Product Description
Custom subroutine library for developing your own CGI programs
* Line-by-line explanations of 20 of the most popular CGI programs and subroutines that are essential to your Web site
* Compatible with Perl 4 and 5
* Tested under WindowsR(r), UNIXR(r), and MacOSR(r)

If you want to make your Web site as interactive as possible, as soon as possible, you've come to the right place! This book/CD powerhouse arms you with 20 of today's most-demanded CGI programs and subroutines, designed and written especially for this book, each ready to load and use. At the same time, it offers you a quick, painless, and unique hands-on way to learn basic and advanced CGI/Perl programming.

The CGI/Perl Cookbook begins with a concise overview of CGI programming for beginners, followed by a guide to installing CGI programs on UNIX, PC, and MacOS Web servers. The rest of the book is devoted to line-by-line, feature-by-feature explanations of seven cutting-edge CGI programs; including a search engine, password protection, advanced form processing, a shopping cart, customized bulk e-mail, advanced visitor feedback, and more; as well as 13 subroutines for e-mail support, file encoding, credit card validation, e-mail address checking, error handling, and text encryption. You also get a usage guide, installation instructions, and professional CGI and Perl programming tricks and customization tips for each program and subroutine.

The CD-ROM is a gold mine of ready-to-use software and valuable information. You get:
* All the CGI programs from the book-code and ready-to-run versions
* The complete Matt's Script Archive
* A collection of the best scripts from across the Web-source code included
* The complete Perl programming manual
* The most recent Windows, UNIX, and MacOS versions of Perl ... Read more

Customer Reviews (58)

Non Fiction
I have only found this book useful very occasionally, and once or twice when I picked it up, so can't recommend it particularly highly. Those more involved in that sort of thing may find it more useful, but just another average computer book from my point of view, in this case.

The Cgi/Perl Cookbook
The scripts are buggy and don't even work out of the box and they certainly aren't well written enough for a production website. The contact email address in them bounces, perhaps the author's gone into hiding in shame.

On the plus point they do give some ideas on what could be done to improve a site, as long as you write your own Perl.

Be prepared for a Do It Yourself Experience...
I purchased this book in 1999 with the intention of developing my CGI skills and implement CGI programs in my website projects. The book does provide 20 usefull CGI scripts that one can fool around with, since there is a line by line explanation of all the scripts, I could figure out what makes it tick without having to actually learn perl.

On the Good Side:
1. Explanation of the scripts, line by line.
2. 20 Ready to use sripts and a few subroutines.
3. HTML Templates for using the scripts.
4. A website with updates and a forum.

On the Not so Good Side:
1. All the scripts are quite rudimentary, very basic operations.
2. You need to know how to configure the script to work in the server. This is where you will spend most of your time, yet little documentation on this subject is provided.
3. The website referred by the book is never updated.

Overall, I think it is a good book for someone who wants to jump into CGI for the first time, is tenacious, and is ready to invest a good amount of hours figuring things out on his own.

There are errors and other complexities involved.
The programs are not really "ready-to-run." They are not "Ready-to-use." Programming is required, because there are bugs in html documents and scripts that must be corrected. The book is a good resource of information for people who want to study and learn and troubleshoot and learn Perl, because it is possible to get the scripts to work if the troubleshooter does not give up until they get things to work satisfactorily. I believe that it is practically impossible for a person to use these scripts without having some experience with Perl and CGI and HTML. The book has a lot of good explanations of code, which I find helpful and useful. I can't blame anyone for selling the book in the way it is sold. Salesmen sell the book. Programmers who successfully learn, don't give up when things don't work easily. This is book for beginning programmers.

Don't judge a book by its cover
This book is basically a poor product that has been successfully sold. It is terrible. It is a lie! On the back of my book it says "Jazz up your site with 20 exclusive, ready-to-use professional CGI scripts and subroutines--no programming required!" It is sold as if it will satisfy the needs of people who do not understand Perl, while it is almost impossible for it to satisfy anyone, as it is. Hours and hours of troubleshooting and trying to figure out what is wrong is part of what you will get from this book. If you survive through that part of it, you will probably learn that it would be easier for you to learn Perl enough to do things in your own way. Buy another book. Find another way! ... Read more

Product Description
Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short presents an insightful behind-the-scenes tour of the entire production process for 3D artists, animators, and independent filmmakers who are interested in creating their own CGI shorts as well as for those who are simply fans and enthusiasts of CGI films in general. This book presents detailed examples of every step of the production process; from initial concept through character design, set design, modeling, texturing, lighting, camera animation, character animation, lip sync, rendering, post-production, compositing, and all the way to film festival submissions and online web distribution. It truly has something for everyone interested in CGI films.Using readily available off-the-shelf hardware and software such as modo, LightWave 3D, FPrime, HD Instance, Peak, Shake, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand and more, Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short shows how to produce a complete 3D animated CGI Short, including how to fund the production by taking on paid freelance projects along the way. Where other filmmaking books typically describe industry standard methodologies that are most effective for larger productions, this book shows how to drastically simplify and condense those processes and focus only on the essential elements that will enable a single artist or filmmaker to complete a CGI short on their own. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Its OK
Interesting book that talks about one mans experience making an animated short with problems he faced.On the downside, he should be a spokesperson for Apple computers and Lightwave software, he seemed to biased on using software and hardware that he has stock in.

