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A free, and self-paced online class. The homework is optional, and you're free to complete the assignments when you're ready. If you have questions or would like some feedback, you'll have lots of help and support from myself and your classmates in the About Perl/PHP Forum.

Assumes no previous experience and covers every aspect of installing a first script sucessfully. Uses a free Poll script as an example. Primarily aimed at FrontPage users but not specific to those using any editor or none.

This tutorial will guide you through a gentle introduction to the perl DBI. Learn how to use the Perl DBI to interact with your database; extract data, insert data, update data and more.

This tutorial will go through the basics of Perl starting from the very beginning. Learn how to use variables, arrays, control structures, conditionals, file handling subroutines and more.

A free online course designed to help those with a bit of familiarity with Perl learn to write CGI programs. The emphasis is on security and good coding practices. The author is a CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) contributor, runs Portland Perl Mongers, and is known in the Perl community as someone who takes the time to help others learn.

Short tips on how to fix and troubleshoot CGI scripts.

If you already know what "Object Orientated Programming" is, this tutorial will help you implement the OOP technique in Perl.

This article serves as an introduction to installing and troubleshooting Perl scripts. There's no programming in this article, just a �down and dirty� on how to get it right.

This article will show you how to use the GD library to create an index image that contains thumbnails of images in a given directory.

This article shows how to turn any news site into a Remote Site Summary (RSS) web service using Perl. Using several modules from CPAN network, it shows how to: download the page, parse the HTML on the page, and encode the summary info in RSS.

Using simple html code, this page shows you how to place the current date and time anywhere on your web pages without using any scripts. Requires SSI.

This is a concise tutorial on SSI (Server Side Includes). Learn how to apply logic to this nifty server side feature.

Get the lowdown on .htaccess and how to use it to customize your site's error pages, password protect directories, deny user(s) by IP, prevent hot linking of your site's images, and more.

A graphical flow diagram illustrating 11 stages of a sample CGI script. Detailed information on all 11 stages is included.

Crashinto Learning Central offers tutorials on Perl, html, and more.

Based on the Darwinian principle of survival of the fittest, genetic programming uses mutation and replication to produce algorithms for creating ever-improving computer programs. In this column, you'll get to know the genetic algorithm in simple terms. This article provides Perl implementations for some specific tasks, which you can adapt for generic use. To demonstrate the genetic algorithm, the author breeds numbers for fitness to a formula, and letters to form English words.

A mainstay of the Perl culture, JAPH is a short script that produces the output "Just another Perl hacker." Although written for the beginner or intermediate Perl programmer, this article examines a few simple examples of the JAPH genre that will surprise and engage even the most seasoned devotee.

This is an article series intended to teach perl cgi programming from very starting points to higher level web programming skills. You will learn from very basic concepts and will continue to become a professional web programmer.

The author writes "CGI::Application builds upon the bedrock of CGI, adding a structure for writing truly reusable Web-applications. CGI::Application takes what works about CGI and simply provides a structure to negate some of the more onerous programming techniques that have cast an unfavorable light upon it. CGI::Application code is so universal and non-proprietary that it works exceedingly well on any operating system and Web server that supports Perl and CGI. The CGI::Application structure makes it possible for authors to distribute, for the first time, fully functional and sophisticated Web-applications via CPAN.

Here is a short guide to DBI (The Perl Database Interface Module). Topics include: General information about relational databases, Example of How to Use DBI, Cached Queries, Transactions, and more.