Instant CGI/Perl - Softcover

Sol, Selena; Birznieks, Gunther; Chines, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072133872 ISBN 13: 9780072133875

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2001

Accompanied by a CD-ROM containing an abundance of ready-to-run applications, an innovative handbook featuresa wealth of CGI (Common Gateway Interface) applications, written in Perl, for the Web; provides tutorials and advice; shares professional scripts; and much more. Original. (Beginner/Intermediate)

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From the Back Cover:

The Ultimate Collection of Ready-to-Use Code and Expert Techniques for CGI/Perl

Create useful, dynamic Web pages and applications by matching the consistency of CGI with the efficiency of Perl. This powerful guide offers out-of-the-box applications you can install on your Web site, plus an in-depth examination of the object library for advanced exploration of functionality. Build information-rich relationships with users that include secure transfer of everything from names and passwords to targeted information in multi-tiered shopping carts. Topical organization will help you find what you need rapidly and begin transforming your Web site today.

With this book you'll learn about:

Information sharing techniques, including sessions
Data abstraction and management with DataSource
Application objects
Web programming with existing database architectures

All the applications covered are WAP and XML ready. The scripts work easily with Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, and most relational databases; directory services such as LDAP; security architectures using PKI, secure ID, PGP, or HTTPS; Perl accelerators such as mod_perl or Velocogen.

Important coverage includes:

Toolkit and architecture overviews
CGI installation and customization
Setting and archiving files
Modifying Perl paths
Understanding and using eXtropia apps
Managing and protecting data, plus application security

ON THE VALUE-PACKED CD-ROM:

Object libraries from eXtropia
Professional scripts
Ready-to-run Web-based data management and other useful apps

About the Author:

Selena Sol (Singapore) is founder of “The Selena Sol's Script Archive” (now eXtropia.com), and has been developing Web applications since the very beginning. Sol has written six popular books on web technology ranging from Perl/CGI to Java and has produced several monthly technology columns for such ezines as Web Developer's Virtual Library and JavaBoutique.
Gunther Birznieks (Singapore) published multiple books and talks on the area of web programming from Perl, to Java, to Commerce. He spent the majority of his web engineering/programming experience working for the Human Genome Project, but has also applied his skills to writing on-line trading systems for investment banking as well as extending web applications to other mediums such as mobile phone technology (eg WAP).
Peter Chines (Silver Springs, MD) is a senior scientific programmer and database administrator for the National Human Genome Research Institute.

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