About Time There Was a How-To Book on Animated Shorts!
I don't often write reviews, but this book, Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short: The Making is the Autition Archives - Fault Effect by Michael Scaramozzino, left me no alternative. First, there are very few books available to the independent filmmaker - especially when it comes to animation. This book by Mr. Scaramozzino fills a large void and is most definitely welcome. And second, it is a well-written detailed account of this project.

Fault Effect is a beautifully animated and artistically brilliant animated short written, produced and directed by the author, Michael Scaramozzino. And this book I am reviewing is about how Mr. Scaramozzino created Fault Effect.

Okay...what does it offer? Essentially this is a step-by-step how-to book showing how Michael created Fault Effect pretty much on his own with standard off-the-shelf software along with lots of perseverence and determination. From concept to final creation, it is chock-full of what to do and what to look out for. He offers very useful advice when it comes to making your own short (or feature if you are so inclined) and explains what the differences are between large productions and smaller ones such as Fault Effect. I've found lots of useful information that I will be using in my own short and I'm looking forward to implementing quite a bit of the info he provided. And the included DVD is just an added bonus and contains color pictures of everything in the book as well as the Fault Effect short and award-winning BlastOff! short.

The only thing I would have liked to see more of would be a little more balance between Mac and Windows programs in the post production area. Michael is primarily a "Mac Guy" and avoids Windows programs pretty much completely in favor of an all-Mac flavor. I can't really fault him for this, since most everything written today is Windows/PC-centric. I guess it's about time that we had a great book for mostly Mac-users too. This of course does not mean that the book is ONLY for Mac users. On the contrary, most of the procedures Mike writes about can be used by either camps and even for 3D software other than Lightwave, which is his software of choice. The concepts are identical, just the software would be different.

All in all, this is a great book and must-have asset for the independent animator. It's not often that I feel I've got my moneys-worth out of a product, but in this case I feel I've got much MORE than I paid for. It's not easy to spend money in this economy, but this was an easy decision and I couldn't be more pleased with this book. Now I'm REALLY anxious to get my short completed! Kudos to Michael Scaramozzino for having the patience and temperament to write this wonderful book! ... Read more

Product Description
CGI scripting, the scripting programming for non-programmers, is made easy in this comprehensive tutorial!

• Provides all the tools needed to write CGI-based scripts simply and easily
• Details topics such as creating click-able image maps, setting up data forms, and creating on-the-fly HTML
• CD-ROM contains all of the examples referred to in this book (in pseudo-code, sh, Perl, and C) and useful CGI utilities

You may want better coverage of image maps and databasesbut, overall, The CGI Book is an excellent choice for theintermediate programmer who wants to acquire a deep understanding ofhow CGI works while using it to solve real-world problems. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Incomplete?Not at all.
This isn't an "incomplete reference".It's not a reference at all, but a set of tutorials.It takes you by the hand, gives you the code, and explains it.If you like to learn by reading code and explanation, this will work for you.

It's nice that it has an explanation for C programmers.Most CGI books write as if C doesn't exist.

The CGI Book by William E. Weinman is Very Useful
When I began to want to learn about CGI, I was a beginner computer user. In late 1997 I had bought my first computer, and was amazed at the World Wide Web, and wanted to learn how to make my own web site(s). I had no programming background other than having learned how to make html documents with the assistance of a good book or two. I wanted to learn how to do Perl and CGI. This book is one of the resources that I am very thankful for having had when I was a beginner. It helped me successfully learn. I find programming to be a challenge, because there are many complexities involved, that are potentially impossible for any author/teacher/documentation writer to forsee. The difficult struggles that I faced when learning the nature of Perl and CGI required a lot of patience for me. I would not have succeeded had I not had this book at that time. This is not the only book that helped me learn. This is one of the best. This is a very good book. It will be useful to me for a long time.

The definitive starter's guide to CGI Programming
Mr. Weinman did an excellent job explaining how to program using CGI. Ipurchased this book in 1996. His book was one the first I had seen thatgave examples in C, Perl, Unix Shell, and pseudo code. This was veryhelpful. The examples were complete and simple. I read the book in onesetting. I teach Internet technologies to summer students and I use thisbook as the core reference. I recommend this book anyone who wishes tobegin CGI programming. I am anxiously awaiting the 2nd edition.

This book reads well and all, but isn't a complete reference
The book has a lot of useful information for thebeginner but does not work a complete reference. Too many things just are not covered. It does not cover Location vs Context-type.

Clear style, readable, well organized.
Overall, I found this book pretty clear and readable.It does a good job of being understandable to the novice without being too boring for the more experienced.I was also happy to see C well represented.(I may have to learn Perl sooner or later, but this book doesn't force you.)There were a few places where I lost the flow and was left wondering why the author was telling me this.

