CGI Programming Unleashed: With CDROM

by Daniel J. Berlin, Kenneth J. Hunt, Shuman Ghosemajumder

Building dynamic Web sites often means learning about CGI--the Common Gateway Interface that specifies how server-based programs interact with a Web server. CGI Programming Unleashed shows how to use... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575211513
• ISBN13: 9781575211510
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Sams.net
• Length: 620 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

True Genius

I am impressed with the poise and genius of the author. He obviously understands computers more than the next person. And to have attended highschool while writing such a book takes great organization and time management skills. Needless to say this author is a role model. To have his intelligence at such a young age! I wish I was that gifted.

A good book, but not enough actual source code.

I was very happy to find the extra book mounted on the CD, Perl 5 in 21 days, but the actual book itself would describe general concepts without actually giving enough concrete examples of how to do it. This book is definitely intended for those who are already fairly experienced with programming in Perl. Also, the author could stand to be a little less dry and his code should be more readable (indentation and white space).

Excellent and concise book on CGI programming

With the book stores full of CGI books that only concentrate on Perl and CGI, this is a welcomed change. C/C++, shell scripts, and others are convered here as well. An excellent book. Interesting reading with many programs/scripts provided on the sample CD that comes with this book. Definitely a must for any web developer

Learn CGI for Perl programmer

It gives good overview of CGI and many examples. It explains basic operation of CGI in the beginning, then illustrates numerous application afterwards. However, the author seems to have a strong favor for Perl. There are very few C, C++, and Java examples available. After reading, C/C++ programmer will feel like to study ISAPI or NSAPI that can replace CGI. The source code provided in this book is written for UNIX based web server NOT for Windows NT (IIS) Web server. Overall, it is designed for novice and intermediate level reader.