--- louie miranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, im just wondering whats the best cgi/perl book?
> thnx.
>
> louie miranda (axishift.ath.cx)
> ------------------------------------------
> Security Is A Series Of Well-Defined Steps
>
> chmod -R 0 / ; and smile :)
The best Perl/CGI book that I have seen is "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" by
Kevin Meltzer
and Brent Michalski. It is not, however, for someone who has never used Perl before.
I have
never come across a Perl/CGI book aimed at beginners that also demonstrates good
programming
concepts.
I had high hopes for "PERL and CGI for the World Wide Web", second edition, by
Elizabeth Castro.
Her first book was deplorable -- no strict, warnings, taint checking, and borken form
handling, to
name a few issues. The second version attempts to rectify these problems, but has
some nasty
security holes and a few things that are done are just plain foolish. With these
caveats in mind,
I would consider taking a look at this book if you have never used Perl, but I would
*strongly*
recommend following it up with Meltzer and Michalski's book. I would also recommend
reading
Castro's security chapter very thoroughly and following the links that she provides.
It's really
not a bad introduction to security and she even mentions issues that are beyond the
scope of the
book. While she doesn't cover them, she lets you be aware of them for future
reference.
I hope to have a review of the second edition of her book posted on Perlmonks in a few
days. I'll
post the link here, so people can read about it more in depth.
Cheers,
Curtis "Ovid" Poe
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Senior Programmer
Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/)
"Ovid" on http://www.perlmonks.org/
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