The cover is fairly plain, but the author makes up for it with a good selection of thought-provoking chapter introduction quotes. ... Read more

Product Description
Over 100 step-by-step solutions are given to CGI problems. This reference supports both C and Perl and provides code that can be reused in CGI scripting projects. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Too simplistic approach
I found the book not very rewarding to read, and I feel the writers try to explain too much. So I found a lot of material I could have come up with myself, and just a few new things. By explaining everything rightaway, they take away all the challenge and excitement from the programming and reading.
The books q/a approach doesn't really appeal to me either and the fact that not all examples are available in C as they are in perl, is (to me as a C programmer) simply unforgivable.
A good reference manual for only C would have been more usefull to me.
I stopped reading the book after the first two chapters and have used the questions with the first few lines of explanation as programming exercises. So it wasn't totally useless afterall ;)

VERY dated but still of considerable value
This is a 1996 book still being sold in year 2000 and that says something about it. It is a very useful book in many respects.A whole lot of the stuff in it is as useful today as it was in 1996. However, just forperspective, Win 3.1 was still the dominant Windows platform back then, andthere was no Microsoft browser (or server, for that matter) in general use-- Netscape was it.In fact, the index shows Win 3.1 and NT 4.0 (no Win95) and there's not even an index entry for Microsoft! (There are forNetscape, Mac, etc.) The short list of potential programming errors isstill useful, and the security risks listed are things you always have tohave in the back of your mind. I think the book would be most useful if youwere going use it in a site where not a whole lot had changed recently orwhere there was not much money for newer technology. They do providescripts for such things as a shopping cart and it makes you wonder how manye-commerce sites on the web right now basically just loaded up the scriptsfrom the CD-ROM as a starting point. I found the book useful, but as aconsultant my needs are not those of someone who writes Perl for a living.

No online help
There is a good deal of valuable information here for the intermediate perl programmer, but no online errata sheet is provided, and the book is not flawless. Plan on spending a fair amount of time debugging on your own.

Excellent applications examples
This book starts off with a bang, showing the reader how to transfer client data and decode it at the server. CGI cripts are built up in a step-by-step method easily comprehended by a beginning Perl user (me) andin most cases are translated into the equivalent convolutions of C; thecomparison of the two sets of code make the utility of Perl dramaticallyapparent. "CGI How-To" is an effective practical companion toLarry Wall's "Perl Programming", which is complete but oftentheoretical in nature.

Very good reference manual
A very good book for beginners and anvanced CGI programmers. However I would have liked all examples to include C code as well as PERL ... Read more

Product Description
CGI, or Common Gateway Interface, is a specification for transferring information between a World Wide Web server and a CGI program.CGI is the most common way for Web servers to interact with users.For example, many HTML pages that contain forms use a CGI program to process the forms data once it is submitted.CGI Fast & Easy Web Development explains not only what CGI is, but also why you should use it, who uses it, how it works, what you can do with it, and how to use it in Web programming.This visual guide is for the intermediate Web designer or developer who is a beginning CGI or script user.It is a great tool for anyone who is interested in putting up more than a simple Home page on the Internet.It also includes a CD, which includes Windows and UNIX/Linux Internet utilities, Perl interpreters, sample code from the book, and shareware CGI scripts. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Pretty disappointed
I have never seen in my life a programming book that chooses to use SCREEN shots for TEXT windows. If you can read the tiny code samples (the reason one would buy a book like this!) then maybe you'd find it of value. I never unwrapped the CD because I felt the book was tedious to read and gave weak examples. I give it two over one stars because if it were the only book on the subject it might be worth reading, but fortunately it is not.Conversely the PHP fast and easy book was excellent so that is why I bought this one. Shame on PrimaTech to not use the same standards.

Some parts good others frustrating
The book does explain the interaction of Forms, cookies etc through the CGI to manipulation in Perl. This is does well - where would you start to describe programming so you could describe the whole in a sequential manner without any hiccough?

Before reading I had some mixed ideas about CGI/Perl and the other languages. I have programmed for many years so learning Perl is not too up hill - regular expressions are the big learning for me.

I would rate the book higher if it only had the text. The big let down is the CD-ROM. There are the usual couple of time-limited demos plus the all important examples from the chapters. Here is the let down - you spend an age matching example in book to 'what they've called it' on the CD. Worse still you expect to have the Perl script available to pop up on your own server. Think again! So you are forced to run the HTML as is (pointing to Johnnie's web) only to find the web doesn't exist. Now that's bad! To be fair there are some Perl scripts on the CD, but nowhere near 100%. One of the best ways of learning is to examine other people's code.

Overall - gentle explanation of CGI and Perl, at reasonable cost, with some support from CD. 3/5. Improve the CD contents and that would be 4 or 5/5

Not -that- bad at all!
I felt the last review was a bit unfair. While I agree that the book could have benefitted from additional examples, I thought the level of explanation was adequate.

On the down side: As an intermediate tutorial, I thought that there ought to have been more depth as to what one can do with CGI. Cookies and Forms are interesting, but I'd like to know how to make some of the more complex applications. The book lacked these, and thus I would not recommend it for advanced programmers unless they want a handy reference manual for the quick stuff.

On the up side: I thought the writers did an excellent job explaining the 'why' and 'how' of CGI. With the knowledge of the internal workings they gave me, I feel confident that I can accomplish what I want to accomplish with CGI. That's something I found lacking in quite a few of the other manuals I flipped through.

Who I recommend it for: Anyone who'd like to understand -why- CGI works, and would like to get thier feet wet with some simple CGI scripting. ... Read more

Product Description
A comprehensive reference guide to HTML, web page creation, and web programming technologies covers design, graphics, coding, adding video and audio, security, live chat pages, mailing lists, scripting languages, and more. Original. (Advanced). ... Read more

Customer Reviews (15)

A great Bargain!
This book is awesome, especially the CDs that came with it. The package is very relevant for me being a webmaster, the books gave me the idea of the different concept of building and implementing a web server in differentplatforms!

Not 5 stars, 555,000 stars!!!!
Here is the most comprehensive reference available on HTML, Web page creations, and new Web programming techniques and technologies. The two CD-ROMs include the most complete set of HTML tools, including editors, Java tools, code samples, plug-ins, plug-in development tools, and more, plus tools for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX, along with a library of 10 top-selling Que Web development books in HTML format.

