The Perl Handbook for Internet Development

Perl and the Internet, especially the web, are nothing new. CGI programming and Perl were part of the early wild, wild west days of the World Wide Web. However, Perl is more than just a CGI processor relegated to handling simple email forms and other mundane web tasks. In this book the author will take you through several examples and topics dealing with using Perl for database development, XML and RSS feeds, performance monitoring of your web server, and advanced CGI tasks such as how to handle uploaded files on the web with Perl, and much more.

Each section goes over a concept, introduces the module you will be using to accomplish the task, shows you the source code and walk you through it. In addition, tips as well as things to avoid are listed throughout each example for things to watch out for, or for common programming pitfalls to avoid with Perl. Sections themselves are broken down into topics that group concepts such as separate topics on XML and RSS feeds, CGI, Performance Monitoring and Web Templates.

This is a good book for the Perl programmer with some skills beneath his or her belt. It helps you take the simple Perl you may be using on your website today and help develop it to use all the power and functionality of Perl.

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