Re: [MacPerl] New to Perl on Mac

[schneider@pobox.com (Adam Schneider)]

On 01/23/98, Steve Lee Kelsch wrote:
>4) Is there a way that I can test my scripts within Netscape on my local
>(Mac) machine, without having to upload them to a server and accessing
>them from the internet? I'd like to test them on my Mac through Netscape
>as they would be seen to the public from a server over the internet. Is
>this not possible without server software on my Mac?

You do need Web server software, but you don't need to be dialed into the Net.

If you have the latest OpenTransport, you can turn AppleTalk on and use the
TCP/IP control panel to set up a configuration called "Local" (or some such)
as follows:
- Configure: "Using MacIP Manually"
- MacIP server zone: "< current AppleTalk zone >"
- IP address: "1.2.3.4" (or whatever you want!)
- Everything else: blank

You don't need any AppleTalk hardware to do this.  (Don't ask me how it
works; I just copied the info from someone's page.)

For server software, either use Apple's Personal Web Sharing (if you have OS
8) or download Quid Pro Quo for free from http://www.socialeng.com.  Save the
Perl scripts as CGI's and you're ready to go!


Adam



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