CGI Programming with Visual Basic 5
Published on 31. December 1998
Book
Mixed media product
512 pages
978-0-07-913688-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume covers Common Gateway Interface application programing using Visual Basic 5. The CD-ROM contains source code for Web applications, a generic search engine and secured user entry function. As the Internet continues to expand and the number of Web applications continues to multiply. Developers are looking for a standard, easy-to-use, yet sophisticated language for CGI programming. The book/CD-ROM contains a complete CGI library for working with Visual Basic 5. It also describes useful information on how to get VB5 to work with Active Server pages. The CD-ROM also includes source code for Web applications for: a cookie-based shopping cart; a generic search engine; and a secured user-entry function.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-913688-6 (9780079136886)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Introduction to CGI programming: what is CGI?; an introduction to Web programming; CGI programming fundamentals; learning CGI with the CGI Library; cookies and parameters in CGI; error handling. Part 2 Using CGI for real-world applications: search engine; advanced HTML and additional server-side constructs; shopping cart; security and CGI applications; shopping cart improved; the debugging process. Part 3 CGI and client-side constructs: adding JavaScript to the mix; VBScript and localized ActiveX components; advanced issues. Part 4 Reference: CGI reference; simple HTML and JavaScript examples. Appendices: performance tuning CGI applications; using the code with other server-communication methods.