Beginning Perl Web Development: From Novice to Professional

Description

Beginning Perl Web Development: From Novice to Professional introduces you to the world of Perl Internet application development. This book tackles all areas crucial to developing your first web applications and includes a powerful combination of real-world examples coupled with advice. Topics range from serving and consuming RSS feeds, to monitoring Internet servers, to interfacing with e-mail. You'll learn how to use Perl with ancillary packages like Mason and Nagios.

Though not version-specific, this book is an ideal read if you have had some grounding in Perl basics and now want to move into the world of web application development. Author Steve Suehring emphasizes the security implications of Perl, drawing on years of experience teaching readers how to think safe, avoid common pitfalls, and produce well-planned, secure code.

 Table of Contents
* The CGI Module
* Popular CGI Modules
* Databases and Perl
* System Interaction
* LWP Modules
* Net:: Tools
* SOAP-Based Web Services
* Perl and RSS
* XML Parsing with Perl
* Apache and mod_perl
* Development with mod_perl
* The Template Toolkit
* Perl Web Sites with Mason

CONTENTS:

The CGI module
Popular CGI modules
Databases & Perl
System interaction
LWP modules
Net:: Tools
SOAP based web services
Perl & RSS
XML parsing with Perl
Apache & mod_perl
Development with mod_perl
The template toolkit
Perl web sites with Mason