Beginning Perl Web Development is a unique book providing a powerful combination of real-world examples coupled with advice based on the author's years of experience developing Internet applications in Perl. The book introduces the reader to the world of practical Internet application development with Perl. It comprehensively covers all aspects of Perl's use as an Internet application platform from serving and consuming RSS feeds, through monitoring Internet servers, to interfacing with e-mail. This book is not version specific.

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Steve Suehring is the security editor for LinuxWorld Magazine. He has written articles for Linux Magazine and authored a book titled MySQL. Suehring has also edited a number of titles on Linux and open source software. He has been working with closed and open source software for a number of years.

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• Avoids proof-of-concept examples in favor of teaching readers how to produce well-coded secure CGI applications that will stand up to the demands of being placed into the potentially hostile environment of the Internet. * Takes a holistic approach to web application development and includes instruction on how to use ancillary programs such as Mason and Nagios that the reader will need to be familiar with in order to progress.

• The book's comprehensive scope tackles all the areas of Perl web application development the reader is likely to need in creating their first web applications.

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CGI Development with Perl.- The CGI Module.- Popular CGI Modules.- Databases and Perl.- System Interaction.- Internet Interaction with LWP and Net:: Tools.- LWP Modules.- Net:: Tools.- XML and RSS.- SOAP-Based Web Services.- Perl and RSS.- XML Parsing with Perl.- Performance Enhancement with mod_perl.- Apache and mod_perl.- Development with mod_perl.- Creating Web Templates.- The Template Toolkit.- Perl Web Sites with Mason.