Drag `n' Drop CGI: Enhance Your Web Site Without Programming

by Bob Weil

I. FOUNDATIONS OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTION. 1. The Human Resource Function in Perspective. 2. Strategic Planning and the Human Resource Function. 3. Information Technology and the Human Resource... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201419661
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

An excellent book that delivers what it promises.

Drag and Drop CGI? Sounds too good to be true? Well, it IS true! An excellent book that delivers what its subtitle promises. If you're looking to enhance your website with form validation, form processing, search engines, visitor counters and even an online store (amongst other goodies) then this is the book for you. The book assumes moderate computer skills on the part of the reader but is in no way overly technical. In addition, the authors provide step by step support through each script, how each script works and how you might implement each script in the 'real-world'. What makes Drag and Drop CGI particularly commendable is that it delivers on its promise: nine fully-operational, fully-tested, robust, commercial-quality scripts (including the aforementioned on-line store) that solve real-world problems and not just 'demos', 'teasers' or 'examples' masquerading as fully functional code. For this reason alone, it's worth making room on your bookshelf for this book.Other features of the book worthy of note include: numerous, accessible introductions to technical concepts; a chapter to help you clarify your site's design, purpose and target audience; and introductory guides to Perl and UNIX for those readers who wish to advance to the 'next level'.All this, written in a clear, humorous and supportive style. Not bad... Not bad at all.

User Friendly Intro to "Using" CGI on your Web Site

"Drag 'N' Drop CGI" by Bob Weil and Chris Baron is probably the best and most practical intro book to CGI I have read. After providing a brief uncomplicated understanding of the purpose of cgi, the authors literally hold your hand as you install your first CGI script using ftp and Telnet. The authors provide you with a questionnaire you can give to your ISP requesting all the info you need to install a script. I know in the theoretical world this info should be on the site or provided by the Tech when you sign on, but I went through a lot of difficulty trying to install my first script. Newbies who do not know any better may think they are doing something wrong. (I did not realize my ISP did not provide the "complete" info needed as I struggled to install a script) With the book in my hand, it was reassuring to test my skills and cautiously tinker with a few of the scripts provided on CD. Bottom line: While I had "perused" at least five other CGI/Perl books and browsed half a dozen CGI sites, I understood and accomplished more -- faster with the aide of this book. Highly Recommend

Excellent resource for webmasters who aren't programmers

I found this book to be very accessible. It's a great way for those of us who aren't programmers, but want or need to use JavaScript and CGI on our web sites, to get up and running quickly. I found the authors friendly and responsive when I emailed them with a question. The book is clear enough, though that I doubt most users will ever need to contact them except to say "thank you."

Great shopping cart script!

Just a note to say thanks for putting the perlshop (a shopping cart) script in your book! I now have it configured, modified and working! And my people love it! Candace Carter