Perl and Apache

Adam McDaniel (Red Deer, AB, Canada) is a CGI developer, technical architect, and a Linux hobbyist. He has worked in IT since 1996, creating dynamic websites with Perl and Apache since 1997. Prior to becoming a freelance writer, Adam contributed to the Android Project, the Linux Kernel, and produced and maintains the Linux EeePC Kernel Repository for Ubuntu v8.04 and later.

Chapter Introducing Perl and Apache Web Site Development. Chapter 2 Installing Perl on Windows. Chapter 3 Installing Perl on Linux. Chapter 4 Installing Apache on Windows. Chapter 5 Installing Apache on Linux. Chapter 6 Introducing the Fundamentals of Perl. Chapter 7 Building an Interactive Perl Script. Chapter 8 Using Perl References and Modules. Chapter 9 Installing Third-Party Perl Modules. Chapter 10 Configuring Apache to Execute Perl. Chapter 11 Introducing Do-It-Yourself Perl/CGI Interaction. Chapter 12 Using Perl's Built-In CGI Library. Chapter 13 Separating HTML Code from Perl Code. Chapter 14 Adding Dynamic Content with Server Side Includes (SSI). Chapter 15 Authenticating a User Session. Chapter 16 Interfacing Your Web Site with Facebook. Chapter 17 Interfacing with the Twitter API Using Perl. Chapter 18 Creating Dynamic Images with Perl. Chapter 19 Facilitating Dynamic Ajax Calls with Perl. Chapter 20 Processing Credit Card Transactions with Perl. Chapter 21 Accessing a Back-End MYSQL Database with Perl. Chapter 22 Securing Dynamic Web Sites. Chapter 23 Speeding Up Dynamic Web Sites. Appendix A Access Perl Documentation. Appendix B Apache Configure and Module Reference. Appendix C Useful Apache Modules.Index.