New audiences around the world access the Internet every second, most of whom would be delighted to find your content in their mother tongue. You might think you only need a good translator to... Read More
CGI & Perl Tutorials
When I joined the team I have been working with recently, they were trying to create a graph using Core Plot, a popular third party library. It didn’t go well though, there were two big problems.... Read More
Putting It All Together 1. Place the Files on your Server Place the HTML form somewhere under your Website’s document root, and your CGI script in your Website’s cgi-bin directory. Note:... Read More
Creating the File Upload Script Handling the data that the browser sends when it uploads a file is quite a complex process. Fortunately, the Perl CGI library, CGI.pm, does most of the dirty work for... Read More
With the current web industry focus on PHP and Ruby, you may think it odd to see a Perl article on sitepoint.com. Perl recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and, as the de-facto CGI language of... Read More
CGI::Application aims to provide an object-oriented framework for developing extensible, maintainable and re-usable code. Here, Dan explains how you can use CGI::Application to your advantage!Read More
Meet HTML::Template, Perl's lightweight, practical templating solution. In this fast-paced tutorial, Dan explains how to install Perl, and get started using HTML::Template in your own applications.Read More
If you allow users to download files from your site, what's to stop other sites linking direct to these files? Protect your copyrights and bandwidth with this handy Perl script.Read More
Is your Perl riddled with bugs? Knock 'em dead and clean up your code: extermination is easy with Quinn's quick tips. Read More
This sample chapter from Wrox release 'Professional Perl Development' considers the use of Perl to address the shortcomings of CGI in combining functionality with page presentation.Read More
There is an abundance of Perl books out there for you to choose from, but which one is right for you? Kev looks at three of the latest offerings from WROX and O'Reilly and lets you know what he... Read More
Complex, arcane, impossible to understand? Boris debunks Perl, to help you begin to understand this powerful language.Read More
Having some functionality behind a form can make life so much easier. Boris steps you through the process of setting up a CGI form. Read More
Whether you've installed a few PERL scripts in the past, or merely heard of PERL our tutorial for the non-programmer will launch you into the new and exciting world of PERL Programming.Read More
