Stein Official Guide to Programming CGI

A complete guide to creating interactive Web pages using the Perl CGI.pm library from its creator.

Official Guide to Programming with CGI.pm contains all the information about CGI.pm found in Perl's online manual, but in a completely reorganized and greatly expanded format. It also includes valuable labor-saving tips and hints you won't find anywhere else. Featuring step-by-step instructions and complete source code, it shows you how to:
* Download, install, and configure CGI.pm
* Generate HTML documents on the fly
* Process fill-out forms and create multipage documents
* Perform script debugging and state maintenance
* Design interactive clickable image maps
* Store and process cookies
* Attach JavaScript and cascading style sheets to your documents
* Write state-maintaining scripts
* Modify and extend CGI.pm
* Tap the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN).

Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/stein

On the Web site you'll find:
* The most recent and all future revisions to the CGI.pm module
* All the source code examples from the book
* Online documentation for CGI.pm
* Links to CPAN and other Web-related software written by the author.

Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/

Dr. LINCOLN STEIN, a scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, writes Web-based software for the human genome project. An undisputed expert on CGI and Perl, he writes a regular column for the Perl Journal as well as the "Webmaster's Domain" column for Web Techniques. He is also the author of the bestselling How to Set Up and Maintain a Web Site and Web Security: A Step-by-Step Reference Guide.