Web Client Programming with Perl (A Nutshell handbook) (Paperback)

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If you've ever wanted to learn more about Web protocols so you could build custom client-side tools to automate tasks--or just so you have a better understanding of what's happening behind the scenes--then Web Client Programming with Perl is the book for you. Wong explains HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) requests and socket calls, then shows how you can use the LWP library for Perl to retrieve Web pages, parse HTML, check whether a server is responding, and more.

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According to his family, a biography of Hotchkiss, Civil War cartographer and tireless booster of his adopted state, Virginia, is long overdue. Ultimately, the reader will be left to wonder if perhaps the story could have waited longer to be told. Hotchkiss's surveyor's eye, detailed, meticulous mapmaking, and devotion to Stonewall Jackson and the Southern cause contributed greatly to whatever successes the Confederacy managed. In later years, his promotion of Virginia's wealth and promise earned him respect (albeit little money) both in the United States and abroad. Hotchkiss's many contributions notwithstanding, Roper spins a dull tale. Ten years in the making and scrupulously researched, this is nonetheless clumsily written, awkwardly organized, and laden with irrelevant detail. Maps from the Hotchkiss collection housed in the Library of Congress do manage to enhance the stilted narrative, but this is still not recommended.
-Nancy L. Whitfield, Meriden P.L., Ct.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156592214X
• ISBN-13: 978-1565922143
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,171,603 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Once useful, now obsolete, July 30, 2002

By	Charles Hall (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Web Client Programming with Perl (Paperback)

Notice that the glowing reviews of this book date back to '98. The web has come a long way since then and this book just doesn't hold up well. Don't waste your money on this incomplete, poorly organized, obsolete book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the time, January 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Web Client Programming with Perl (Paperback)

About 65 pages are dedicated for http details. This part is fairly well written. But then then you are hit by the reality. snippets just appear without much explanation....
LWP is also pathetic. I noticed that the people who gave good ratings for this book did so solely based on it s presentation of http. Not as a http client programming book of perl.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for learning and a bargain, September 17, 2006

By	D. Luu - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book is a bit outdated now but still good for learning Perl and HTTP/web client programming that can be adapted for other languages as well. And since it's old, you can get it for cheap online and at used bookstores.

And for those stingy folks out there, you can read it online instead at the O'Reilly Open Book project:

http://oreilly.com/openbook/webclient/