Web Conference 2004

All skill levels are encouraged to use whatever resources they have available to them, including the O'Reilly Safari Network (see References page).

Go through all of the exercises listed on this site. Some scripts may need to be copy/pasted from the Web pages.
Write a script accept 3 CGI parameters and write an if($parameter1 eq "value") test for each to print different results for each paramter.
Write a script to output an HTML form if it did not receive and parameters or print the parameters received.

Write a script to show 3 different pages depending on what parameter is passed.
Generate a simple inventory form using SQLite. Use the previous exercise as an example.
Write a script to save a series of 5 parameters to a comma separated (CSV) data file. Then make it read the file when the parameters are not sent by the user and print a Web page form with the parameters as suggested values (hint: <input type=text name=param1 value="saved-value">). You may substitute other data formats such as XML and may use a prebuilt module (if installed) or write the format routines yourself.

Build a 3 page site using a single CGI as in the beginners session, but also add an image file - <img src="your_script.cgi?page=image"> - and load an image file (of your choosing) and set the proper MIME type. (image/gif or image/jpg)
Be inspired! Build a CGI/Cookie login system using rand() to generate semi-random session ids, and Digest::MD5 to create hash keys. Use SQLite as your database.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me - mailto:jcd@psu.edu

Last update on: Monday, 14-Jun-2004 00:31:41 EDT