Database-Driven Web Development: Learn to Operate at a Professional Level with PERL and MySQL 2nd ed.

This book will teach you the essential knowledge required to be a successful and productive web developer with the ability to produce cutting-edge websites utilizing a database.

This updated edition starts with the fundamentals of web development before delving into Perl and MySQL concepts such as script and database modelling, script-driven database interactions, content generation from a database, and information delivery from the server to the browser and vice versa. The only skills required to get the most from this book are basic knowledge of how the Internet works and a novice skill level with Perl and MySQL. The rest is intuitively presented code that most people can quickly and easily understand and employ. An extensive selection of practical, fully functional programming constructs in six different programming languages will give you the knowledge and tools required to create eye-catching, capable, and functionally impressive database-driven websites.

Author Thomas Valentine has taken the concepts presented in the first edition of this book to new heights, offering in-depth discussions of each area of functionality required to develop fully formed database-driven web applications. He has expanded on the examples presented in the first edition and has included some very interesting and useful programming techniques for your consideration. Upon completing this book, you'll have gained the benefit of the author's decades worth of experience and will be able to apply your new knowledge and skills to your own projects.

What You Will Learn

• Install, configure and use a trio of software packages (Apache Web Server, MySQL Database Server, and Perl Scripting Server)
• Create an effective web development workstation with databases in mind
• Use the PERL scripting language and MySQL databases effectively
• Maximize the Apache Web Server

Who This Book Is For

Those who already know web development basics and web developers who want to master database-driven web development. The skills required to understand the concepts put forth in this book are a working knowledge of PERL and basic MySQL.

這本書將教你成為一位成功且高效率的網頁開發人員所需的基本知識，並具備使用資料庫創建尖端網站的能力。

這本更新的版本從網頁開發的基礎知識開始，然後深入探討Perl和MySQL的概念，如腳本和資料庫建模、腳本驅動的資料庫互動、從資料庫生成內容以及從伺服器到瀏覽器的資訊傳遞等。閱讀本書所需的唯一技能是對互聯網運作方式的基本了解，以及對Perl和MySQL的初級技能水平。其餘的內容都是直觀呈現的程式碼，大多數人可以迅速且輕鬆地理解和應用。本書提供了六種不同程式語言的大量實用、完全功能的程式構造，讓你獲得創建引人注目、功能強大且令人印象深刻的資料庫驅動網站所需的知識和工具。

作者Thomas Valentine將第一版書中的概念提升到新的高度，深入討論了開發完整的資料庫驅動網頁應用所需的每個功能區域。他擴展了第一版中提供的示例，並包含了一些非常有趣且有用的程式編寫技巧供你參考。閱讀完本書後，你將獲得作者數十年的經驗，並能將新的知識和技能應用於自己的專案中。

你將學到的內容包括：
- 安裝、配置和使用三個軟體套件（Apache Web Server、MySQL Database Server和Perl Scripting Server）
- 創建一個以資料庫為中心的高效網頁開發工作站
- 有效地使用Perl腳本語言和MySQL資料庫
- 最大化Apache Web Server的效能

本書適合已經了解網頁開發基礎知識的人以及想要精通資料庫驅動網頁開發的網頁開發人員。理解本書提出的概念所需的技能包括對Perl和基本MySQL的工作知識。

Thomas Valentine has 20 years of experience as both a professional web developer and writer. He is a LAMP, Perl, PHP and MySQL web developer, programmer and expert. He writes for various magazines and web sites and has been a technical consultant for large scale, database driven web sites such as FedEx.ca and Texas Instruments (ti.com).

Thomas Valentine擁有20年的專業網頁開發和寫作經驗。他是一位LAMP、Perl、PHP和MySQL網頁開發人員、程式設計師和專家。他為各種雜誌和網站撰寫文章，並曾擔任過大型、以資料庫為基礎的網站的技術顧問，例如FedEx.ca和Texas Instruments (ti.com)。