Andy Welter - welter@siscom.net - www.siscom.net/~welter

Introduction

What is CGI, and why use it?

Dynamic Content Methods Compared

• Client side programming
  • Java Applets
  •  Java Script
  •  Active X
  Server Side:
  •  ASP
  •  Domino
  •  PHP
  •  Java Servelets
  •  CGI

CGI Platforms and Environments

• Languages that can be used for CGI
• Popular Web servers that support CGI
• Operating Systems that support CGI

CGI Programming Examples

• Hello World
• CGI Environment Variables
• Reporting Errors
• URLs, HTTP, Encoding, and Decoding.
• User Input
• Checking a password

Other CGI Issues

• CGI class libraries
• Testing
  • Your ISP
  • Your Test Server
  • Command Line Testing / Test Harnesses
  • Good development practices
• Performance
• Security

Resources for Learning and Doing More

• O'Reilly and Associates Webmaster in a Nutshell
• O'Reilly and Associates CGI Programming
• WWW.CPAN.ORG

Copyright 2001 - Andy Welter