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• actually there is a good book on the topic (Score:2)

  by hfb (74) on 2002.02.19 10:50 (#4724) Homepage Journal

  Perl for Web Site Management [amazon.com] is a terrific book so you might have a look at it to make sure you aren't reinventing the wheel.

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  • Re:actually there is a good book on the topic (Score:1)

    by pudge (1)

    I can't speak for the book, but I enjoyed the author's article on oreillynet on the same subject. That said, however, I think davorg's focus might be a bit different. And besides, since when are computer book publishers concerned about reinventing the wheel?
    
    Oh right, since the dot-com crash. Never mind. ;-)
    • Re:actually there is a good book on the topic (Score:2)

      by hfb (74)

      I don't think so as I'm very familiar with the book and its intended audience is the same as daves more or less...it even has the tried and true guestbook chapter. For the absolute beginner I think it's an excellent book...and even the not so absolute beginner.
  • Re:actually there is a good book on the topic (Score:2)

    by davorg (18)

    I'm aware of that book, but I haven't had a chance to have a close look at it yet. I will, of course, take a closer look before very long.

    From what I've seen tho' it's not really targeting the same audience that I'm thinking of.

    I'm talking about the people who buy Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web [cookwood.com] or CGI 101 [cgi101.com][1] or who think that Matt's scripts will help them. I don't think that these people look at O'Reilly books on the shelves. The go for something a little flashier. I pains me to say it, but I could