CGI Programming on the World Wide Web (Nutshell Handbook)
- CGI Programming can be a tricky skill to master. The author has done a good job of introducing the reader to CGI programming, describing how to write forms in HTML and how to make them interactive with CGI perl scripts. ; Shishir Gundavaram; Paperback
by Selena Sol and Gunther Birznieks
"Instant Web Scritps with CGI" covers most of the scripts in this
archive in great depth. Each chapter takes you from downloading, through
installation and customization and usage. It also explains in simple
terms how the programs were made so that you can make your own with a
proven methodology.
by Selena Sol and Gunther Birznieks
CGI for Commerce goes through the Web Store script in
particular in great depth explaining the intricacies of order logic, PGP
and options. If you are going to set up webstores, I greatly recommend this
resource because of the time spent explaining shipping routines and PGP.
by Steven Asbury, Jason Mathews, Selena Sol and published by WAITE
Group Press. This book attempts to present solutions to common CGI
tasks in a straight forward, not overly technical manner. It provides cut
and paste solutions to "real" programming tasks. "How To" solutions
range from very basic to extremely complex and solutions often provide
both Perl and C examples.
by Stephen Brenner and Edwin Aoki. This is absolutely the best
introduction to CGI that you can get. Brenner is a fantastic author
and even if you are an experienced CGI Programmer, you should buy the
book to support the man who gave us cgi-lib.pl! Published by M&T
by Eric Herrman and published by Sams A very good read. Filled
with lots of great, working example scripts and excellent discussions of
Server Side Includes, CGI Libraries, and Image Maps.
by Shishir Gundavaram and published by O'Reily is a great book for
the intermediate to advanced level programmer. Particularly valuable
was the discussion of the gd library and non-parsed headers.
by Thomas Boutell and published by Addison Wesley is a fantastic
book for the beginner and advanced programmer. The first five chapters
are very useful for a beginner who is trying to figure out the very
basics of how to install a CGI, and the last half includes detailed
step by step looks through real applications.
by Ed Tittel,
Mark Gaither, Sebastian Hassinger and Mike Erwin.
Excellent discussion of GET, POST and environmental variables.
The book also has a good section on choosing a CGI
programming language. Published by Programmers Press.