While there are a lot of "CGI Tutorial" pages out there, most deal with how to write CGI scripts. For those who just want to know how to use CGI scripts, information is pretty scarce. That's why this page was created.
This page is designed to help novice programmers learn the Perl programming language. Specifically, it's designed to help them learn enough to run CGI scripts on a Unix Web server.
If you're a programmer already, this primer can teach you the basics of CGI in a few minutes. If you're not a programmer, this primer won't help you much.
This introduction does not cover any specific language, library, module, etc. Rather, it is written as CGI was developed: platform and language independent. It is intended to give you a good understanding of how CGI works and how to use it.
