Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web, Second Edition

by Elizabeth Castro

Perl is one of the most popular scripting languages for adding powerful interactive features to Web pages. Perl lets you place forms on your site that collect and process user input such as comments and product orders; enables visitors to search for information; and can integrate a database into your site, among its many other capabilities. Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web, 2nd Visual QuickStart Guide fully revised and updated since its original 1998 release, gets users to the core of CGI scripting with Perl. Even first-time programmers will be able to create useful, workable scripts from scratch, or adapt and customize existing scripts to their own needs. Hundreds of screen shots and clear, easy-to-understand directions make this the perfect Perl book for beginners, as well as a handy reference for those with previous programming experience.

Genres: Reference, Programming, Computers, Nonfiction, Coding, Website Design, Technology

336 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1998

About the author

Studied Spanish, Catalan, and Basque at University of Pennsylvania and University of California at Berkeley. Moved to Barcelona in 1987, found job in computer company translating documentation and software. Started Página Uno in 1990: publisher of Mac related books in Spanish. Moved back to US in 1993 to edit 5th edition of The Macintosh Bible. Wrote first edition of HTML Visual QuickStart Guide in 1995, now worldwide bestseller with more than 1 million copies sold in many languages. Also written books on Perl/CGI, XML, Blogger, iPhoto.

Most recently, wrote EPUB Straight to the Point, and accompanying miniguides, to help people publish ebook versions of their books.

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really good book for beginners or those in the midst of learning PERL and CGI web forms. One of the things I like about the Visual Quickstart series is that they're task based. I need to know how to do X. It walks you through how to do X in very simple language with clear examples. The O'Reilly book is good as a reference if you already know PERL and are an experienced programmer. This saved my behind when I was learning and needed to get a web form up quickly.

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

I used to be the guy that got books for the local Macintosh Users Group in the late 90's. I ended up with a ton of books like this. This was just too nerdy for me. Never really used PERL and CGI ever so it just collects dust on the shelf

[-uht! · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a much better reference than O'Reilly's messy Perl book. I still pick it up (since I hardly ever use Perl) probably once a month.