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Title: CGI Programming 101 by Jacqueline D. Hamilton ISBN: 0-9669426-0-4 Publisher: CGI101.com Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (47 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good one
Comment: Although this book is only 224 pages, it is supplied with lots of(believe me, with lots of) useful information that other books out there lack. At the same time, I wouldn't call it an ideal CGI book for the reasons that I'll get into below.
My first CGI book was Elizabeth Castro's quick start guide, which does a good job on regex(very good job on regex) and other "getting started" stuff; better than this book's coverage.
But Jacqueline gets as deep as making use of perl modules, and creating those of your own. Even introduces mySql database manipulation with DBI, which I found very usefull. List of SSI elements in Chapter 9 is definitely worth the praise. The whole beauty of perl's taint checking is also explained thoroughly. The book doesn't cover the Formatting capabilities of perl in details, but still it's more detailed than that of Elizabeth Castro's.
Although CGI PROGRAMMING 101 does supply the reader with enormous useful information, in some cases I felt that I needed a little more detailed explanation of the topic. Especially her examples of using DBI and GD were lack of sufficient explanation (of course all the codes worked fine). There's a section called object orientedness(Chp 17), but don't expect much. There's nothing much to discover in there if you're concerned with OOP(except the phrase. "Object Oriented" in case you've never heard it).
If you are a little bit familiar with CGI/Perl or came from a programming background such as C, awk, seed and etc. go ahead and buy this book. If you're a novice, Elizabeth Castro's quick start guide could be a good choice (I hope). But even though you buy Elizabeth Castro's, you'll need another book after that, which probably, will be CGI PROGRAMMING 101.
If CGI programming is more than your hobby. After the aforementioned books, go for Larry Wall's Camel (Programming Perl), 3rd edition, which is concidered Perl's Bible (from the Perl's author).
Rating: 5
Summary: Beginning Perl Programmers Need This Book
Comment: I come from a graphic design background and got into web design about 4 years ago. Most of my programming experience has been with Cold Fusion , JavaScript, and HTML. I wanted to learn Perl because I was tired of the limitations of my knowledge base and the frustrating idiosyncrasies of the Windows NT systems and applications that I was enslaved to. After dozens of other Perl books I stumbled onto Ms. Hamilton's.
This is the perfect book for a beginner. She painlessly takes the reader into the very powerful and liberating language of Perl and immediately shows you how to incorporate it into your web designs. She is a fantastic teacher. Her code works and the examples are real world.
If you are new to Perl and CGI, not a programmer, know HTML, and are totally confused as to where to start, start with this book and then go on to the O'Reilly book. "Learning Perl, 2nd Edition".
I also recommend signing up for an account with Hamilton's web hosting company CGI101.com for the following reason. Her hosting site is very CGI friendly and all the scripts work flawlessly on her system. That way you won't freak out if something is wrong with your code and spend all your time thinking "Is it my code, is it the book's screwed up examples, or is the ISP configured in a way that makes these scripts not work?"
If you're on her ISP everything works the way it's supposed to from the book. So the learning experience is much faster.
Take it from someone who has learned everything about computers the hard way and has had no "gurus" available to help. This book packs more in its 200 pages than 99% of all the other 1000+ page books on Perl that litter book store shelves.
I hope Ms. Hamilton publishes a sequel, and possibly books on other internet topics. She is a gifted writer and instructor.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Concise Treatment Available
Comment: I have spent approx. $500 on Perl/CGI books and I will tell you that this is the best concise treatment available. There is no other book that provides as good an overview without leaving out critical issues, such file locking and security considerations. It remains my most frequently used reference. It is very well written and it does not go into unnecessary details.
My recommendation for anyone considering using Perl/CGI is to start with this book and then to build your library based on your specialized needs (algorithms, pattern matching, exotic data structures, etc). If all you wish to do is some solid Perl programming or to power up a basic web site, this is all you will need.
Do not forget to look at the free preview chapters available at the author's web site. You will also find the code for all the examples there, which I have found myself constantly reusing.
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Title: CGI Programming 201 by Jacqueline Hamilton ISBN: 0966942620 Publisher: CGI101.com Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition by Elizabeth Castro ISBN: 0201735687 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 29 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: CGI Programming with Perl by Gunther Birznieks, Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram ISBN: 1565924193 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Writing CGI Applications with Perl by Kevin Meltzer, Brent Michalski ISBN: 0201710145 Publisher: Pearson Educational Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Advanced Javascript by Chuck Easttom ISBN: 155622852X Publisher: Wordware Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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