CGS 1937 CGI SCRIPTS USING PERL II 3 credits

Prerequisite: CGS 1178.  This course is a continuation of CGS 1178.  Students will build upon their knowledge of Perl to create more advanced Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts.  Students will learn how to use Perl to implement a search engine for a web site, create a web “front end” for external programs such as mail utilities and relational databases, maintain information across multiple pages and user sessions using “cookies” and other related techniques.  Students will be introduced to the concept of Perl modules and will create their own Perl modules as well as using existing modules in their scripts. 47 contact hours.