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course 3.0.1.3

Level: beginner
3.0.1.3 | beginner | 3 sessions
Introduction to CGI
Perl may be best known as the language of the web. These sessions will provide an introduction to using Perl to create scripts for the web.
2004-4-1 - 2004-4-15 | 15:00 | BCCRC Theatre | Peter R

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3.0.1.3 Introduction to CGI

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1 :: Introduction to CGI: We will talk about CGI.pm module and the syntax for using this module. The lecture will also cover using CGI.pm elements, importing CGI elements' ids to the namespace of our script. We will also discuss GET and POST methods and write our first "hello world!" CGI application. Basic setup of a typical CGI script - useful stuff which makes the life easier (using strict and Carp module).

2 :: The lecture will be presented in learn-by-example form and will cover creation of images using CGI (with GD module ) and also such advanced topic as using DBI with CGI.

3 :: Data persistence in CGI. We will discuss different techniques of caching data and such things as cookies. We will finish this introductory course with discussion of CGI programming style and ways to debug the CGI scripts.

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