Cgi

Teach Yourself - CGI Programming in a Week

Format: Paperback
Author: Rafe Colburn
ReleaseDate: January, 1998
Publisher: Sams
Rating:

OK Introduction to CGI
In my opinion, this one fits neatly in the lower end of the spectrum. Although there are a lot of books about CGI, few seem to be any good. This book is basically is a simplistic introduction, provided that you already know Perl. Almost all of the examples are written in Perl.

1/3rd of the book's content are appendices (MIME types, response codes, environment variables, and a CGI Perl Quick Reference).

Still, it is a usable introduction to CGI with examples.

I was new to CGI and found this book
This book will take you threw all the basics in CGI. I went out and bought this book becuase I saw it and glansed at it and I liked what I saw. By the end of the seven days, I was programming all these awsome things in perl. Right now, just from the knowledge I aquired from this book I was able to create my own internet advertising company using over 10,000 lines of pure Perl code.

I feel this book will get you on your feet and get you doing the majority of the things you want to get done. I was a bit skeptacle about the whole "Sams" books and how everybody says they are crap and they have very bad editing and stuff. Well I went through this book, and there are a few misprints, but the book is still a very good and you will not be disappointed if you get this one, although if you want to get truly serious in CGI you will need to get a reference book in Perl or whatever language, but this will get you on your way making amazing and great usefull CGI programs.

The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 stars was because I felt this book would have been better if they made it a "Sams teach yourself CGI Programming in 21 days" instead of a shorter 7 day course. That way they could have taken many subjects into more depth, but besides that, it covers a lot (even SQL). I have read reviews on other sams books and many people say that sams is very bad. Well some were true, but this book from Sams is a great book and a must have.

Begginer content written for an expert
Only purchase this book if you already know C and Perl, and have no knowledge of CGI. This has begginer level content, although is too complex for any begginer.

There are much better simple free tutorials online that could describe the basis of CGI.