Articles

In this section of the site we will have a selection of useful articles that cover our areas of expertise.

If there are any topics that you would like to see covered here, please let us know by emailing articles@mag-sol.com.

If you have any comments on existing articles, please send them to the same address.

Using RSS

An introduction to RSS Feeds

• Introducing RSS
  Part 1: Reading RSS Feeds

perl.com Articles

Articles that I have written for perl.com

• Finding CGI Scripts
  What's wrong with most free CGI scripts
• Changing hash Behaviour with tie
• Creating Data Output Files with the Template Toolkit
  A introduction to using a very useful Perl module
• Overloading Perl Objects
• How We Wrote The Template Toolkit Book Using Template Toolkit
• Perl Command-Line Options
• Perl's Special Variables

The Template Toolkit

A series of three tutorials that I wrote for the UK magazine Linux Format

• Introducing the Template Toolkit Part 1
  The Basics
• Introducing the Template Toolkit Part 2
  Using ttree
• Introducing the Template Toolkit Part 3
  Using Templates from Perl

An Introduction to CGI Programming

A series of three tutorials that I wrote for the UK magazine Linux Format

• CGI Programming Part 1
  Basic CGI Programming
• CGI Programming Part 2
  CGI Security Issues
• CGI Programming Part 3
  Cookies and Templates

RTFM

This is a column that I wrote for the online Perl magazine Perlmonth.

• An Introduction to the Perl Documentation
  Perl documentation for beginners.
• Modules, References, Data Structures and Objects
  Perl documentation for improvers.
• Writing Plain Old Documentation
  Documenting your own Perl code.
• Non-free Perl Documentation
  Perl books
• Perl Newsgroups
  Perl newsgroups and how to use them.
• Perl Websites
  Where to get the best Perl information on the web.
• Perl Mailing Lists
  Get Perl help and advice direct to your mailbox.
• Perl Documentation Overview
  A final look at the Perl documentation.

General Articles

• It's Not Still 1998
  Why do many web sites still act like it is?
• Symbol::Approx::Sub
  A Perl module for bad typists
• Why Does My File Have Funny Characters In It?
  The problems with line endings on different Operating Systems.