Tutorials

CGI: The Common Gateway Interface for Server-side Processing

A tutorial from the Web Developer's Virtual Library. Includes links to additional CGI resources.

CGI Programming 101

This course is intended for anyone who knows HTML, but doesn't know Perl or CGI programming (and maybe doesn't know any programming at all). The goal here is to introduce you to writing Perl CGI scripts, teach you the basics of scriptwriting, and walk you through several common CGI programming applications for the Web.

CGI Programming FAQ

From Webthing, a comprehensive list of Frequently Asked Questions.

CGI Tutorial

The tutorial was written by Nik Silver, and is a follow-on from the Perl tutorial derived from the workshop run recently at the School of Computer Studies at the University of Leeds. It does therefore assume a knowledge of Perl, as well as how to create a basic Web page.

The Common Gateway Interface

From NCSA, an introduction and primer to writing and implementing CGI scripts, as well as covering security topics, the CGI specification and more.

Debugging CGI Scripts

Guidelines to help debugging and problem solving with your CGI Scripts. Also available in German.

Idiot's Guide to solving Perl CGI Problems

More Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) to CGI scripting difficulties.

Working with Server Scripts

A chapter from the book How to Set Up and Maintain a World Wide Web Site. An introduction to scripts, how to find, install, and incorporate scripts into your documents. Covers clickable image maps, gateways, relational database browsers, fill-out forms, and text indexing of your site.

Script Repositories

Freeware CGI scripts

Free for you to use. These scripts are written and tested for Microsoft IIS but work just fine on most NT Web-servers.

NCSA's CGI FTP Repository

Anonymous FTP access to NCSA's archive of free CGI scripts.

Extropia's Open Source CGI Script Archive (*)

A useful collection of public-domain Perl scripts and resources. Includes a number of innovative scripts including shopping carts, bulletin boards, feedback, guestbook, database, in-site search engine, and more.

Scripts.Com CGI archive

CGI scripts, available free from "your one-stop scripts source".

The Techno Trade CGI Archive

A list of PERL cgi scripts with examples of the scripts in action. Most are free for non-commercial use.

Collections

The CGI Resource Index(*)

Over 2800 CGI related resources on the Internet, including free scripts, links, job resources and more.

Computers and Internet:WWW:CGI

Yahoo's collection of CGI related links

Scripts Around the World

Matt's Script Archive offers links to over 1000 scripts, categorized by function.

ScriptSearch(*)

Repository of over 5400 indexed CGIs and Scripts. Contains a keyword and category searchable database. Features include a "Script of the Week", newsletter, and forum.

Newsletters and Mailing Lists

Advanced CGI Discussion List

ADV-CGI is a moderated discussion list provided by the Academic Computing Center at New York University. Discusses all applications of the Common Gateway Interface (CGI). To subscribe send email to: listproc@lists.nyu.edu In the body of the message type: subscribe ADV-CGI Firstname Lastname

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