Sunday, August 22 
9:00 AM 

    A30: Getting Started with mod_perl 
    Stas Bekman, author 

    Who should attend: Webmasters, programmers, IT
    managers, and all those interested in learning how to make
    CGI scripts written in Perl run at the speed of light by using
    a freely available trio: Apache Web server, mod_perl
    technology, and Perl. 

    What you will learn: What mod_perl is: mod_perl
    installation and configuration; daily usage, monitoring, and
    maintenance; how to code for mod_perl and still run the
    ported scripts under plain mod_cgi; how mod_perl speeds
    things up in other related areas (databases) and; how to
    specify the hardware requirements. 

    What is mod_perl? mod_perl is an Apache server plugin
    module that embeds a Perl interpreter into the server,
    making CGI scripts run very fast. It provides
    object-oriented Perl interfaces to the Apache API, but can
    be used to run unchanged CGI scripts PHP 1 & 2. This
    tutorial will cover: 

         What mod_perl is and why you want it 
         How to install the Apache Web server and
         mod_perl 
         How to configure the server to run scripts in the
         mod_perl mode 
         How to port your existent CGI scripts to mod_perl
         with very little investment of time and money and
         still be able to run the CGIs under plain mod_perl 
         Coding scripts with mod_perl in mind 
         Server controlling and monitoring 
         Frequent mod_perl-related problems and their
         solutions 
         Specifying server hardware requirements 
         Tuning the server's performance 
         Performance boost with CGIs working with
         relational databases 
         Why you still want a proxy server along with
         mod_perl