No comments about Cgm and Cgi.

5 comments about Cgi How-To: The Definitive Cgi Scripting Problem-Solver (How-to).

1. A very good book for beginners and anvanced CGI programmers. However I would have liked all examples to include C code as well as PERL



2. This book starts off with a bang, showing the reader how to transfer client data and decode it at the server. CGI cripts are built up in a step-by-step method easily comprehended by a beginning Perl user (me) and in most cases are translated into the equivalent convolutions of C; the comparison of the two sets of code make the utility of Perl dramatically apparent. "CGI How-To" is an effective practical companion to Larry Wall's "Perl Programming", which is complete but often theoretical in nature.



3. There is a good deal of valuable information here for the intermediate perl programmer, but no online errata sheet is provided, and the book is not flawless. Plan on spending a fair amount of time debugging on your own.



4. This is a 1996 book still being sold in year 2000 and that says something about it. It is a very useful book in many respects. A whole lot of the stuff in it is as useful today as it was in 1996. However, just for perspective, Win 3.1 was still the dominant Windows platform back then, and there was no Microsoft browser (or server, for that matter) in general use -- Netscape was it. In fact, the index shows Win 3.1 and NT 4.0 (no Win 95) and there's not even an index entry for Microsoft! (There are for Netscape, Mac, etc.) The short list of potential programming errors is still useful, and the security risks listed are things you always have to have in the back of your mind. I think the book would be most useful if you were going use it in a site where not a whole lot had changed recently or where there was not much money for newer technology. They do provide scripts for such things as a shopping cart and it makes you wonder how many e-commerce sites on the web right now basically just loaded up the scripts from the CD-ROM as a starting point. I found the book useful, but as a consultant my needs are not those of someone who writes Perl for a living.



5. I found the book not very rewarding to read, and I feel the writers try to explain too much. So I found a lot of material I could have come up with myself, and just a few new things. By explaining everything rightaway, they take away all the challenge and excitement from the programming and reading.
   The books q/a approach doesn't really appeal to me either and the fact that not all examples are available in C as they are in perl, is (to me as a C programmer) simply unforgivable.
   A good reference manual for only C would have been more usefull to me.
   I stopped reading the book after the first two chapters and have used the questions with the first few lines of explanation as programming exercises. So it wasn't totally useless afterall ;)

1 comments about Web Programming SECRETS® with HTML, CGI, and Perl 5.

1. This book is a massive tome, but its informative contentis much lower than its weight suggests. Part of this isbecause the book pays too little attention to teaching the Perl it uses in its examples; it also comes from the use of other Unix tools like lex and sgmls that most beginners will not recognise. As a beginner's book, it's an exercise in frustration, but those who already know its subject matter should find the examples interesting starting points for their own CGI projects. For a good beginning text, try Thomas Boutell's CGI book (also available from amazon.com).

1 comments about Webmaster's Building Internet Database Servers with CGI.

1. I strongly agree with the author's comments here, and disagree with the 'synopsis'. The book presents some useful and interesting techniques, and is a broad overview of relevant material. It is not (nor does it try to be) a comprehensive introduction to SQL, Databases, Perl, HTTP, or CGI. It does tell you why those topics are useful and gives you pointers to more specific resources.

   I didn't get as much out of this book as I'd hoped, but that's more because I already knew much of the material, rather than through any fault of the author. I would recommend this to a beginner to databases and web design, or to a manager questioning what is reasonable to attempt in putting a system onto the web.

5 comments about How to Program CGI With Perl 5.0.

1. Bravo! This book is very well done.

   Complete, easy to read, and very helpful, this book is loaded with useful insights. Steve Lines' pragmatic approach leads the reader from clearly presented concepts to well-implemented programming examples. The code he provides can easily be transplanted and used in many CGI applications. The included CD-ROM works on all platforms (Macintosh users are often left out!) and contains several important web development tools.

   By no means is this text simply for beginners, although they will benefit the most from it.

   Overall, this book is the very best resource available for developers of dynamic web pages




2. As a professional web designer, I needed to learn CGI fast. This book brought me up to speed on CGI, Perl, and the concepts that tie them together. My first real scripts were up in the same week that I bought the book



3. In the CD ROM the following are not included: require "FormData.pl"; require "ctime.pl"; The problem is the book doesn't have any e-mail address nor any kind of addresses for questions. I find that to be not very good.



4. When I picked up this book, I could not believe it! It is the best CGI programming book ever. It's just perfect for someone like me, I know about seven programming languages already, and wanted to learn CGI. I haven't had the book four hours and already my first script is working perfectly! I'd rate it a billion stars, but this form won't let me go that high!



5. I really love the book. I have it in my Web Programming Library in my office and use it almost daily for reference. My one complaint.... hard to look up anything. I find my self really searching through the book when I am looking for one in particular example or answer. All-in-all GREAT book though

5 comments about Special Edition Using CGI (2nd Edition).

1. This book is a wonderful introduction to CGI. It has examples (or tells you where you can find them on the web) of different CGI's in several programming languages. The book gives intricate explanations on how to handle form data and how to obtain information from environmental variables, the core of CGI programming.

   I would recommend this book to any programmer looking to apply his/her skills to CGI.




2. I've yet to come up with a CGI programming question that wasn't answered in this book. I used it to implement the CGI examples on my web site.



