Perl - Good CGI scripting

Perl module P774

Good CGI scripting

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module P774. This topic is presented on public course Using Perl on the Web

Using Perl on the Web - training course - CGI, mod-Perl, and other standards. Sessions, cookies, content management, etc.

Using Perl on the Web - CGI, mod-Perl, and other standards. Sessions, cookies, content management, etc. This advanced course takes the Perl programmer ...

http://www.wellho.net/course/pwfull.html [course]

Putting a form online

I answered a question along the lines of "how much will it cost to put my [6 page] web form online" yesterday, and found myself coming up with a list ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/261_Putt ... nline.html [short article]

A little bit of fun - the new Perl Quiz

How's your Perl knowledge? I've just updated our Perl Quiz where you can try 15 questions at a beginner, intermediate or advanced level and see how ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/262_A-li ... -Quiz.html [short article]

Harmony

Some tasks have a natural positive harmony; I find that's the case with training where an enthusiastic tutor, trainees who are attending because they ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/263_Harmony.html [short article]

Quiz - Statistical table generator

$nquestions = 15; $noptions = 4; @pascal = (1,1); foreach $row (1..$nquestions+1) { $pnew[0] = 1; for ($k=1;$k

http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p774/q15.pl [code sample]

Business logic for quiz system demo

package questionset; use strict; use thing; our @ISA = ("thing"); sub new { my($class, $subject, $oldset, @topicbase) = @_; my %self; ...

http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p774/questionset.pm [code sample]

Generic object used within business logic

package thing; use strict; sub new { my %self; my ($class,@rest) = @_; unless ($#rest%2) { die "Odd parameter count\n"} ...

http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p774/thing.pm [code sample]

This topic is presented on public course Using Perl on the Web

Examples from our training material

Perl.1	Some sample quiz questions
main.htp	Template for Quiz system demo
q15.pl	Quiz - Statistical table generator
questionset.pm	Business logic for quiz system demo
quiz.pl	Top level code for quiz system demo
thing.pm	Generic object used within business logic
whc_web.pm	Web helpers for quiz demo (and others too)

Background information

Some modules are available for download as a sample of our material or under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

Planning your application.
Techniques.
State diagrams.
The six step process..
Sticky fields and sanitising user inputs.
Cleaning up old carts.
The 4 layer model.
Templating.
Web helpers.
Business logic..
Top layer.
Sample quiz question system using these techniques.
Top-level code.
Web helpers.
Template.
Business Logic.
Should you use cookies or hidden fields?.

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