CGI

Developing CGI Applications with Perl
John Deep; Peter Holfelder; et al. John Wiley, 1995.	Some time ago, John Deep called me to ask if I would contribute to his forthcoming book, and could I recommend some more coauthors? I passed on to him the names of my friends in the now-dormant 'Ask Dr.Web' team, and several of them became this book's coauthors. My contribution was the chapter on HTTP, and some reflections on the pitfalls of Perl programming. Perl is the language of choice for CGI applications programming. This book offers a comprehensive tutorial for creating interactive Web applications using CGI. After an introduction to CGI and the Perl scripting language, it offers complete tutorials for building a range of CGI applications. You'll also find a complete Perl script reference, and information on Web server utilities, HTML utilities, and CGI applications around the world.
HTML and CGI Unleashed
John December, Mark Ginsburg, et al. Sams.Net, 1995.	I was the technical editor for this book. I had perhaps imagined, before I started, that the task would be something like reading a book, and getting paid for it. Wrong! Every technical assertion needed to be verified if I didn't already know it to be true; every URL had to be verified if I didn't already know it to be valid; and every line of code needed to be checked. I'm sure the publishers do their best to select competent authors, but evidently some duds do slip through. One author - whose work did not appear in the final book - wrote a code segment of several lines of Perl whose sole net effect was to index an array! This book presents an overview of HTML markup and gateway programming (CGI) as well as web content development, including processes of planning, analysis, design, implementation, promotion, and innovation. The coverage of gateway programming includes discussion of fundamentals and techniques, with an emphasis on implementation in Perl. It offers a thorough treatment of Web Design, HTML syntax, and covers Perl 4, Perl 5, Python, Tcl/Tk, Expect, REXX, C, and other interesting topics such as experimental imagemap modifications, VRML, and more.
Introduction to CGI/Perl
Steven E. Brenner & Edwin Aoki. M&T Books; January 1996; $19.95, Book; 151 pages; 1-55851-478-3	This book is a valuable guide to creating interactive forms and dynamic content for the World Wide Web. Begining with a review of the communications technologies required to present an HTML page from either a static file or a script, the book goes on to introduce the essentials of the Perl language and the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), then covers forms and the more advanced multi-part "comboforms." Requiring no special experience with either Perl or the World Wide Web, Introduction to CGI/Perl covers: Information-gathering and reporting with HTML and forms; Customized client-server interaction with HTTP, including explanations of protocol nuances such as GET and POST ; Receiving input and producing valid output using CGI ; Text processing and management using the Perl language. Throughout, Introduction to CGI/Perl makes use of cgi-lib.pl, Brenner's de facto standard library for creating CGI scripts with Perl. Used for everything from NASA space data to Byte Magazine's on-line comment box, this library makes CGI scripting intuitive and fun.
Cgi Developer's Resource : Web Programming in Tcl and Perl
J.M. Ivler and Kamran Husain Bk&Cd-Rom Edition Paperback, 600 pages List: $49.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $44.96 -- You Save: $4.99(10%) Published by Prentice Hall Computer Books Publication date: March 1,1997 Dimensions (in inches): 9.12 x 7.03 x 1.81 ISBN: 0137277512	A high level introduction to Web CGI program, this Developer's Resource takes a detailed look at the process of customer requirements gathering, analysis, and design. This is the first CGI book to present a thorough methodology from requirements analysis, to design, and on through testing and implementation for developing enterprise-wide CGI apps. The CD-ROM contains a repository of valuable source code, Tcl, Perl, and a library of useful programming tools. The book reviews CGI's role in the client/server model used by Web-based systems, security, transaction, and state. It also looks at the role that language selection doesn't play in resolving these three-tiered client-server solutions. Next, CGI Developer's Resource walks through the construction of more than ten practical CGI applications - first with Tcl, and then with Perl. You'll encounter virtually every major class of CGI problem as you build data file and e-mail front ends; calendar applications; intranet "white pages" directories; intranet system management utilities; and more. CGI Developer's Resource includes detailed coverage of both client and server-side issues. It shows how to optimize and manage Web servers used for CGI processing; use cookies to customize the information you deliver; improve security; and work with log files. It even touches on where the future might lead, and provides a resource directory. If you want to leverage your programming skills to deliver sophisticated Internet/intranet applications, CGI Developer's Resource will help you get the job done right. See also: CGI Developer's Resource - Web Programming In Tcl and Perl.
Cgi Programming on the World Wide Web
by Shishir Gundavaram Published by O'Reilly & Assoc April 1, 1996 Paperback List: $29.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $26.96 -- You Save: $2.99(10%) ISBN: 1565921682	This definitive guide provides complete coverage of the Common Gateway Interface--commonly known as CGI--and related World Wide Web techniques, introducing many tools and languages that are useful for creating dynamic Web pages, including graphics and animation. The CD-ROM features sample programs and binaries for the NCSA server on many common platforms. The publisher, http://www.ora.com/www/info/cgi/, 04/10/96: Sample chapter available online The publisher has made a sample chapter, on Server Side Includes (SSI), available online, at http://www.ora.com/www/info/cgi/. This site also includes free sample programs from the book, a list of CGI-related web sites, and other materials to supplement the book. This book explores writing CGI's in perl for Web applications. Describes how CGI's interact with a Web server, how to create and run CGI's, parsing environment variables, decoding forms, using CGI's with server side includes, creating graphics on the fly (such as with graphical counters), advanced form applications and database interaction.