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- Title Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason
- Authors Dave Rolsky and Ken Williams
- Publisher: O&Reilly Media; 1 edition (October 2002)
- Paperback: 318 pages
- Language: English
- ASIN: 0596002254
- ISBN-10: N/A
- ISBN-13: 978-0596002251
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Although using Mason isn't difficult, creating a Mason-based site can be tricky. Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason shows you how to create large, complex, dynamically driven web sites that look good and are a snap to maintain. This concise book covers Mason's features from several angles, and includes a study of the authors' sample site where these features are used. You'll learn how to visualize multiple Mason-based solutions to any given problem and select among them.
The book covers the latest line of Mason development, which has many new features, including line number reporting based on source files, sub-requests, and easier use as a CGI. The only book to cover this important tool,Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason is essential reading for any Perl programmer who wants to simplify web site design. Learn how to use Mason, and you'll spend more time making things work, and less time reinventing the wheel.
About the Authors- Dave Rolsky is a programmer, author, and activist with a background in music composition and an obsession with Hong Kong films and the works of author Gene Wolfe. He has been actively developing Free (Perl) Software for several years and is a member of the Mason core development team. For more information about Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason please visit www.masonbook.com, a web site maintained by the authors where additional information and downloadable source code are available.
- Ken Williams is a researcher in Document Categorization at the University of Sydney in Australia. He has written many Perl modules of varying utility, about 20 of which are available on CPAN. Like co-author Dave Rolsky, Ken is a member of the HTML::Mason core development team. His educational background is in mathematics and music. For more information about Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason please visit www.masonbook.com, a web site maintained by the authors where additional information and downloadable source code are available.