Superficial Edition Using HTML3.2 - JAVA1.1 And CGI
This is the classic book that a good observer cannot leave on the shelf. Yes... Exactly!.. See it, it's big, and seems to be saying "Buy me, Buy me!"... But behind a talking book, ther's the far side of the coin... Even if I must admit some of the contents are well studied, many others are really unuseful. The author looses time in teaching a lot of programs that surely a good WebMaster already knows (and, in the rare case hi does not, he'd better buy a specific book for each prog.)... Going on, I got disappointed for the Java/CGI section of the book... Too dispersive... Sorry... How's that possible that a so huge and vast argument (Java and CGI programming) can be so lightly shown to the reader?...But now, let's go to the worst side... U probably think that that's a good price... And, opening the book, u surely could think.. "Man, that way I can buy 13 book toghether!!"... Yes, sure... But... Try to read the other 12... An ELECTRONIC book, it's all but a book... No pictures, and a really hard reading challenge...But looking at the whole package, I cannot say "that's a steal!"... So, I give 6 to the book, just for the gifts it has behind the covers...

A valuable compendium for serious website builders
I agree this book shouldn't say it covers Java1.1, but I was surprised at the number of negative reviews here, so I went and checked your page on Stanek's book.What seems to be going on is that people who are into web pages that LOOK good love Stanek's book, but people who are into web pages that DO things (like electronic commerce) find useful info in the Que book on subjects such as Web connectivity to databases, database primers, and so forth that Stanek does not seem to cover.I did not buy this book primarily as an HTML book. And even though the Java coverage is dated, it's well illustrated and much more extensive than Stanek's coverage of Java seems to be.Mac users may be annoyed that the CDs are for Windows only.

A TOMB LACKING IN ORGANIZATION AND SUBSTANCE. BUY STANEK'S.
What a huge book that is so poorly organized . Do not spend any time looking through it unless ofcourse you're pumping-up for the Ms /Mr.Olympia competition. "Belive me now and heah me Late".Buy Stanek's web publishing unleashed, it's cheaper and well organized and gives good pointers as to where to start and how to go about publishing on the Web. ... Read more

Product Description
The computer-generated image (CGI) is one of the most astounding developments in the rapidly evolving field of digital technology. It allows for the creation of make-believe worlds and characters that are so realistic they fool the eye and the mind. Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, and feature-length 3D animations like Toy Story and Ice Age-films that have left audiences speechless, forever altering our expectations of what a movie can represent-owe their distinctive details, or even their entire creation, to computer-generated imaging. This spectacularly illustrated volume is the first book to consider CGI, from big-screen effects to full-length animated films, from games to fine art, as the art form of the 21st century.

Focusing on 3D art only, the most exciting area of the field, the book features CGI's leading creators in film, television, games, and fine art, showcasing approximately 250 examples of their astonishing work in glorious reproductions. Author Peter Weishar, a professor and computer artist who is at the forefront of the field, brings both technical and aesthetic viewpoints to bear in this groundbreaking celebration of a major new art form.AUTHOR BIO: Peter Weishar is professor and dean of the School of Film and Digital Media, Savannah College of Art and Design. He is also an accomplished computer artist and animator and author of Abrams' Blue Sky: The Art of Computer Animation. Phil Tippett is a movie director and a visual effects supervisor who specializes in creature design and character animation. He has earned two Oscars and two Emmys. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Just a fine book
This isn't deep-covering book and sometimes I even felt that more info could be. It's minuses from my point of view is that it very rarely mentions software used in production of images and 3D stuff(Maya and Photoshop mentioned). I myself know around what kind of software things are going commonly but many 3D beginners who could look for inspiration of this book may suffer. Yet still - it is good book, nice choice of pictures and one thing also must be mentioned - Weishar himself mentions in the book that he even didn't intended to make best of best and that is not he claims his book is! Carefulreading is a good point
Still, those who seek the book with good quality pictures - this is good choice.

Only pictures
I thought that I would find at least little texts about the work done in each film or picture, but the books only shows images and more images from famous animation films and other films that used CGI. If you'd like to see many photos then buy it, otherwise choose a book with more things to say.

CGI - The Future is Now
Peter Weishar's latest work is a masterful and comprehensive discourse on the current state of 3d animation. This revolutionary art form has already established itself as a fundamental tool of the film industry, and its potential is scarcely imaginable.Prof. Weishar's writing is accessible to the lay person with accompanying wonderful images.A great addition to the coffee table! ... Read more

Product Description
This complete reference provides professional Web developers and advanced personal users with the latest information on using CGI (Common Gateway Interface) to interact with databases., Updated from the highly successful first edition, this book helps users learn to create and implement scripts and master the details of implementing CGI on various platforms and languages.Amazon.com Review
This omnibus book does more than merely tell readers how tosolve common CGI programming problems with the least possible hassle(which is no mean feat in itself). Special Edition Using CGIalso explains CGI concepts and theory in a way that enables the readerto start figuring out additional solutions independently.

Theauthors begin with some very basic information about what CGI does andhow it enhances HTML. Then, they promptly get into the usefulstuff--application-oriented programming for CGI. Example programswritten in Perl, C, SQL, and various Unix shells appear throughout thebook. All the popular CGI applications, including hit counters, sitesearchers, WAIS interfaces, chat forums, and image maps, get their dueattention. Special Edition Using CGI gives server-side includes(SSI) a more detailed treatment than other CGI manuals.

