Summary

In this hour, you learned the basics of how CGI programs work. The differences between static web pages and dynamic web content were explained, and will be explored in further hours. You also got to write your first CGI program and, I hope, make it work.

This hour also provided a guide to debugging your CGI programs that will be useful to you in upcoming hours.

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