It’s a Wonderful CGI Script!

With your script all written and your database in place, you’re probably chomping to see it all work. But the most important thing to remember with CGI scripts is to make sure they’re stable. Always have a trusty engineer take a look at your scripts to make sure they don’t do anything stupid.

Once you get the go-ahead, put ‘em up and push ‘em live. If you want to see everything all in one place, take a look at the I finished code (cut and paste at will).

So there you have it:Your very own, living, breathing CGI script. As you can see, most of CGI is just standard Perl, with a few changes here and there to give it that bonus CGI flavor you have to pay so much extra for at Starbucks.

So with the power of CGI firmly in your paw, what’re you going to do with it? Well, that’s up to you. The mighty CGI knowledge has been known to drive some mad. I know many scripters, who having learned the art, decided to head into the thickest forests they could find to build shanties and bombs. Knowing how to script CGI is the easy part of the equation. The toughest part is figuring out how to use your power to do something worthy, while maintaining your sanity and the sanity of the sysadmins who oversee the machines that run your scripts.