The bookalmost loses its focus when it starts talking about Web multimedia,including online electronic cameras and RealAudio broadcasting. Butthe extra material is related, albeit distantly, to CGI programming,and there's not too much of it, so you can zip along to several"tips and techniques" programming chapters. The section onPerl is useful since it covers the most popular function libraries,and the Visual Basic chapter includes an informative discussion ofWinCGI. Special Edition Using CGI wraps up with chapters aboutdebugging and security. There's a CD-ROM that contains all the sampleprograms and all the popular Perl libraries.

Special EditionUsing CGI will both help you set up common CGI applicationsquickly and teach you how to solve more complicated CGI problems onyour own. It's a great choice for the beginner with big CGI ambitions. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

Real Programmers Don't Want this Book
I really enjoy the Using Series, and look for them whenever I want to learn more about a certain topic.However, this book is deplorable.It is not made for anyone looking to write their own code, or anyone who actuallywants to program.All this book tries to do is show you how to use someoneelse's code.I do not mean another module, such as the infamous CGI.pmmoudle, but rather using another script and "tweaking" it foryour needs.It also does not seek to explain the theory behind the code. I was also quite disappointed in how it was organized.The Using Seies aregood books, but this one doesn't belong in the family.There are muchbetter books out there that will serve your needs.

Pooly written with incomplete examples
I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmerwill tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.".Thisbook is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experiencewith programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps inthe examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusionI do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.

Speacial Edition Using CGI
I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmerwill tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.".Thisbook is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experiencewith programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps inthe examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusionI do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.

Great intro, great reference
I've yet to come up with a CGI programming question that wasn't answered in this book.I used it to implement the CGI examples on my web site.

A must have CGI reference
This book is a wonderful introduction to CGI.It has examples (or tells you where you can find them on the web) of different CGI's in several programming languages.The book gives intricate explanations on how tohandle form data and how to obtain information from environmentalvariables, the core of CGI programming.

I would recommend this book toany programmer looking to apply his/her skills to CGI. ... Read more

Product Description
Aimed toward the working programmer, this guide provides readers with everything they need to know to become experts at using the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to post on the Web. Liberally illustrated and detailed examples provide complete background and hands-on information to let programmers of any level design, install, and operate customized Web-specific CGI programs. CD contains ready-to-run programs and code fragments. ... Read more

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"Foundations" is a veritable "bible" of WWW app developemnt
"Foundations of the World Wide Web" is a must own resource for anyone interested in learning about, developing, or extending his or her skills in the development of effective WWW applications. This book, written by contemporaries of Tim Berners-Lee, accurately covers the origin of the WWW from the perspective and motivations of those who were there, and develops into a full treatment of CGI programming and advanced multimedia applications in an online environment. Simply put, it is the best $35 you're likely to spend on a WWW Developers resource. ... Read more

Product Description
CGI Group Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Summary

Global Markets Direct’s “CGI Group Inc. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review” is an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of CGI Group Inc.. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic analysis of the company. This highlights its strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats it faces going forward.

CGI Group Inc. (CGI) is engaged in IT and business process outsourcing industry. The company provides its highly customized and cost efficient services to its clients worldwide. CGI provides services such as consulting, systems integration, and management of IT and business functions (outsourcing). It operates through two lines of business namely, IT services and BPS (Business Process services). CGI principally has presence in three geographic markets namely, Canada, the US and Europe and Asia Pacific. It operates in five industrial verticals including financial services, government and health care, telecommunications & utilities, manufacturing, and retail & distribution.And More inside the report

Recent Developments

Sep 24, 2009: CGISigns Five-Year Contract With ICICI Bank Canada

Scope

• Provides key company information for business intelligence needs
• The company’s strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed. Financial, strategic and operational factors are considered.
• The opportunities open to the company are considered and its growth potential assessed. Competitive or technological threats are highlighted.
• The report contains critical company information - business structure and operations, the company history, major products and services, key competitors, key employees and executive biographies, different locations and important subsidiaries.
• The report provides detailed financial ratios for the past five years as well as interim ratios for the last four quarters.
• Financial ratios include profitability, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

Product Description
A guide to developing professional information systems on the World Wide Web assumes basic programming competence, covers a full range of tools--HTML, CGI, Perl, C--and shows programmers how to use them to create commercial-level Web applications.(Advanced). ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Look elsewhere
I was looking for a book that would describe the HTML language and more importantly discuss writing CGI programs that interact with HTML. This book was not what I needed.

A simple search of the 16-page index shows the problems. There are no entries for 'cookies' or 'refresh' (as in client-side pull refresh), and the FORM HTML tag has a total of 3 pages referenced (hardly enough room to describe how to write forms). So if you're looking for detailed technical material, this isn't the book for you.

This book is useful as a broad-reaching primer about the internet, newsgroups, VMRL and many other obscure (and outdated) topics. But I think you would still do better elsewhere.

Not quite the title
This book on the cover seems to say thatit will help you learn more HTML and CGI.It does show you some good code but I think this book is more of a reading book then a reference.In the beginning it tells you everything about the web you can think of.There is a lot of information that I did not know, but this book takes you where you have never been.I would recommend this book to the accomplished HTML person with medium CGI experience.

