All - is there a better (?define!) alternative to Apache for PC-based (ie non-server based) CGI testing of perl scripts? I have used Apache in the past (I had it working in the old days) but since I have installed Window 10, it has become more of a faff to get correct - missing libraries, license not specified correctly, builds not correct and so on.

I am trying to test an update to my perl-based cgi program.

I understand that cgi has been phased out but our system is so simple that it doesn't need anything fancy, simply a user-interaction that is required with a cgi-generated HTML form, and the system has worked well so far, but it is being updated/upgraded, hence the need to do some testing, and we have no plans at all to change the operation of our packages

<p.We are getting sick of Apache not "doing as it is told" - it is a tool, and users shouldn't have to fight to get tools to work, but that is the case here.

So is there a simpler, easy-to-install/setup/use alternative to Apache that will run offline on a PC, mimicking a server?

In reply to Offline alternatives to Apache for CGI testing by gsd4me

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