--- Nigel G Romeril <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You will probably want something on CGI or whatever is your
> particular specialism...
A good book on CGI programming can be invaluable. A bad book on CGI programming can be
disastrous. I'd recommend Writing CGI Applications with Perl by Addison Wesly or CGI
Programming
with Perl, Second Edition, by O'Reilly (absolutely do NOT get the first edition of
this book!).
In general, if you are looking for Perl books, there are a few things that I like to
take a look
at:
1. Does it use warnings?
2. Does it use strict?
3. Does it use standard modules in preference to "hand-rolled" ones (particularly
CGI.pm)?
4. For Web programming, does it use taint checking? (I know it's useful for other
types of
programming, but I'm pretty much straight CGI).
If you answer 'no' to any of the above questions, you should probably introduce the
book to your
fireplace. There *are* reasons to answer 'no' to those questions, but generally those
who avoid
strict, warnings, standard modules, and taint checking do so for the wrong reasons.
Cheers,
Curtis Poe
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