Thread: CGI with C

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    CGI with C

    recently, i've been playing some online games and i'd like to make my rpg system into one to test it out with the public and see how they like it. I've been looking for CGI tutorials and all i see is perl, perl, perl. Do any of you know of a CGI tute based on C?

    I know C++ already so i can use my knowledge of that and just not use the object oriented concepts.

    Anything you can give me is helpful.

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    >>Do any of you know of a CGI tute based on C?


    The big problem you will have relates to how you will depoy it. Many hosts allow you to deploy JSP, ASP, Perl, PHP, CF. But I havent heard of many that would allow you to run a program in C, unless you have you own server, but then you would find it much more productive to look at one of the technologies listed earlier.

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    Do you have any experience with something like PHP?

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    No... I do use JSP and servlets though.....

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    you can use jsp with CGI?

    hmm... how was it to use and learn?

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    >>you can use jsp with CGI?


    Oh yeah.....


    >>how was it to use and learn?

    Well its based on...wait for it...Java. Still learning a lot of stuff like Custom Tags and bean intergration, but it wasnt too bad.


    What are you trying to do anyway?

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    make a text-based online RPG utilizing my newly created system...

    where'd you learn JSP from?

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    >>where'd you learn JSP from?

    Core Servlets & Java Server Pages by Marty Hall. I also hang out at JavaRanch.......


    >>make a text-based online RPG utilizing my newly created system...


    How much work will it be? I might be able to help time permitting....

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    It's not going to be too complex: basically you create a character and run through different locales, fighting different enemies and getting items from them, or doing quests... it shouldn't take too long.

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    Well, mail me with some details if you want me to try and help. If I got it off the ground I could host it, as my host is JSP enabled. How would you have approached it in C?

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    lots of structs =P

    anyhow, i'll send you all of my development documentation that i've got done so far... it's one big word file. I reserve the rights to it, if you copy it, i will know.

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    >>I reserve the rights to it, if you copy it, i will know.


    LOL

    Yeah OK......

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    umm... what IS your e-mail addy?

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    I'll PM it

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    I've sent it through to the e-mail addy you gave me..

    read through the stuff and tell me what you think...

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