debian-user:
Britton Kerin wrote:
> I would like to be able to put together something like what is seen
> on the linksys routers, i.e. tabs for configuring a system, popping
> up help, etc. without having to monkey around with the details of
> html and CSS any more than strictly necessary. Perl is the lang
> I know so I like it over php or others. Anyone have a
> recommendation?
It sounds like you want an embedded web server and control panel application for
a product (?). Those tend to be written in C and compiled into the firmware.
If you have enough computing resources for Apache and mod_perl, there are
numerous Perl web application frameworks. These range from general-purpose
toolkits to application-specific solutions. Google for "perl web application
framework" and you'll see what I mean. You can also put together a set of CPAN
modules to cover the bases -- Apache::Registry, CGI::Application,
HTML::Template, CGI, and DBI work well together. As they say, "TIMTOWTDI".
Reading the following books helped me:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/index.html
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/index.html
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlckbk2/index.html
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/index.html
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/advperl2/index.html
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/stein/
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldbi/index.html
http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-book/
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wrapmod/
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cgi2/index.html
I need to read this one:
http://www.kitebird.com/mysql-perl/
Here are some of my Perl/CGI scripts FWIW:
http://www.holgerdanske.com/dpchrist/cgi.html
HTH,
David
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