Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide gets you to the heart of Perl scripting with CGI. Even first-time programmers will be able to create interactive Web pages and, more importantly, use their new-found familiarity with Perl to understand and customize the multitude of scripts that already exist on the Web. Following on the huge success of Liz Castros top-selling HTML 4: Visual QuickStart Guide - the book on HTML - Elizabeth Castros Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide is sure to become the choice for learning Perl and CGI
Studied Spanish, Catalan, and Basque at University of Pennsylvania and University of California at Berkeley. Moved to Barcelona in 1987, found job in computer company translating documentation and software. Started Página Uno in 1990: publisher of Mac related books in Spanish. Moved back to US in 1993 to edit 5th edition of The Macintosh Bible. Wrote first edition of HTML Visual QuickStart Guide in 1995, now worldwide bestseller with more than 1 million copies sold in many languages. Also written books on Perl/CGI, XML, Blogger, iPhoto.
Most recently, wrote EPUB Straight to the Point, and accompanying miniguides, to help people publish ebook versions of their books.
This is a really good book for beginners or those in the midst of learning PERL and CGI web forms. One of the things I like about the Visual Quickstart series is that they're task based. I need to know how to do X. It walks you through how to do X in very simple language with clear examples. The O'Reilly book is good as a reference if you already know PERL and are an experienced programmer. This saved my behind when I was learning and needed to get a web form up quickly.
I used to be the guy that got books for the local Macintosh Users Group in the late 90's. I ended up with a ton of books like this. This was just too nerdy for me. Never really used PERL and CGI ever so it just collects dust on the shelf