Re: how to migrate a large perl 4ish CGI site to mod

One (obvious) option is to first switch to plain but modern (Perl 5.8; CGI.pm; use strict; ...) CGI-processing. If that works, introduce the Registry-modules and if it still works go the full mod_perl way.

Practical mod_perl surely is a good read, but does not deal much with migrating from Perl 4 to Perl 5.8. For that you need Perl Medic. Full of practical tips and tricks.

CountZero

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Re^2: how to migrate a large perl 4ish CGI site to mod_perl by qq (Hermit) on Jun 19, 2004 at 15:53 UTC
Perl Medic is an excellent book, and I'll certainly be consulting it. I'd recommend it for any perl programmer, not just if you have legacy code to support	[reply]
Re^2: how to migrate a large perl 4ish CGI site to mod_perl by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jun 19, 2004 at 23:20 UTC
Let me second the recommendation for Perl Medic. In particular, chapter 11 is very similar to what you describe.	[reply]