Audience
Web programmers, who want to integrate HTML forms with WEB databases, and process HTML form values.
Topics
Introduction to CGI
- Introducing CGI
- Server Side include
Designing and Processing HTML Forms
- Introducing HTML forms
- Processing HTML forms using PERL
Developing PERL applications for CGI
- SMTP E-mail
- Tracking visitors
- Generating Feedback
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- list the features of CGI
- list the common web servers
- list the features of the server-browser communication
- identify the users of SSI
- implement SSI commands in HTML
- use HTML FORM tag, fields and buttons
- use the GET method
- use the POST method
- parse the FORM contents received
- use environment variables
- list the features of SMTP
- implement SMTP using PERL
- use server LOG files
- use cookies
- implement a guest book
- implement a user comment interface
- implement a what's new page