Definitely consider a different book...
For a book that is supposed to be about HTML and CGI, this book spends most of the time talking about everythign BUT HTML and CGI. In fact, if you want to find a discussion of HTML and CGI in this book, you'll have to go lookiing for it.

I think the only reason this book sells is because people confuse this horrible book (HTML & CGI Unleashed) with a good book (HTML, Java, CGI, VRML, SGML Web Publishing Unleashed). ... Read more

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Sheila Greco Associates' Individual Business Lists are 100% staff verified and details the company’s roster of key professionals and key decision makers.In addition to the executive contacts, this report contains: Global HQ Location, US Address (Street, City, State & Zip), US HQ Phone Number & Company Website Address, Ticker Symbol, Most Recent Revenues Reported, Number of Employees and Industry. SGA Business Lists do not include direct-dial phone numbers for all executives listed.When available, we will provide the direct phone number.We provide the HQ phone number and the accurate executive name and title. ... Read more

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Only some Web browsers support Java and JavaScript, only some VBScript -- and few people upgrade to new releases fast enough to suit the creativity of Web developers. Luckily, there's CGI (Common Gateway Interface), which allows fancy functionality, processing, and interactivity to take place on a Web server, so it doesn't much matter whether it's Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 2 or version 4 on the client side.

If you've programmed in other languages, you'll find CGI scripting pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it. If you've never programmed before, CGI is a good place to start. In either case, you'll find CGI Bible an indispensable resource and guide as you begin using CGI scripting to add valuable functionality to your Web pages.

CGI Bible provides concise, authoritative solutions to...

Creating interactive forms for exchanging information with usersUsing CGI to connect to SQL (Standard Query Language) databasesHandling complex user interactions with clickable image maps and search enginesSecuring customer communications using the latest security standardsAdding sound and video clips and building intelligent user agentsFour popular authors have combined efforts to give you the ultimate start-to-finish tour of CGI programming in this update of the best-selling Foundations of WWW Programming with HTML and CGI. You could ask for no more CGI-savvy authors than Ed Tittel, Mark Gaither, Sebastian Hassinger, and Mike Erwin.

Plus, on the bonus CD-ROM you get with CGI Bible, you'll find...

Complete URL listings from the bookReady-to-use source codeAnd excellent HTML and CGI developer utilities.Amazon.com Review
If there wasn't already an omnibus Bible series, the publishermight have had to call this one CGI and Everything Else about theWeb. Although more information is usually better than less, thisbook incorporates so much extra material--HTML, SGML, Vannevar Bush,multimedia, hypertext theory, site hosting, you name it--that the CGIinformation almost gets lost. This book would be half its present sizeand significantly handier if the non-CGI stuff were removed.

TheCGI coverage in CGI Bible is fair, with good explanations ofall the methods and environment variables, as well as some worthwhileCGI theory and troubleshooting material. However, the how-to-programchapters take the form of tired recitations about commenting andreusability and the important CGI libraries get only cursoryattention. The brightest part of this package is the CD-ROM, whichcontains some useful CGI programs. ... Read more

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This book is a definite PASS

This book is so poorly written, named, and editted, I actually lost faith in IDG Books as well as its authors.The book appears to be "Stuff I found on the web that I thought was cool".

Any CGI information is hidden in between endless entries on HTML, SGML, how the web first came about, or whatever; punctuaited by countless URLs to "interesting" sites with CGI content.Unfortunately, I found many of these URLs to be outdated.Worse, much of the meagar information actually on CGI turned out to be factually incorrect. (see use of "+" and space in input encoding)

All examples used in the book are in Perl. If you do not know Perl cold, and you intend to use this book as a learning tool, expect to spend a significant amount of time to studying that language. You will need to pick up a Perl primer as well since this book is not usefull as one.

The CD was highly disappointingThe information on it is limited, and the packages are difficult to unpack and use. My UNIX (Solaris 2.5.1) workstation could read the CD directories but could not actually access the files in them. I had to open the CD on my PC, FTP the files across the LAN to my UNIX workstation and then un-tar them there.

Possibly the worst experience I had came when I sent a list of errors and issues to IDG Books and the authors.The response that I received from them unilaterally dismissed my concerns and was followed by a vague attempt to justify the original text.

This book almost seems to be beefed up to pass the dreaded "weight test".If you are looking for a book to explain CGI in an organized and succint manner, run away from this book.This is the only book that has ever moved me to write to a publisher to ask for a refund.

The only redeeming value of the book is that the CD is very shiny. 8-)

Everything but the kitchen sink...
If this is the bible, than I'm definitely a protestant. My major complaint about IDG Books' "CGI Bible" is that it tries to be all things to all people, covering far too many topics. From a beginner's point of view, that may not be a bad thing, but from someone somewhat fluent in Web page creation who just wants to get to the CGI "meat," there is just no need for such tangential coverage of HTML 3.2, SGML, DTDs, et cetera.

With a book on CGI, I want CGI, not whole sections on HTML validation tools. Thus, by the time the authors roll around to a discussion on CGI (and it comes across as a muddled discussion indeed), I discouragedly chucked the thing onto my (growing) pile of bad book investments.

In addition, the bundled CD-ROM disc totally blows! It is about as poorly formatted and badly laid out as I've ever seen. Files are wholly unidentifiable--until you open them and try to find out what the program is.

In overview, change the title to "Web Bible." If you're starting from the ground up, this book definitely touches base on everything one needs to know. But if you're looking solely for a CGI informatorium--take a pass.

