Review for Exam 3

Layout of the Test

• Fill in the Blank - (20 questions - 2 points each - 40 points total)
• Short Answer - (6 questions - 5 points each - 30 points total)
• Long Answer - (3 questions - 10 points each - 30 points total)
• Bonus Question - (1 question - 2 points)

Material you shoud review

• CGI Concepts - Server-side, 3 requirements
• Perl Background - Design goals/strengths, What Perl borrows from (4 major influences), Pithy sayings
• Perl language features - Types of variables, Special variables, Control structures, Built-in functions, Scalar vs. List context
• CGI setup and troubleshooting
• Server Headers - Understand what they do and why they are important
• HTML Forms - Common attributes, Widgets/Controls
• Query Strings - What they do / why they are necessary, How they are formatted
• GET and POST methods - Differences, Advantages
• File I/O in Perl - opening / reading / writing, etc., Reading from pipes (including dealing with possibly "tainted" values).
• Regular Expressions - 3 different types (m,tr,s) and what each type is used for, matching operator
• SSI - Server-side, When it is useful, How command-strings are formatted
• Other scripting techniques - PHP3 & JavaScript (among others), Embedded in HTML. Server or Client.
• Some review questions from the previous 2/3's of the semester.