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Programming in Perl |
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Synopsis
This course covers techniques
for server-side scripting using the Perl programming language.
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of HyperText Markup
Language (HTML)
Recommended Textbook: Perl and CGI for the World Wide
Web, Elizabeth Castro, Peachpit Press, (1999); ISBN 0-201-35358-X.
All students will be given computer accounts on Internet Institute
IIUSA computers.
Schedule
Session 1
Introduction to the World Wide Web; client-server interaction;
HyperText Markup Language (HTML); Introduction to Common Gateway
Interface (CGI). Introduction to the Perl programming language.
[Castro: Chapters 1-5; and parts 1 and 2 of IIUSA-519 curriculum.]
Session 2
CGI forms; CGI input and output; file handles. [Castro: Chapters
6-15; and Part 3 of IIUSA-519 curriculum.]
Session 3
Input and output, File handles, "Web site in a file" concept.
[Part 4 of IIUSA-519 curriculum.]
Session 4
SQL database queries. Exporting from Microsoft Excel into comma-delimited
(.csv) format. Password protection. Socket programming. |
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