Either way, as a Web rookie or veteran, if you buy this book, be prepared to use the CD as a drink coaster.

--W. Campbell, Encino, Calif., USA ... Read more

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Mohseni provides the reader with the knowledge necessary to set up a database and link it to the World Wide Web. It includes a complete discussion of HTML, plenty of information on CGI, and the entire application development process from design to testing within the WWW programming paradigm. The CD contains all example documents, source codes, sample applications, and utilities. ... Read more

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Skip this title
light on basic implementation details ... Read more

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A high level introduction to Web CGI program, this Developer's Resource takes a detailed look at the process of customer requirements gathering, analysis, and design. This is the first CGI book to present a thorough methodology from requirements analysis, to design, and on through testing and implementation for developing enterprise-wide CGI apps. The CD-ROM contains a repository of valuable source code, Tcl, Perl, and a library of useful programming tools.Amazon.com Review
CGI programming lets you build a variety of dynamicapplications for Web sites.If you are already familiar with basicprogramming concepts and especially if you are comfortable with Unix,CGI Developer's Resource can get you up to speed with CGIquickly (even if you're not familiar with the specifics of developingfor the Internet). With examples primarily in Perl and Tcl, J. M. Ivlershows how to pull off common Web tricks like sending form contents ase-mail, implementing counters, working with data files, and employingserver-side includes. While none of this material is groundbreaking,it provides a solid set of information that Web server programmerswill want to keep at hand. ... Read more

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High level introduction followed by scripts and info.
This is an introductory book on CGI, with examples written in both TCL and Perl.It is a great idea for a book; unfortunately, this is a poor implementation of that idea.

Source code listings, tips, and notes are presented in way to make them almost unreadable (black text on a dark gray background).Notes and tips are written in a font designed to mimic handwriting, but makes it even more unreadable.I'm not talking distracting or unique, but unreadable.On page 73, the gray background gets darker the further the text progresses down the page, until you have black on black.A portion of that page is totally unreadable.This continues throughout the book.I am stunned that Prentice Hall didn't catch this.The design of this book is horrible.

Mr. Ivler aims the book for people comfortable with TCL or Perl (and UNIX), yet spends three chapters introducing the HTML protocol, firewalls, and other topics.The author's focus seems confused throughout the book and the author(s) loose sight of who the audience is frequently.

More or less, the second half of the book ends up documenting their scripts.

I also found the copyright notice offensive (page 575)... that informs the readers that Ivler and Husain owned the code (fair enough), but also owned any modifications you make to the code (yeah, right).

On the plus side, it does have code you can cut and paste into your own projects and demonstrates what you can do with CGI on a limited scale, albeit without a lot of depth.

Not useful
I too am sorry I spent the money on this one.I also noticed the bad production techniques on the graphics and found some sections to be very thin on the info. I was looking for (the guts of doing cgi-sendmail, notjust the use of a cookbook module ...)I guess I'll just wait for theBlack Book version coming out -- I've found these to be real good.

don't buy
As others pointed out, the sidebars are unreadable because the background is a graduated greyscale that turns as black as midnight toward the bottom.

The information is poorly organized, incomplete and oftenincorrect.

They borrow buggy code from other sources then admonish thereaders on page 575 not to copy the code for their own use.

Poorly written, poorly edited, poorly designed.
This was required reading for a web applications class. I am sorry I wasted money on it. The writing alternated between tedious and redundant. The editing was so bad I found typos in every page. The graphics looked like something out of an elementary school art project. More important,they interfered with the text and made it difficult to read. Every page wasan eyesore. What little valuable information I could glean from the textwasn't worth the wading. The publisher should be ashamed. Midway throughthe course, I threw the book in a corner in disgust. Save your money.

Great information, lousy design.
I found much useful information in this bookthough it wasn't easy, wading through all thetypos and sidebars which blended the backgroudcolor to the text color. Nearly unreadable.Mr. Ivler's book was not done justice by thispublisher. ... Read more

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Covers basic CGI applications, user interaction, database connectivity, user interface enhancements, server administration issues, CGI alternatives, and CGI resources on line. Original. (Beginner). ... Read more

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Somewhat disappointing
I couldn't believe that the book goes through programs that aren't even on the CD.I went to use one of them, and it wasn't included (even though it specifically said it was).The CD is also supposed to include the Que book "Using CGI" but that wasn't included either.I have had this problem with other Que books too.I think that this is my last Que book. Overall, the content was fair and helped me solve some beginning problems with CGI.If I had to do it again, I would look for another CGI book that was more in depth. ... Read more

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ONCE YOU'VE CREATED a few Web pages and mastered the basics of HTML, you're ready for the next step -- using CGI scripts written in the language Perl to add interactivity, database access, forms processing, and the many other examples of high-power functionality you admire in the Web's premier sites. Now, in Web Programming SECRETS with HTML, CGI, and Perl, you'll find everything you ever wanted to know -- and probably a lot more -- about things like DNS administration, fax delivery and routing, mail server administration and use, Web-based HTML online editing, electronic commerce, price quote generation, and searching. Plus, on the book's bonus disk, you'll find complete Perl source code, ready-to-run CGI scripts, and invaluable utilities.

