Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:16:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lisa Mann <lisam@oreilly.com>
To: lwn@lwn.net
Subject: CGI Programming with Perl

Eagerly Anticipated Update to "CGI Programming on the World Wide Web" Unleashed

Sebastopol, CA--O'Reilly & Associates has announced the release of "CGI
Programming with Perl" by Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram, and
Gunther Birznieks. Based on the best-selling "CGI Programming on the
World Wide Web", this edition has been completely rewritten to
demonstrate current techniques available with the CGI.pm module and the
latest versions of Perl.

The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is one of the most powerful methods
of providing dynamic content on the Web. CGI is a generic interface for
calling external programs to crunch numbers, query databases, generate
customized graphics, or perform any other server-side task. Since the
release of the popular first edition of "CGI Programming with Perl",
CGI has changed a great deal. "Just a handful of years ago, CGI scripts
were more of a novelty than practical; they were associated with hit
counters and guest books, and were written largely by hobbyists," says
Scott Guelich. "Today, CGI scripts, written by professional web
developers, provide the logic to power much of the vast structure that
the Internet has become."

"When I look back at how many improvements have been made in Perl, web
technologies, and all the modules people have written, as well as the
global infrastructure improvements to the Web, I am astounded by what
has been accomplished by the open source community," agrees co-author
Gunther Birznieks.

New topics covered in the second edition of "CGI Programming with Perl"
include incorporating JavaScript for form validation, controlling
browser caching, making CGI scripts secure in Perl, working with
databases, creating simple search engines, maintaining state between
multiple sessions, generating graphics dynamically, and improving
performance of CGI scripts.


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CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition
By Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram, and Gunther Birznieks
2nd Edition July 2000
1-56592-419-3, 472 pages, $34.95
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