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Lesson 2
Objective
Setting up environment
Set up working environment with a Web server
 
If you do not already have a server running or access to a server's CGI directory, this lesson will provide you with links to downloads for Web servers and recent versions of Perl.
Perl and the Web
Please keep in mind that this course is about Perl and CGI, not installing a Web server and/or new operating system.
Your objective is to obtain an understanding of how Perl is used with web programming.

  1. Unix
  2. WindowsXP/Windows 2000
  3. Mac OS
In the next lesson, you will get a general overview of the role of CGI in the grand scheme of things, and the capabilities of a CGI program.
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