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| Using Cgi (Special Edition Using) | 
| Authors: Jeffry Dwight, Michael Erwin, Tobin Anthony, Danny Brands, Ron Clark, Mike Ellsworth, David Geller, Galen A. Grimes, Matthew D. Healy, Greg Knauss, Robert Niles, Bill Schongar, Crispen A. Scott, K. Mitchell Thompson, Matt Wright
Publisher: Que Pub
Category: Book
List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3367005
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Book & CD
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 828
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 2.3
ISBN: 0789707403
Dewey Decimal Number: 004
EAN: 9780789707406
ASIN: 0789707403
Publication Date: April 1996
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Product Description
Providing background and information for World Wide Web development using CGI, this book clearly explains, in the text and in sample programs, the language and applications for CGI. Programmers familiar with HTML learn from rich information on using CGI to gather and process user input. It covers CGI techniques common to servers running on all platforms.
Amazon.com Review
This omnibus book does more than merely tell readers how to solve common CGI programming problems with the least possible hassle (which is no mean feat in itself). Special Edition Using CGI also explains CGI concepts and theory in a way that enables the reader to start figuring out additional solutions independently. The authors begin with some very basic information about what CGI does and how it enhances HTML. Then, they promptly get into the useful stuff--application-oriented programming for CGI. Example programs written in Perl, C, SQL, and various Unix shells appear throughout the book. All the popular CGI applications, including hit counters, site searchers, WAIS interfaces, chat forums, and image maps, get their due attention. Special Edition Using CGI gives server-side includes (SSI) a more detailed treatment than other CGI manuals. The book almost loses its focus when it starts talking about Web multimedia, including online electronic cameras and RealAudio broadcasting. But the extra material is related, albeit distantly, to CGI programming, and there's not too much of it, so you can zip along to several "tips and techniques" programming chapters. The section on Perl is useful since it covers the most popular function libraries, and the Visual Basic chapter includes an informative discussion of WinCGI. Special Edition Using CGI wraps up with chapters about debugging and security. There's a CD-ROM that contains all the sample programs and all the popular Perl libraries. Special Edition Using CGI will both help you set up common CGI applications quickly and teach you how to solve more complicated CGI problems on your own. It's a great choice for the beginner with big CGI ambitions.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Real Programmers Don't Want this Book June 6, 2000
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I really enjoy the Using Series, and look for them whenever I want to learn more about a certain topic. However, this book is deplorable. It is not made for anyone looking to write their own code, or anyone who actually wants to program. All this book tries to do is show you how to use someone else's code. I do not mean another module, such as the infamous CGI.pm moudle, but rather using another script and "tweaking" it for your needs. It also does not seek to explain the theory behind the code. I was also quite disappointed in how it was organized. The Using Seies are good books, but this one doesn't belong in the family. There are much better books out there that will serve your needs.
Pooly written with incomplete examples February 19, 2000
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmer will tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.". This book is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experience with programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps in the examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusion I do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.
Speacial Edition Using CGI February 19, 2000
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmer will tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.". This book is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experience with programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps in the examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusion I do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.
 Great intro, great reference July 28, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've yet to come up with a CGI programming question that wasn't answered in this book. I used it to implement the CGI examples on my web site.
A must have CGI reference July 2, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a wonderful introduction to CGI. It has examples (or tells you where you can find them on the web) of different CGI's in several programming languages. The book gives intricate explanations on how to handle form data and how to obtain information from environmental variables, the core of CGI programming.I would recommend this book to any programmer looking to apply his/her skills to CGI.
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