CSC151, Class 14: More CGI

Overview:
* Why write CGI scripts?
* Q&A
* Discussion of HW 2
* Lab (old and optional new)
* Reflection

Notes:
* HW 2 is ready (discussion in the middle of class).
* No reading for tomorrow.

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"Sam, why are you teaching us to write CGI scripts in Scheme?"
* Create interactive Web pages.
  + It's fun to create interactive Web pages (mad libs).
* It's part of the social realm of computer science.
* Most of the programs you interact with, you interact with
  through the web.
* Ties together different things we're learning.
* Inferiority complex: See, Scheme can do everything all
  the other languages do.

HW2: Write a simple Mad Libs game
* Start with a normal paragraph with certain words taken
  out.  
* Indicate the part of speech and fill in a word (without
  knowing the context).
* The result is often funny.

Guidelines:
* At least five things to fill in.
* More than one kind of input.
* Work with someone new.

+-----------------------+
|                       | <----- Type here
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O Green  O Blue   O Black  O Yellow   <----- Check one

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REFLECTION:

* Computers are sentient and malicious.  They purposefully
  try to make this lab much slower than it should be.
* When you ask for a color and a name, you should ask for
  BOTH