book plus two others in HTML format. A nice idea, but each one is disorganized by a totally different team of people. There is no unified 'look-n-feel' and navigation is painful in all three books. Good as a reference, shop for it 2nd hand (and pay only what it is worth).