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This page contains links to recommended information about using Perl to program the Common Gateway Interface (CGI). You will find links to the current CGI specifications, articles, Perl/CGI tutorials, tips, CGI scripts written in Perl as well as recommended Perl books and Perl CGI books.

Perl References

CGI Specifications and Documentation
CGI documentation and specifications for www and oop, fast-cgi.

Perl Documentation
The Perl reference manual, documentation and tutorials.

Perl Tutorials & Articles

CGI Programming 101
Tutorials by Jacqueline Hamilton on CGI programming in Perl.

CGI Programming 201
Tutorials by Jacqueline Hamilton on advanced multi-script CGI programming in Perl.

PERL and CGI Tutorial
This tutorial goes over the basics of form handling and cookies using Perl.

Perl/CGI Scripts

The CGI Resource Index
Hundreds of free Perl CGI scripts and programs.

HotScripts
Both free and commercial Perl scripts with ratings.

Matt's Free Perl CGI Scripts
Free Perl CGI scripts as well as some for sale. Very reliable scripts.

Free-Scripts.net
Free Perl CGI scripts in many categories.

FreePerlCode.com
More free Perl CGI scripts ready for downloading and installing.

The Perl Archive
Lots of Perl CGI scripts with ratings and reviews. Many of the scripts are free.

Perl Recommended Books

The books shown below are highly recommended. For Canadian visitors, click on the box on the right, for a Canadian distributor.

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	Programming Perl (3rd Edition) by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Jon Orwant from the O'Reilly series. Larry Wall wrote Perl and his writing style is quite amusing. This book is more for someone with some programming background.
	Learning Perl by Randal Schwartz and Tom Phoenix from the O'Reilly series. This book is a precursor to Programming Perl for the novice. There are exercises at the end of each chapter and answers are provided.
	Perl Cookbook (2nd Edition) by Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington and Larry Wall from the O'Reilly series. A comprehensive collection of problems, solutions and practical examples.

CGI Recommended Books

The books shown below are highly recommended. For Canadian visitors, click on the box on the right, for a Canadian distributor.

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	CGI Programming 101: Programming Perl for the World Wide Web (2nd Edition) by Jacqueline D. Hamilton. This book is a concise presentation of the key elements of Perl CGI, which makes it perfect for programmers who are under the gun. If you need to get up to speed on text strings, for example, you can read that chapter and be a pro within about 10 minutes.
	Writing CGI Applications with Perl by Kevin Meltzer and Brent Michalski. This book has examples of everyday online tasks explained line by line.
	CGI Programming with Perl by Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram, Gunther Birznieks and Linda Mui from the O'Rielly series. Explains how to use CGI to create and deliver dynamic content from the server.