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Teach Yourself CGI Programing in a Week (Sams Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

by Rafe Coburn (Author)
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  • Paperback: 387 pages
  • Publisher: Sams; 3 edition (25 Feb 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1575213818
  • ISBN-13: 978-1575213811
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 18.4 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,183,724 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Teach Yourself CGI Programming in a Week, Third Edition follows the same format and uses the same learning tools as other books in the Sams Teach Yourself Series. This new edition covers implementing CGI with C and Active Server Page technology, in addition to Perl. Also covered are Windows CGI programming and how to use CGI to interact with Java, VBScript, and JavaScript. The book takes the reader from the basics of CGI learning, for example, how to implement and customize existing CGI programs that have been written by others to the point where he can use CGI to create his own programs from scratch. The book will also provide numerous real-life examples of CGI scripts database search tools, survey forms, interactive games, order forms, guest books, and more. The final sections of the book will cover advanced CGI programming debugging techniques, solutions for common CGI problems, etc.



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Teach Yourself CGI Programming in a Week, Third Edition follows the same format and uses the same learning tools as other books in the Sams Teach Yourself Series. This new edition covers implementing CGI with C and Active Server Page technology, in addition to Perl. Also covered are Windows CGI programming and how to use CGI to interact with Java, VBScript, and JavaScript. The book takes the reader from the basics of CGI learning, for example, how to implement and customize existing CGI programs that have been written by others to the point where he can use CGI to create his own programs from scratch. The book will also provide numerous real-life examples of CGI scripts database search tools, survey forms, interactive games, order forms, guest books, and more. The final sections of the book will cover advanced CGI programming debugging techniques, solutions for common CGI problems, etc.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A best book for CGI beginner, 15 Jan 1999
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I have bought 5 CGI books, only this one does teach me something from the beginning. By reading through the first chapter, I fully understand the structure of a site, what is the document root, why index page in the /usr/local/http/htdocs directory is automaticlly loaded if www.xxxx.com is used, as well as why cgi-bin is treated as in the same directory under the document root as your html document eventhough the cgi-bin is one level higher than htdocs, etc, ... These are all the questions I have in my mind since I started to learn CGI, this book enlightened me starting in the first chapter! (Certainly not only one chapter can do all). No other books take a approach as this one to teach you from the very beginning, which is very crucial to any one who is new to CGI I believe. This is a book for any one who wants to learn CGI from the very beginning. But I think if you have some html and unix knowledge, it would be much easier for you to quickly learn CGI by reading this book. I have one year html experience and know some basic unix and perl, I feel very comfortable reading through this book and finished with it just in a week. If you are looking for some advanced CGI, maybe O'Reilly's "Programming in CGI" will do much better for you.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Nice Cover- shame THERE IS NO WEBSITE. So, no scripts., 20 Jan 2000
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I got bogged down. One minute the author explains what a database is as if you had never worked on a computer before, and then the next minute he gets super complicated with CGI and PERL, assuming you know how to programme a 747's autopilot. A distinct lack of cohesive level of difficulty/ease. At any rate, the claimed support website doesn't exist, because the book number doesn't work.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad book, *BUT*..., 12 Dec 1999
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...it's not very useful for the beginner to Perl as it does not attempt, or claim to, teach the language. It is possible to learn Perl from this if you perhaps have some experience of some kind, but not recommended! Learn Perl first. That aside it is a great book and teaches a great deal in an informative way that I found easy to pick up with its well explained examples.Again, this is not for the complete beginner to perl :o)
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4.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to CGI programming
Like half of the reviews above, I found this book really useful. I guess it boils down to what the reader needs at any one time. Read more
Published on 30 Jul 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste money
The book has two parts - first half is without obvious purpose that makes reader pretty much tired to read any further. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Answers any question you can think of concerning CGI prog.
I work for a software company writing CGI programs in Perl for their Intranet site. Of about 10 books I have concerning CGI, this is the one that always answers my question.
Published on 24 Aug 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for learning CGI scripts
Ideal for both beginner and advanced programmer, Teach Yourself CGI Programming in a Week shows you how to create dynamic websites using CGI. Read more
Published on 15 Jul 1998

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