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Book:   CGI Programming with Perl
Subject:   CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition Review
Date:   2000-07-19 21:14:20
From:   Jeff "japhy" Pinyan
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

Well written, with an excellent list of resources in the back -- RFCs, books, and more.


Some of the chapters are surprisingly short, and there are some typos, but nothing heart-stopping that I found.


Covers approaches other than Perl, including JavaScript. Explains the interface of CGI.pm quite well, in only a chapter.


Nice section on HTTP status codes you might return from a CGI program.


I was really hoping for a section on native query parsing -- perhaps a nitty-gritty CGI document is needed (which I happen to be writing).


All in all, a nice read. I was waiting all day for that UPS truck. :)


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