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--- cgi [2007/09/25 21:23] – roumani
+++ cgi [2008/09/23 18:55] (current) – roumani
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 ====== CGI ======
-This lecture covers the CGI protocol. This includes the protocol itself, how to build CGI handlers in a variety of languages, and issues relating to reliability, efficiency, and session management.
+This lecture covers the Common Gateway Interface protocol. This includes the protocol itself, how to build CGI handlers in a variety of languages, and issues relating to reliability, efficiency, and session management.
 ===== Outline =====
-  * The web server and the CGI handler: impersonation and I/O
+  * The web server and the CGI handler in //four// steps: detection/launch, impersonation, environment vars, and I/O.
   * CGI handlers in shell script, C, and Java
   * Processes and threads, reliability, and efficiency
   * CGI handlers in Perl
-  * Server-side scripting in PHP
   * Session management and tracking
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-===== To Do =====
-  * Do [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani/warp/labs/lab2.htm|Lab-2]] by Tue the 2nd. Use the //Discussion Group// if you encounter problems.
-  * As you learn Perl or PHP from a book or from one of the resources in the //Resources// pages, add a contribution to the corresponding //Our Own Wiki// page. You are allowed to add one, and only one, paragraph that captures one idea. Start the paragraph with a title in a header and end it with a horizontal line.
+===== To Do =====
+  * Do [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani/warp/labs/lab2.htm|Lab-2]]. Use the //Discussion Group// if you encounter problems.
+  * As you learn Perl from a book or from one of the resources in the //Resources// pages, add a contribution to the corresponding //Our Own Wiki// page (under //Resources//). You are asked to add one, and only one, section that captures one idea. Start it with a header title.
+===== Slides =====
+[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani/course/4413/pdf/CGI.pdf|pdf]]