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Summary: Poor CD information...
Review: Book is GOOD but the included CD is difficult to navigate.To tell you frankly upto now I cannot find where are the sample scripts mentioned in the book.
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Summary: Read other reviews carefully.
Review: I brought this book almost 3 years ago and I do not regret it. I wasn't new to CGI, but I think the book is good for both novices and professionals alike. Many responses criticised this book - read these carefully. Many books contain history. Ok so there is a CGI script missing ? Show me a book that doesn't. I couldn't believe the webmaster who thinks there is nothing to show how to write a CGI script. Did he read the book ??? Seriously - does anybody considering buying this book think that it's not going to tell you how to write a CGI script ??? A reader remarks that he has lot's of experience of Web Design but this book is not for beginners. But the review from the beginner says this book is great.
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Summary: Poorly designed, rushed, and very bad continuity
Review: I felt this book was good only up to it's halfway point, where it strays from actually teaching you PERL techniques, to other things which have little to no relevance. Not saying that the first half was any good, either - the program sources themselves were riddled with continuity errors. Variable names changed from one reference to another in the same program. The author also took very little time to make sure the reader understood what was going on; too often he would cite code 'snippets' that did exactly what they were supposed to do, but then didn't tell you how to fit them together to actually make them WORK. I suggest O'Reilley's Animal Series CGI book (easily idenifiable in the bookstores with their animals on the cover and black-and-cyan colors) as an alternative to this one.
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Summary: Not for beginners
Review: I have extensive knowledge of HTML, forms, and some programming (mostly VB). I was completely lost from the get-go. There is nothing in the book about HOW to write a cgi-script (use an editor or use VI?). Nor did it say how to FTP. I believe that the book would have been a lot better if it stuck to PERL and how to program and implement programs instead of worrying about the history. More working scripts would have been nice.
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Summary: I know I've already reviewed this book, but....
Review: I just felt that an average of 3 stars is misleading and felt that it was my responsibility to prevent any other innocent readers from strangling themselves with this poor excuse for instructive literature...
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Summary: Not sure this ones suitable for total novices
Review: I'm inclined to agree with the reviews above that stated that this is NOT a good book for total newbies to cgi and Perl. On the whole I found it very useful but think I would not have benefitted from it so much if I didn't already have some CGI/Perl experience. The whole is biased towards UNIX which means shell commands such as Date, Time and Mail will not work without substantial modification if you're trying to run this on a Win 32 system. In addition there are a number of inaccuracies with some of the book source scripts on the enclosed CD (misdeclared variables, missing brackets etc) compounded by the fact that in one or two instances the printed script is not the same as the one on the CD. On the whole a good resource for intermediate scripters but it requires more than a little work if you are to get the most from it.
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Summary: Get behind the scenes to see how your scripts really work.
Review: My copy of this book is an earlier edition entitled "Teach Yourself CGI Programming with Perl in 21 Days." This is good book for those who arleady have some basic knowledge of html and perhaps some experience getting perl scripts to run on a web server. I'm not sure if it would be easy enough for a complete beginner in this area. It was very helpful for me in learning about what goes on behind the scenes when scripts run on a web server, how environment variables work, etc. If you want a clearer understanding of how scripts actually work, get this book. If you are just interested in getting the script to work, and maybe tweaking it a little to your purposes, you probably don't need this.
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Summary: Novice or pro, you can use this book.
Review: Not the best desktop reference book and not the best straight up learning manual, this book combines strong elements of each. Once you are comfortable working with CGI and Perl (which this book will either teach your or assist greatly in achieving) you will still find yourself cracking the cover often for those things that are right on the tip of your brain but you just can't quite remember. With the help of this book, I mastered CGI and was well on the way to my mastery of Perl. It shouldn't be the only CGI or Perl book in your library, but it is a powerful addition.
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Summary: Year's Best CGI Tutorial/Reference Technical Guide.
Review: Recently, after examining a number of CGI/Perl type books, I
purchased a wonderful instructional book titled,"Teach Yourself CGI Programming with Perl in a Week" by Eric Herrman. I had no prior experience with CGI or Perl, but had gained an interest in the subject after talking to several friends at my work
place. After reading this book, I have written several CGI scripts that are currently being used in my department. This book is organized into seven lessons that correspond to the seven days of the week. I found day one (the introduction) to be a little technical and over my head, but the author explained that this information would be covered in detail in the Chapters to follow. Once I made it to day two I was on the road to becoming a CGI script programmer. The Author makes excellent use of visuals andworking programs to explain how Web Pages interact with CGI Scripts and then back to the Web. The author explained that he chose Perl as the language
for writing the CGI scripts because it works well with UNIX
environments, but the scripts could be written in a number of
languages. Upon completion of this book I felt very comfortable with Perl as a primary programming language and would highly
suggest this book to anyone that is interested in programming with the Web. My only suggestion to anyone that is considering to purchase this book is that unless they have a lot of spare time, be prepared to spend more than one week to complete this
book. I read this book in my leisure after work and I estimate that it took me two weeks to complete the reading and feel confident in my knowledge.
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Summary: Year's Best CGI Tutorial/Reference Technical Guide.
Review: Recently, after examining a number of CGI/Perl type books, Ipurchased a wonderful instructional book titled,"Teach Yourself CGI Programming with Perl in a Week" by Eric Herrman. I had no prior experience with CGI or Perl, but had gained an interest in the subject after talking to several friends at my work place. After reading this book, I have written several CGI scripts that are currently being used in my department. This book is organized into seven lessons that correspond to the seven days of the week. I found day one (the introduction) to be a little technical and over my head, but the author explained that this information would be covered in detail in the Chapters to follow. Once I made it to day two I was on the road to becoming a CGI script programmer. The Author makes excellent use of visuals andworking programs to explain how Web Pages interact with CGI Scripts and then back to the Web. The author explained that he chose Perl as the language for writing the CGI scripts because it works well with UNIX environments, but the scripts could be written in a number of languages. Upon completion of this book I felt very comfortable with Perl as a primary programming language and would highly suggest this book to anyone that is interested in programming with the Web. My only suggestion to anyone that is considering to purchase this book is that unless they have a lot of spare time, be prepared to spend more than one week to complete this book. I read this book in my leisure after work and I estimate that it took me two weeks to complete the reading and feel confident in my knowledge.
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