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Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web (Visual QuickStart Guide) | 
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| Author: Elizabeth Castro
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7 x 0.6
ISBN: 020135358X
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2762
EAN: 9780201353587
ASIN: 020135358X
Publication Date: November 13, 1998
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Amazon.com Review
One of the best things about Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web is the seamless way the author incorporates terminology into her explanations. Elizabeth Castro, author of HTML 4 for the World Wide Web, understands the intermediate user: someone who would be bored by a beginner's guide, but isn't ready to step up to heavy-hitting programming texts either. In Perl and CGI, she explains basic concepts--such as the difference between a compiled and an interpreted script--within the text, so there's no need to keep flipping back to the glossary. Readers should be familiar with HTML and comfortable with technical explanations, diagrams, and general vocabulary. Anyone trying to get a grasp on something as complex and powerful as Perl will appreciate Castro's relatively straightforward technique. For example, in the first chapter, Castro explains some basic Perl concepts sensibly: that the $ stands for the s in scalar; the @ sign stands for the a in array; and that the % that labels a hash or associative array indicates two circles on each side of the slash as parts of a pair. This granular, logical way of building Perl knowledge will get new Perl users started. More experienced users will want to use this book as a workbook and refresher. --Jennifer Buckendorff
Product Description
Perl is by far the most popular programming language for creating scripts that add powerful interactive features to Web pages. Included on most UNIX platforms and available free of charge for Windows and Macintosh, Perl lets you place forms on your Web site that collect and process user input such as product orders and comments, enable visitors to conduct keyword searches for information on your site, and integrate a database into your site, among many other capabilities.Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide gets you to the heart of Perl scripting with CGI. Even first-time programmers will be able to create interactive Web pages and, more importantly, you'll be able to use your new-found familiarity with Perl to understand and customize the multitude of scripts that already exist on the Web. Following on the huge success of Liz Castro's top-selling HTML:Visual QuickStart Guide-the book to have to learn or reference HTML-Castro's Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide is soon to becomethe choice for learning Perl and CGI. Author of the acclaimed, best-selling HTML:Visual QuickStart Guide, with over 100,000 copies sold. Teaches you all you need to know to start creating CGI scripts in Perl. Shows how to make your Web pages stand out with interactive features such as guest books and forms. Assumes no prior programming experience.
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 great intro. to perl March 6, 2007
Alyssa Ross
this was my very first Perl book and it taught me a lot of basic stuff that i still use now eventhough i don't use Perl anymore :) I'd still recommend it and I love the Visual Quickstart Guides!
Birds Friend or foe January 28, 2005
In the movie "The birds" I found that it was interesting to the point to where you did not know what the birds would do next, or who was going to be there next victim. The actors who played the characters (Rod Taylor as Mitch Brenner, Tippi Hendren as Melanie Daniels and Jessica Tandy as Lydia Brenner and many more) did a fine job of acting for their time, however if the movie were based in today's time they would probably not have been as well recognized for this particular movie.
The setting is in Bodega Bay and San Francisco which are located in California. There they were brutally attacked by several different types of birds all trying to do one thing get some sort of revenge. During these attacks many people were killed because of the crazy stages these birds were going through. It leaves you hanging the whole time to try to figure out why the birds want to commit such hideous crimes. What could possibly cause them to do such horrible things?
I thought the movie was well thought out but after reading the short story "The Birds" it makes you wander what similarities there were between the two, I can answer that question none. If the movie had been more like the book it would not have been as exciting. I thought that the book was good but was a little boring compared to the movie.
If you get the chance I suggest you read and watch the "The Birds." For they both have interesting point of views.
MCHS-SLC
Birds Friend or foe January 28, 2005
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
In the movie "The birds" I found that it was interesting to the point to where you did not know what the birds would do next, or who was going to be there next victim. The actors who played the characters (Rod Taylor as Mitch Brenner, Tippi Hendren as Melanie Daniels and Jessica Tandy as Lydia Brenner and many more) did a fine job of acting for their time, however if the movie were based in today's time they would probably not have been as well recognized for this particular movie.
The setting is in Bodega Bay and San Francisco which are located in California. There they were brutally attacked by several different types of birds all trying to do one thing get some sort of revenge. During these attacks many people were killed because of the crazy stages these birds were going through. It leaves you hanging the whole time to try to figure out why the birds want to commit such hideous crimes. What could possibly cause them to do such horrible things?
I thought the movie was well thought out but after reading the short story "The Birds" it makes you wander what similarities there were between the two, I can answer that question none. If the movie had been more like the book it would not have been as exciting. I thought that the book was good but was a little boring compared to the movie.
If you get the chance I suggest you read and watch the "The Birds." For they both have interesting point of views.
MCHS-SLC
Excellent starter; useful reference into intermediate level August 1, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great book for the intermediate to well-seasoned HTML coder who is looking to explore server-side scripting. Experience with regular programming helps to pick up the language even more quickly, although it is certainly not necessary. Having been introduced to the many uses of Perl/CGI after installing and using several scripts like those on the CGI Resource Index (http://www.cgi-resources.com), I was well aware of the practicality of what I was learning (after reading to chapter 3, I began writing Perl with a purpose, using the book only as a reference). I'm now very comfortable with the language, and have moved on to more advanced projects (and, consequently, more advanced resources). I HIGHLY recommend this book, as well as others in the Visual Quickstart series (especially those written by Elizabeth Castro).
 Don't buy this book. April 25, 2002
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
The book purports to be a visual quickstart guide. However, you will need a microscope to view the examples; which after close examination, you will find to be the same examples you can get for free on-line. The extensive use of deprecated code is more than just annoying, especially the code that was deprecated prior to publishing. The publishers should have caught that. Get the O'Reilly book instead: the one with the mouse on the cover.
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