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Summary: An INCREDIBLE learning resource for beginners!!
Review: The amount of snotty, degrading comments on this book can only lead me to believe that the authors were not able to grasp the simplest of instructions and are taking their anger out on this book.Quite simply, this is an INCREDIBLE book; well-written, funny, and comprehensive. Not only do you learn about CGI, you also learn Perl, SSI, some nice HTML tricks and lots of information about web servers. The CD includes full websites, tons of scripts, and lots of basic programs you'll need if you plan to set up your own server. GET THIS BOOK! You won't regret it. *Unless you're too dense to read simple english...*
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Summary: After borrowing it, I had to buy it!
Review: This book is not for an amatuer! Do not try to become a programmer with this book! Although, if you are already a programmmer in any language, you will surely be able to learn the BEST internet programming scripting language with this book. This book showed me the POWER of using a scripting language. PERL is power! Although, you will really need to get a PERL book to be proficient in PERL. (If you can get your hands on the 4th edition SAMS: Teach Yourself PERL in 21 Days, BUY IT (it's out of print, and just phenomenal!) Or, maybe buy a book from Larry Wall. I still am not convinced if the Camel is the way to go.) Most academicians shun at what these "inferior" (scripting) languages can do. (I know fist hand). But, after coming from a very rigorous and fully declared school of thought, I know that PERL can do better things with less lines of code. Granted, PERL is not the panacea, but it almost always gets the job done with alot less! One thing in particular about this book that disturbed me was that it skimped the database section. Make no mistake about it! If you do have a heavy volume site on the net, you will need to have a very well versed DBA to take of business on this front. Thus far, I have not read a book that genuinely deals with database Internet intensive sites (Especially nothing dealing with the tradeoff of web transmittal time vs. database access time). This book only deals with flat files. (From what I hear, flat files are fine upto about 200 records) In a Nutshell: this book is worth it for the experienced programmer that is trying to pickup a new skill set.
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Summary: Not good
Review: this book is so all over the place, you'll need to make your own personal table of contents to make any sense of it. The book seems like a rush job, pieced together by pages of unrelated information. If you feel like having your head spin and ending up with a migraine, check it out! I'd be ashamed to be the author.
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