Tips for Convenient CGI Scripting

By Eugene Logvinov
2005-04-14


Resources
• Take a look at the most recent version and complete documentation for the CGI module.

• All the source code examples in this article can be found in the Official Guide to Programming with CGI.pm (John Wiley & Sons, 1998).

• Take a look at the comprehensive Web server report (a Perl script).

• Check out CPAN's modules in alphabetical order by modules contained in the distributions.

• Find useful reference materials at the O'Reilly Open Books Project.

• Read an extensive article on Debugging CGI Scripts from the Perl/PHP Newsletter.

• Also on developerWorks, read:

· Zope for the Perl/CGI programmer
· Server-side scripting languages· Cultured Perl: One-liners 101
· Repurposing CGI applications with SOAP
· Make your software behave: CGI programming made secure

• Download your own IBM Developer Kit for Linux from developerWorks!

Tutorial Pages:
» Tips for Convenient CGI Scripting
» The CGI module
» Displaying script errors in the browser
» CGI::LogCarp usage and shortcomings
» Standard modules of CGI::* type
» Resources


First published by IBM DeveloperWorks

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