CGI/Perl: Web Applications

Synopsis
CGI/Perl: Web Applications helps students learn about using CGI and Perl to create basic applications and utilities for their Web pages.

Audience
This course is for anyone who wants to create interactive Web pages using CGI and Perl.

Time
4 hours

Product Code: CGPC03

After completing CGI/Perl: Web Applications, the user should be able to:

Create custom error pages

Manage CGI to Mail gateways

Manage sessions

Create and read cookies

Building Custom Error Pages

Creating error pages

Routing users to error pages

Understanding 401 errors

Creating an Email Application

Creating email forms

Building security into email

Checking the form

Session Management

Managing sessions

Using hidden fields in forms

Transferring fields to other forms

The Magic Cookie

Understanding how cookies work

Making cookies

Managing sessions using cookies

Mixing CGI and cookies

This course is distributed with:

Exercises, with sample files, that allow users to practice using CGI and Perl

A file containing the text of the exercises

A CGI/Perl glossary