-- The first mod_perl cookbook, containing valuable recipes that use mod_perl to extend the Apache API.

-- Tricks, solutions, and idioms gleaned from the authors' experience as core members of the mod_perl community and active Web developers.

-- Logical progression from basic concepts to advanced mod_perl techniques.

mod_perl Developer's Cookbook takes developers from the basics of mod_perl to the development of advanced Web applications. Developers will learn tricks, solutions, and mod_perl idioms gleaned from the authors' extensive experience as core members of the mod_perl community. Topics covered include: understanding the Apache request object; communicating with the Apache server; file handling; universal Resource Identifier manipulation; creating mod_perl handlers; object-oriented mod_perl, and using mod_perl in the entire Apache request cycle.