Chapter 2. Reading and Writing

In This Chapter

  • Reading from filesystem

  • Writing to filesystem

  • Collecting data from forms

The conference room is filled with people who suddenly care passionately about what goes into the Web site, including a couple of people who only last week could think of nothing better to do than to stop by your cubicle to explain in great detail why the Web site thing was just a passing fad. Must be a very slow week for everyone except you.

The conversation quickly boils down to two main issues: Nobody can agree as to what to do with the home page, and everyone agrees that it's vitally important to collect more information from people who visit the site.

You wait a few more minutes to let the windbags do their thing, then you ...

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