Who Should Attend:
Intermediate to advanced Perl programmers who know Perl 5 and are familiar with the principles of CGI scripting.

We'll go beyond guestbooks and page hit counters to show you how to take CGI/Perl to the max. You'll learn how to create database front ends for your Web pages, design complex multipage documents, and create clickable graphics on the fly. The last hour of the course will be devoted to walking through the code of an application that puts all the topics together: a networked multiplayer version of the game "hangman."

Course Outline:

• Uses and abuses of PATH_INFO
• Maintaining state with cookies
• Database to Web connectivity
• Managing user sessions
• Coordinating access to shared files