I learned how to write books in order to bypass journal editors. Now, with this knowledge, I am writing books in other fields. I hope to sell a few. The introduction to my next book, of course, it is technical.
Do you already know how to build client side HTML webpages? You have never built a dynamicXML web page and you have never written a server side Perl script. If you have a little computer experience andyou would like to quickly learn to program in XML and in Perl; this project is for you! Upon the completion of the project, you willhave built your own Blog. The project teaches you how to build a HTML table. This table transmits its data to a serverside Perl script. You will construct thePerl script that decodes the form data and saves in a file at the server. The Perl script then automatically constructsan XML data file. This XML fileencapsulates your data into a form that that can be displayed within your webpage. Finally, a Java Script within yourHTML web page decodes the XML file and embeds the data in a table. Many examples and explanations areprovided. This background information isdesigned to instruct and to give you a feel for programming techniques that arebeyond the scope of this project. The project requires that you have access to aweb hosting service that provides access to a CGI gateway and that allows forthe building of Perl scripts. Manyhosting services do this for a small fee. I use Angelfire. It costs about$5 a month and it has worked well for me.
