Class 14: CGI Scripting, Continued

Held: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Summary: Today we continue our investigation of CGI.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Reading on CGI.
• Lab on CGI.
• Optioanl lab on CGI.

Assignments

• Homework 2: Mad Libs.

Notes:

• Are there questions on the CGI stuff from yesterday?
• Expect a take-home exam next Tuesday. (You'll have a week to do the exam.)
• I've added an extra problem to the CGI lab.
• There is no reading for tomorrow.

Overview:

• Short discussion.
• First Lab.
• Second Lab.
• Reflection.

Some More Notes on CGI

• A few of you asked why we're doing what we're doing.
• We'd like to write Web services like Google.
• In order to do so, we need to be able to write pages that provide input (forms).
• We also need to be able to write programs that use that input (CGI scripts).
• We're starting with simple activities, but we'll find more complicated ones as the term progresses.

Labs

• Finish the primary lab on CGI.
• If you have time, start the optional lab on CGI.
• Be prepared to reflect.