MySQL and Perl for the Web

A Simple Web-Based Application—To-Do List Maintenance

You now know many of the capabilities that the DBI and CGI.pm modules provide you with, but they have been presented in the previous sections relatively separate from each other to allow better focus on each one. In this section, we’re going to switch gears and integrate several techniques by developing a little application that illustrates a number of concepts common to Web-based database programs. To keep it small, the application’s scope is limited: It just maintains a list of to-do items. You might be thinking, “What good is that? Why wouldn’t I just scribble my to-do list on a scrap of paper?” Perhaps you’re right. However, although I believe the application can be useful, I’m actually ...