Re^2: Using Perl as a front-end and a back-end to HTML -- is it possible?

Thanks, NetWallah, this looks very promising. ++

I just installed HTTP::Server::Simple with ppm, and I'm looking into using it now. There isn't apparently a lot of documentation containing actual examples, so I'll need to experiment a bit. But it's exactly the kind of thing I was searching for.

Update: Perhaps I wasn't clear in my original post, but I'm running this on a single machine, so going with a client/server model (eg. running a full-scale webserver to process the page) isn't what I was after. I realize that http is not the way to go for processing images, but I'm only intending to use it to select images for editing. That's where the Perl back-end would come in.

Update 2: After fussing with HTTP::Server::Simple, I've gotta say, it ain't so Simple. :( However, I did come across this excellent node, written by Corion. I'm studying it now, with the hopes of incorporating some of it into my own program, but I'm already impressed with how quickly I could get it working on my pc. :)

@ARGV=split//,"/:L"; map{print substr crypt($_,ord pop),2,3}qw"PerlyouC READPIPE provides"

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Re^3: Using Perl as a front-end and a back-end to HTML -- is it possible? by NetWallah (Canon) on Mar 20, 2006 at 05:21 UTC
You are correct - I had not actually attempted to use the HTTP::Server::Simple module until after your note - and the documentation is very sparse, although it does work, you do need to subclass it, to get anything useful. I apologise for misleading you - what I saw in the minimal documentation made it look appealing. If you get into trouble with Corion's 100-liner, you can try the better documented HTTP::Daemon, which documents code for a minimal web server. Your original post WAS clear enough - I just liked the idea of a ready-made (browser) client, and a simple, fast web server for your problem space. "For every complex problem, there is a simple answer ... and it is wrong." --H.L. Mencken	[reply]

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Re^3: Using Perl as a front-end and a back-end to HTML -- is it possible?
by NetWallah (Canon) on Mar 20, 2006 at 05:21 UTC

If you get into trouble with Corion's 100-liner, you can try the better documented HTTP::Daemon, which documents code for a minimal web server.

Your original post WAS clear enough - I just liked the idea of a ready-made (browser) client, and a simple, fast web server for your problem space.

"For every complex problem, there is a simple answer ... and it is wrong." --H.L. Mencken

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