- Paperback: 450 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (8 Mar 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1565921682
- ISBN-13: 978-1565921689
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 17.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #26 in Books > Computers & Internet > Web Development > E-commerce > Web Administration > Web Scripting & Programming > CGI
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The World Wide Web is more than a place to put up clever documents and pretty pictures. With a little study and practice, you can offer interactive queries and serve instant information from databases, worked up into colorful graphics. That is what the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) offers.
This book offers a comprehensive explanation of CGI and related techniques for people who hold on to the dream of providing their own information servers on the Web.
Good scripting is not limited to a knowledge of CGI -- you need to know something about other programming tools that organize data and make the output look attractive. Gundavaram starts at the beginning, explaining the value of CGI and how it works, and takes you swiftly into the subtle details of programming. The book offers a comprehensive look at the job of providing information dynamically on the Web.
For most of the examples, this book uses the most common platform (UNIX) and the most popular language (Perl) used for CGI programming today. However, it also introduces the essentials of making CGI work with other platforms and languages. The actual programming techniques are not too different from one platform and language to another; the lessons from this book can be applied to any tools you choose.
Topics include:
- Basic Perl techniques for parsing and output
- Embedding Server Side Includes (SSI)
- Graphics and simple animation
- Forms and magic cookies
- Gateways and SQL processing
- Internet communications
- Examples of games, imagemap manipulation, and other advanced applications
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
There are a lot better sources out there.,
By A Customer
This review is from: CGI Programming on the World Wide Web: On the Spot Information (Nutshell Handbook) (Paperback)
The book is inaccurate, showing examples that do not work. Sample files from the book (downloadable) are neither documented well, nor functional. Treatment of Perl is based on a few scenarios that the author found useful, most likely they will not pertain to you. The author neither gives you the constructs, nor the framework for you to build on his knowledge and create solutions of your own. After purchasing and reading the book, I had to resolve my Perl needs by searching for code on the web and changing it to suit me. You can do much better with the free information available via your browser.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hard to follow, Good Examples.,
By A Customer
This review is from: CGI Programming on the World Wide Web: On the Spot Information (Nutshell Handbook) (Paperback)
Mr Gundavaram has successfully included cool working examples in this book, but failed to explain them in plain, easy understandable words. There are times when I 'got lost' while reading this book. The book itself is highly informative as a reference, but if you're looking for a Perl tutorial, go somewhere else.
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3.4 out of 5 stars (23 customer reviews) 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book! I'd recommend it to anyone!,
By klingler@rt66.com - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: CGI Programming on the World Wide Web: On the Spot Information (Nutshell Handbook) (Paperback)
This is an excellent book. I'd recommend it to anyone who is getting started in CGI programming. It will not teach you Perl; for that I used O'Reilly's "Programming perl" while I read through this book's examples. For CGI programming, however, this book does its job very well.I noticed another review that said that code in this book didn't work. I've actually used code from this book in a half-dozen sites now, and it worked fine. More importantly, the code was well-enough explained that I've modified it over and over again to do what I needed.I still pull this book out every so often, and a few of my friends come by my house and read it. It's a very useful tool for anyone who wants to get started with CGI programming.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Introduction to CGI,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: CGI Programming on the World Wide Web: On the Spot Information (Nutshell Handbook) (Paperback)
If you have a basic understanding of Perl and HTML, this book helps youlearn CGI. The book also introduced me to postscript and gd, which havebeen quite valuable for a lot of applicatioins. I enjoyed Shishir'smodest, down-to-earth writing style. Since many people have criticizedthis book, let me refute the most common criticisms:"The source code should be on a CD-ROM".No. Programming is in the fingers. You learn by typing. Anyway, you canFTP it if your lazy."The level of detail is poor".That's what man pages and FAQ's are for. Shishir is giving more of a guided tour of CGI, with just enough detail to get started in each area."The source code has mistakes/is missing semicolons."I didn't find this problem. But anyway, you should know enough Perl to put the semicolons where they belong. If you don't know Perl, this bookis not for you.Everything in this book is available on the web, but the book will savethe beginner a ton of time digging around.Also, Shishir does not encourage use of CGI.pm, which is both good and bad. I think it's good because it teaches better understanding of the low-level CGI mechanics. On the flipside, use of CGI.pm can protectyou from a lot of obvious mistakes.I haven't found a better introduction to CGI.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Overviews, but not details,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: CGI Programming on the World Wide Web: On the Spot Information (Nutshell Handbook) (Paperback)
The author of this book does a nice job outlining many different aspects of CGI and perl, but it is nothing but an outline. If you need to quickly get a general idea on how to do something you have never done, this book does a nice job explaining it to you. However, if you want to do something more detailed involving any of the subjects discussed, you need to look elsewhere. The examples contained in the book are horrible. They are confusing when you look at them, contain little comments, and they often do not work. I found the text somewhat enlightening, but the examples just confused me. I do not recommend this book for beginners or more experienced programmers. I recommend it for anyone who fits in between.
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