Perl/CGI

Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a scripting language with a C style syntax. It was originally designed to process text files, but is suitable for a wide variety of uses. In particular, Perl is the most popular language in which to write applications for the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), the interface between external applications and HTTP servers. What this means in practice is that web page URLs point directly to Perl scripts that run on the server, generating document content to return to the client.

Related links on the internet

Programming with Perl/CGI and HTML forms

One of several good free Perl tutorials on extropia.com. This one explains the CGI and the use of Perl to create dynamic web page content.

Web Reference

Great site for HTML, DHTML, Perl, JavaScript and XML developers. A myriad of articles and tutorials about these subjects, plus usability and other development issues.

Perl Doc

Perl documentation in HTML format. At time of writing, this site is still very much under development, but already contains help on most of Perl's functionality and looks as though it will become one of the best sites on Perl.

Beginner's Guide to CGI Scripting with Perl

Good tutorial in the fundamentals of writing and running a Perl CGI script. Covers a "hello world" example and the development of a simple web site guestbook.

Script Search

A large collection of applets, code snippets and assorted widgets written in languages such as Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, VB, XML, PHP and others. Each item is rated.

1st Page 2000 2.0

A free and feature-rich web page editor. Includes syntax highlighting, context sensitive help, spell checker, code templates, code snippets and a highly configurable interface. For everyone from the HTML novice to the advanced DHTML and CGI author.

Web Monkey

Long established site providing a large number of tutorials and articles about HTML, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, mySQL and many more topics to do with web development and management.

Hot Scripts

Code snippets and complete programs written in C/C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Python and more. A particularly large number of PHP and Perl scripts can be found here. Many of the scripts are user rated and the site has its own search engine to help you find what you're looking for.

Internet Related Technologies

Articles, tutorials and FAQ about several web development topics including ASP, CGI, CSS, design, graphics, HTML, JavaScript, Apache, VBScript and XML.

The Free Country

A great resource for developers, produced by Christopher S L Heng. Contains links to freeware tools for developing in C/C++, Basic, Pascal, Fortran, Perl and several other languages, and tools for web development. In addition, there are several articles by the site's author, in which he shares his experiences of, and opinions on, the choices facing web developers.