Installing Perl

As your web site gets bigger and better, there isn't any doubt that you will require an advanced toolset to help you manage everything. If you are developing your site, for yourself, there may come a time when you want to use some CGI programming.

Although there are many programming languages that can be used to write CGI scripts, the most popular is Perl.

Perl can operate on all platforms, even Windows. You can download a copy at: http://www.activestate.com/pw32/

It is set up to have wizards install it for you. Accept the default.

Once installed open a MS-DOS prompt and type:

cd C:\Perl

To create your first script, just type:

edit firstone.pl

Hey! Hey! That was too simple!

Now you need a tutorial:
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Training/PerlIntro/

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