BKINCGPL.RVW 960415 "Introduction to CGI/Perl", Steven E. Brenner/Edwin Aoki, 1996, 1-55851-478-3, U$19.95/C$27.00 %A Steven E. Brenner %A Edwin Aoki %C 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 %D 1996 %G 1-55851-478-3 %I M&T Books %O U$19.95/C$27.00 212-886-9378 fax: 212-633-0748 %P 151 %T "Introduction to CGI/Perl" An introduction should start with concepts and simple applications, and that is exactly what this book does. The four chapters cover the ideas behind HTML (the HyperText Markup Language) and CGI (the Common Gateway Interface), some very basic programming in Perl, the basics of HTML form tags, and some additional related topics. The text is clear and readable. The examples are simple, illustrating the basic proposals without overwhelming the reader. The book concentrates on Perl and the cgi-lib.pl library. This emphasis allows for somewhat more sophisticated work without as much of the tedium of HTML detail. Ultimately, however, it becomes a shortcoming of the book, since it gives the authors an escape hatch to avoid discussion of some of the technical details of forms that would be necessary for programming in shell scripts, or using Perl without the library. Those who have access to Perl will find this a useful start, but those who do not will be restricted even in the CGI work that can be done. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996 BKINCGPL.RVW 960415 ============== Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca | This message contains not less Institute for rslade@vanisl.decus.ca| than 70% post consumer electrons Research into rslade@vcn.bc.ca | and not less than 80% post User (This space for rent) | harangue opinions. Security Canada V7K 2G6 | Please recycle. Thank you.