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Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C
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Author: Lincoln Stein, Doug MacEachern
List Price: $39.95
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ISBN: 156592567X
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates (March, 1999)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 60,411
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
A good book for Perl modules for Apache.
Not much there for C, although it's not too difficult to make use of the Perl topics and covert them to C, it's more geared towards Perl (much more). That's too bad. Still, it's a good book and is very useful for referencing as well as for people looking to learn more about this topic.
Rating: 1 out of 5
If you want C don't bother with this book
It's all in Perl. The book says "Apache Modules with Perl and C" but really, it's all in Perl. The only mentions I've seen in C are the very very beginning, and the end that restates the Apache documentation. If you bought this book thinking it will have sample C code, you would be wrong. If you like Perl, then this is the book for you, but if you prefer C, as I do, then you will have wasted your money.
Rating: 5 out of 5
My personal favorite reference
_Writing Apache Modules_ (WAM) is a high quality work, even amongst other O'Reilly books. Few/no typos and articulate writing, very usable index and good content organization, accurate and complete information, top notch Perl code. Yes, only about 5% of the code are in C, but the C API reference is there. I write Perl and C modules and I can use this book for both (though for specific C techniques, you'll probably be better off by reading the Apache developers and apache-modules mailing lists).I haven't actually read the other mod_perl and developer-oriented Apache books out there but in my opinion this book is still indispensable if you plan to write Apache modules, either in Perl, C, or other languages. Especially if you write for mod_perl, this book is a great complement to the mod_perl guide. Stas' guide focuses on deployment and tuning issues (memory usage, speed, etc) while WAM focuses on the Apache API and how Apache can help you do the job by writing modules. Personally, _Writing Apache Modules_ is still the most useful reference book to date. It's one that spends the largest amount of time on my desk. And, oh yes, Amazon gives a good deal on this one ... . Can't wait for the Apache 2 counterpart.
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