Updated on 22 June 1996 by ausweb96@scu.edu.au

Introduction to CGI Programming
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Workshop Abstract

This course introduces fundamentals of programming for the Common Gateway Interface. Form handling, Database access, and scripting methods are all covered in a practical, down to earth fashion. It will be presented by Ashley Roll (BInfTech (Hons)) who is a Research Scientist with the Cooperative Research Centre for Distributed Systems Technology.

About the Workshop

The following topics are covered in the workshop.

CGI Protocols
Forms (HTML)
CGI for Forms
Server Push (dynamic pages)
Security Issues and Solutions
Databases and CGI

This will be a lecture style presentation, with informative notes supplied.
There will also be a problem solving session where attendees can pose
problems to Ashley and he will attempt to show how they can be solved.

Who should attend

This course is aimed at people who have developed web pages before, and wish
to go beyond the basic, static HTML. To do any dynamic or interactive
content on the Web requires the use of CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
programs, this course is desiged to introduce the concepts and skills needed
to create interactive content on the web.

About the Workshop Presenter - Ashley Roll

Ashley Roll (BInfTech (Hons)) is a Research Scientist with the Cooperative
Research Centre for Distributed Systems Technology (DSTC). Ash's speciality
is creating programs to interface existing technologies to the World Wide
Web. His most notable recent implementation was the completely automatated
html conversion of Queensland State election result data in real time. He
has experience in all areas of web site creation, including Unix server
administration and configuration.

What to bring

Bring a Pen. Course notes are provided.

The Workshop Program.

9:30 - 10:30 lecture
10:30 - 10:45 break
10:45 - 11:45 lecture
11:45 - 12:00 break
12:00 - 12:30 Problem solving workshop

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AusWeb96 - The Second Australian World Wide Web Conference, 7th to 9th of July 1996, at the Conrad Jupiters Hotel, Gold Coast, Australia. Contact: Ms Julie Burton, Norsearch Conference Services at Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia. Phone (066) 20 3000 (From outside Australia +61 66 20 3000) Fax: (066) 22 1954 (From outside Australia +61 66 22 1954). Email: ausweb96@scu.edu.au.