[MacPerl] [off topic] Testing Form Pages/CGI scripts

[Alex Satrapa <packrat@blitzen.canberra.edu.au>]

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Just to make sure the signal to noise ratio for this topic
doesn't get too high... here's some noise :)

I use Linux + netatalk to share my entire /home/httpd directory
from my web server on my "Domestic Intranet". My LCIII doesn't
have enough RAM or power to run a Web server *and* MacPerl.

So I can edit my Perl scripts in MacPerl, saving them to the
cgi-bin directory, open Netscape and test the form in-situ. Both
my domestic Web server and the target web server run Apache
under Linux. netatalk handles end-of-line conversions.

In this instance, MacPerl provides me with an "integrated
development environment". I have set up some "canned" test data,
which I run through the script under MacPerl. If these pass, I
then test it using Netscape and the web server. If *that*
passes, I upload the script to the target site.

All in all, MacPerl + BBEdit (lite in my case) provides a much
nicer development environment than perl + vi (or ed or emacs or
pico or ...).

Regards,
Alex Satrapa
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Windows 95: n. 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch
to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor,
written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition.
                   http://ucnet.canberra.edu.au/~packrat/windows_sig.html



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