Re: [MacPerl-WebCGI] Uploading

[Bert Altenburg <bsfa@knoware.nl>]

Joel wrote:

>>The question is: Is that a standard courtesy, or should I tell people to 
>>find out about the path?
>
>Standard courtesy, for some OSses, not necessarily followed. Some 
>providers even use systems that require a second password -- one to get 
>on the system, and one to access the area requested. A note of 
>explanation about the path would not be out of order, ergo, that it 
>refers to a directory or other sort of user area, and that some systems 

Ok, I'll do that. Examples of typical paths are appreciated (you may not 
want to bother the list with that).

>Do you plan to deal with proxy issues like socks servers? I, for one, 
>would sure like someone to find some magic way through NT proxy servers.

No! I'm just trying to provide Macintosh users with introductory 
information to a particular topic. Made together with Vittorio Barabino 
there is an Applescript tutorial (MacScripter's Magazine) at 
http://macscripter.net/magazine.html. I've about finished a 2 part 
introduction to Perl (drafts available on my home page at 
www.knoware.nl/users/bsfa/index.htm. Until it is finished it is NOT to be 
distributed. Rich Morin promised to carry it when they are finished). And 
now I'm working on a CGI introduction.

I think that if Macintosh users go one step further in providing each 
other with information, the Mac is the platform to beat. If you check out 
MacScripter's Magazine, you may agree that an interactive multimedia 
project beats text based approaches hands down. We've had very favourable 
reactions to it. I certainly hope that more people follow what Vittorio 
and I started, and that soon I can find an interactive tutorial on a 
topic that interests me. For MacScripter's Mag, other people stepped in 
and have provided translations, so we are reaching more and more people. 
The advantage of multimedia projects is that Mac magazines can carry 
them. I know of at least two magazines that did .

Making a tutorial isn't difficult (I've a template on my web site for 
those who would like to give it a try, and the program used to make it is 
free). A tutorial consists of screenshots and a little text (less is 
more. But you have to think over each sentence a bit longer).

As to why I will not write a tutorial on NT proxy servers: I would like 
to write about things I'm an expert on but there aren't (except patents, 
perhaps). So I write about things that interest me, but which I have to 
learn on the way. The positive thing about that is that I recognize which 
problems other people will face. 

I hope to present you with a draft of the CGI tutorial soon.

Bye for now,

Bert


 


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