Comments on: Interview with Steve Oualline of Wicked Cool Perl Scripts http://perlcast.com/2006/04/18/interview-with-steve-oualline-of-wicked-cool-perl-scripts/ Perl News, Reviews, and More Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:35:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Legrady http://perlcast.com/2006/04/18/interview-with-steve-oualline-of-wicked-cool-perl-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Tom Legrady Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:04:30 +0000 http://perlcast.com/2006/04/18/interview-with-steve-oualline-of-wicked-cool-perl-scripts/#comment-568 I was looking forward to this book, but found it a huge disappointment. I won't repeat myself, you can read my review at http://www.perlmonks.com/?node_id=539727 Why would you waste time talking about this book, other than to warn people away? I was looking forward to this book, but found it a huge disappointment. I won’t repeat myself, you can read my review at http://www.perlmonks.com/?node_id=539727

Why would you waste time talking about this book, other than to warn people away?

]]> By: Randal L. Schwartz http://perlcast.com/2006/04/18/interview-with-steve-oualline-of-wicked-cool-perl-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Randal L. Schwartz Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:09:41 +0000 http://perlcast.com/2006/04/18/interview-with-steve-oualline-of-wicked-cool-perl-scripts/#comment-554 Again, the same old potshots at CGI.pm. First, it autoloads, so if you don't use something, you're not paying the penalty to define it. Second, not even Lincoln uses the OO interface, and recent doucumentation emphasizes the standard imported-subroutines interface. Third, unless you use the HTML-generation facilities, you lose the sticky-field form generation, which is a real asset for simple response forms. And even if you know HTML, you'll have to manually deal with a lot of escaping for included parameters, or you'll be subject to cross-site-scripting attacks, which CGI.pm mostly insulates you from. So, don't diss CGI.pm without understanding how to use it better! Again, the same old potshots at CGI.pm. First, it autoloads, so if you don’t use something, you’re not paying the penalty to define it. Second, not even Lincoln uses the OO interface, and recent doucumentation emphasizes the standard imported-subroutines interface. Third, unless you use the HTML-generation facilities, you lose the sticky-field form generation, which is a real asset for simple response forms. And even if you know HTML, you’ll have to manually deal with a lot of escaping for included parameters, or you’ll be subject to cross-site-scripting attacks, which CGI.pm mostly insulates you from.

So, don’t diss CGI.pm without understanding how to use it better!

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