Re: [MacPerl] Questions from a CGI newbie

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 0.42 7/25/97, Mike wrote:
>However, I have no programming experience except for html; I've always
>used a Mac and don't know UNIX etc.  I'm told the server at my provider
>(which uses Perl), Best Internet, is UNIX and won't work properly with
>MacPerl-generated scripts.
>
>Would this be true?

Short answer: no.  Long answer: it depends on the script; if you use any
Mac-specific features, or if you forget to convert your MacPerl script
(basically a Mac text file) into a UNIX text file (which most FTP programs
do automatically for you), then it will not work.  But if you use only
Perlisms that work on both Mac and UNIX, and you convert your text files
properly, and they have a modern version of Perl (5.002 or better)
installed properly, then you should have no problem.


>How long do you think it would take a reasonably diligint person with
>*no* programming experience to learn the CGI language?

I was doing fairly sophisticated stuff in about 2-3 months, with only the
old llama book.  With books like "CGI Programminf on the World Wide Web"
and other nifty books that have come along since then, you could probably
be up and running nifty CGIs in a month or so.  Maybe sooner if you devote
a lot of time to it.


>Lastly, what are reasonable charges for installing a search form and a
>ordering form/shopping cart for a site with about 80 products?

Money?  Didn't you know, Perl and money don't mix?  ;-)

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