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Subject:    cgi programming
From:       engelster () gmail ! com (Der Engel)
Date:       2012-02-08 22:15:49
Message-ID: CAFf7Ch0W4_diW6D6wgaD8SsYFevyUq3=eY1pakSLmveWZ5JE9w () mail ! gmail ! com
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Thank you Jamie, going to start with learning the HTTP protocol.

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Jamie Couture <jamie.couture at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you haven't done so already, I would suggest reading and understanding
> more about the application layer, http protocol [1]. Either in dry, RFC
> form, or perhaps reading Writing Apache Modules [2], though your milage may
> vary.
>
> Not to force you to use apache, there are alternatives - choose one and
> stick with it; however, the point is to understand http, and what you need
> to do for your program to _work_ [3]. ?Since you're looking to work on an
> embedded device you'll probably be looking into something else as a server.
>
> Your frontend - web GUI - is secondary. ?Writing html can be done outside of
> your application, as a mock document to get you started and quickly build
> the look and feel you want. ?You later integrate that mock into your actual
> CGI program.
>
> [1]?http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616
> [2]?http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565925670.do
> [3]?http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/cgi.html#writing
>
> Other people may have better resources to get you started, but that is where
> I would start - thinking back to my student days.
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Der Engel <engelster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, just came across cgit, nice project!, just wondering if people
>> here can give me some tips for learning programming with CGi and C,
>> already studied C, going to be developing web GUIs for some embedded
>> system with a friend/student.
>>
>> Thanks,
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