Learn some of the hottest and most useful techniques that, until now, only experienced Webmasters had at their disposal! An expert team of authors shows you how to jack up Web server performance and teaches you the essential hows and whys of Web server development, administration, configuration, and management. Work extensively with a Perl-based form generator that simultaneously creates HTML forms while filling in the back-end CGI code. Bonus disk includes Perl source code, ready-to-run CGI programs, an HTML hotlist of Web resources, and many more Web-ready tools. ... Read more

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Not very informative; best for experienced coders
This book is a massive tome, but its informative contentis much lower than its weight suggests.Part of this isbecause the book pays too little attention to teaching the Perl it uses in its examples; it also comes from the use of other Unix tools like lex and sgmls that most beginners will not recognise.As a beginner's book, it's an exercise in frustration, but those who already know its subject matter should find the examples interesting starting points for their own CGI projects.For a good beginning text, try Thomas Boutell's CGI book (also available from amazon.com). ... Read more

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Teach Yourself CGI Programming in a Week, Third Editionfollows the same format and uses the same learning tools as other books in the Sams Teach Yourself Series. This new edition covers implementing CGI with C and Active Server Page technology, in addition to Perl.Also covered are Windows CGI programming and how to use CGI to interact with Java, VBScript, and JavaScript.The book takes the reader from the basics of CGI learning, for example, how to implement and customize existing CGI programs that have been written by others to the point where he can use CGI to create his own programs from scratch.The book will also provide numerous real-life examples of CGI scripts database search tools, survey forms, interactive games, order forms, guest books, and more.The final sections of the book will cover advanced CGI programming debugging techniques, solutions for common CGI problems, etc.

• Learn how to add interactivity and programs to Web pages with CGI

Later chapters show how to use CGI with databases,which the author admits is not a particularly strong suit of CGI.(Thetutorial on the basics of SQL is as good as any.) He surveys thegrowing field of alternatives to CGI, including active server pages(ASPs), Java Servlets, and NSAPI/ISAPI. The book closes with a listingof Perl basics, from language syntax to regular expressions, makingthis book a complete tutorial for getting started with the powerfulcapabilities of CGI. ... Read more

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OK Introduction to CGI
Although there are a lot of books about CGI, few seem to be any good.In my opinion, this one fits neatly in the lower end of the spectrum.This book is basically is a simplistic introduction, provided that you already know Perl.Almost all of the examples are written in Perl.

1/3rd of the book's content are appendices (MIME types, response codes, environment variables, and a CGI Perl Quick Reference).

Still, it is a usable introduction to CGI with examples.

I was new to CGI and found this book
I went out and bought this book becuase I saw it and glansed at it and I liked what I saw.This book will take you threw all the basics in CGI.By the end of the seven days, I was programming all these awsome things in perl.Right now, just from the knowledge I aquired from this book I was able to create my own internet advertising company using over 10,000 lines of pure Perl code.

I feel this book will get you on your feet and get you doing the majority of the things you want to get done.I was a bit skeptacle about the whole "Sams" books and how everybody says they are crap and they have very bad editing and stuff.Well I went through this book, and there are a few misprints, but the book is still a very good and you will not be disappointed if you get this one, although if you want to get truly serious in CGI you will need to get a reference book in Perl or whatever language, but this will get you on your way making amazing and great usefull CGI programs.

The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 stars was because I felt this book would have been better if they made it a "Sams teach yourself CGI Programming in 21 days" instead of a shorter 7 day course.That way they could have taken many subjects into more depth, but besides that, it covers a lot (even SQL).I have read reviews on other sams books and many people say that sams is very bad.Well some were true, but this book from Sams is a great book and a must have.

Begginer content written for an expert
This has begginer level content, although is too complex for any begginer. Only purchase this book if you already know C and Perl, and have noknowledge of CGI.

There are much better simple free tutorials online thatcould describe the basis of CGI.

Not a waste of money...But not the only book you will need.
This was the second book I purchased in my quest to master Perl. The first being Perl and CGI For The World Wide Web, by Elizabeth Castro. I recommend that if you are a beginner start with something other than Teach Yourself -CGI Programming in a Week. Though not a total waste of money ( I have foundit to be useful as a desktop reference. ) It will not be the last book youwill ever need to purchase on your way to mastering Perl and the CGIprotocol. On the bright side it does spend a fair amount of time discussingServer Side Includes, which come in handy when developing dynamic webapplications. Finally, be prepared to purchase Programming Perl- by LarryWall to truly master the language. GOOD LUCK

Great book!
Although I do not have any Perl experience, I found this book just great to get understanding about CGI concepts and environment. I did not expect such a good book from SAMS. Must have! ... Read more

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A complete guide to designing and implementing an Internet database server for a site discusses ways to provide and charge for data and covers World Wide Web data delivery, Telnet access, and Infobots advertising tools. Original. (Advanced). ... Read more

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The book is good, most useful to beginners.
I strongly agree with the author's comments here, and disagree with the 'synopsis'.The book presents some useful and interesting techniques, and is a broad overview of relevant material.It is not (nor does it try to be) a comprehensive introduction to SQL, Databases, Perl, HTTP, or CGI.It does tell you why those topics are useful and gives you pointers to more specific resources.

I didn't get as much out of this book as I'd hoped, but that's more because I already knew much of the material, rather than through any fault of the author.I would recommend this to a beginner to databases and web design, or to a manager questioning what is reasonable to attempt in putting a system onto the web. ... Read more

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This is the refereed proceedings of the 24th Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2006. The 38 revised full papers and 37 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed. The papers are organized in topical sections on rendering and texture, efficient modeling and deformation, digital geometry processing, shape matching and shape analysis, face, virtual reality, motion and image, as well as CAGD.