3. I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmer will tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.". This book is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experience with programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps in the examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusion I do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.



4. I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmer will tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.". This book is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experience with programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps in the examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusion I do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.



5. I really enjoy the Using Series, and look for them whenever I want to learn more about a certain topic. However, this book is deplorable. It is not made for anyone looking to write their own code, or anyone who actually wants to program. All this book tries to do is show you how to use someone else's code. I do not mean another module, such as the infamous CGI.pm moudle, but rather using another script and "tweaking" it for your needs. It also does not seek to explain the theory behind the code. I was also quite disappointed in how it was organized. The Using Seies are good books, but this one doesn't belong in the family. There are much better books out there that will serve your needs.

5 comments about Introduction to Cgi/Perl: Getting Started With Web Scripts.

1. This was a good book. I give 4 stars because it is an introduction. But i really wished i payed attention to the title "Introduction to cgi/perl" This book also did not explain things that well, especially when they got deep into the tr/ / / parts. overall it's a good book though :)



2. If you are bright, and you want to understand the concept of Perl, this book will get you started. You probably will not come away able to write any programs, although you will gain some tools for doing so. I have not yet found a single book to get people started with Perl, but a combination of this book, "Learning Perl" and "The Perl CGI Cookbook" makes a good beginner library.



3. I thought this book was excellent, it was a little short, but still good. My actual rating would be 4.5 stars, this is because once it gets into chapter 3 pretty deep, I lost my self and had to read it over a couple times, and instead of using cgi-lib.pl, I'd rather know how to do it from scratch.

   Overall though a great book! c'ya




4. This book was brief and informative, with enough tutorial scripts to get you going. The only drawback, is the only online reference (the author had set up a page with all relevant links) is to a page that has moved, due to the publisher being bought out. (frustrating, but still worth it)



5. I was looking for a book which would get me started in Perl scripting as painlessly as possible. This book was all that and more. I am now thinking of taking up Perl scripting as a profession.

No comments about HTML for the Business Programmer: with JavaServer Pages, PHP, ASP.NET, CGI, and JavaScript (Business Developers series).

1 comments about Foundations of World Wide Web Programming With Html & Cgi/Book and Cd-Rom (Foundations of).

1. "Foundations of the World Wide Web" is a must own resource for anyone interested in learning about, developing, or extending his or her skills in the development of effective WWW applications. This book, written by contemporaries of Tim Berners-Lee, accurately covers the origin of the WWW from the perspective and motivations of those who were there, and develops into a full treatment of CGI programming and advanced multimedia applications in an online environment. Simply put, it is the best $35 you're likely to spend on a WWW Developers resource.

4 comments about CGI Fast and Easy Web Development (Fast & Easy Web Development).

1. I Bought this book thinking it was going to help me, but it didn't, this jonny dude doesn't know how to write a book. all he says is "we will learn more about this in the next chapters, and when you are done reading it, you realize you have learned nothing, please don't buy it.



2. I felt the last review was a bit unfair. While I agree that the book could have benefitted from additional examples, I thought the level of explanation was adequate.

   On the down side: As an intermediate tutorial, I thought that there ought to have been more depth as to what one can do with CGI. Cookies and Forms are interesting, but I'd like to know how to make some of the more complex applications. The book lacked these, and thus I would not recommend it for advanced programmers unless they want a handy reference manual for the quick stuff.

   On the up side: I thought the writers did an excellent job explaining the 'why' and 'how' of CGI. With the knowledge of the internal workings they gave me, I feel confident that I can accomplish what I want to accomplish with CGI. That's something I found lacking in quite a few of the other manuals I flipped through.

   Who I recommend it for: Anyone who'd like to understand -why- CGI works, and would like to get thier feet wet with some simple CGI scripting.




3. The book does explain the interaction of Forms, cookies etc through the CGI to manipulation in Perl. This is does well - where would you start to describe programming so you could describe the whole in a sequential manner without any hiccough?

   Before reading I had some mixed ideas about CGI/Perl and the other languages. I have programmed for many years so learning Perl is not too up hill - regular expressions are the big learning for me.

   I would rate the book higher if it only had the text. The big let down is the CD-ROM. There are the usual couple of time-limited demos plus the all important examples from the chapters. Here is the let down - you spend an age matching example in book to 'what they've called it' on the CD. Worse still you expect to have the Perl script available to pop up on your own server. Think again! So you are forced to run the HTML as is (pointing to Johnnie's web) only to find the web doesn't exist. Now that's bad! To be fair there are some Perl scripts on the CD, but nowhere near 100%. One of the best ways of learning is to examine other people's code.

   Overall - gentle explanation of CGI and Perl, at reasonable cost, with some support from CD. 3/5. Improve the CD contents and that would be 4 or 5/5




4. I have never seen in my life a programming book that chooses to use SCREEN shots for TEXT windows. If you can read the tiny code samples (the reason one would buy a book like this!) then maybe you'd find it of value. I never unwrapped the CD because I felt the book was tedious to read and gave weak examples. I give it two over one stars because if it were the only book on the subject it might be worth reading, but fortunately it is not. Conversely the PHP fast and easy book was excellent so that is why I bought this one. Shame on PrimaTech to not use the same standards.