Introduction to Perl for Bioinformatics

1. Introduction
2. Creating a static HTML file by a Perl program
3. Creating a Web page "on the fly" by a CGI-program
4. Guidelines for HTML page generation by a CGI-program
5. Receiving CGI-program arguments from the URL
6. Receiving CGI-program arguments from the URL (cont)
7. Using CGI.pm for parsing the query string
8. Receiving CGI-program arguments from a Web form
9. HTML forms
10. Form Example
11. Read more about CGI.pm
12. When should I use the URL and when a Web form for passing arguments to a CGI-program?
13. Querying a Web-based database - an example
14. Handling error messages

• About CGI.pm.
• CGI programming tutorials.
• Using Perl for Web Programming, by Paul Doyle w/Mìcheàl Ò Foghlù, David Harlan, Shelly Powers, Matthew D. Healy.