*s a lot of great desktop software developed by theThere open-source movement. In this article, Tim shows us a few cool tricks using GIMP, a free and open-source image editor. ;

With the current web industry focus on PHP and Ruby, you may think it odd to see a Perl article on sitepoint.com. Perl recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and, as the de-facto CGI language of the web from Day 1, it still has many loyal fans and drives sites such as amazon.com and livejournal.com. In this revised step-by-step tutorial, Matt explains how to use Perl with CGI to allow users to upload files securely to your server.

CGI::Application aims to provide an object-oriented framework for developing extensible, maintainable and re-usable code. Here, Dan explains how you can use CGI::Application to your advantage!

Meet HTML::Template, Perl's lightweight, practical templating solution. In this fast-paced tutorial, Dan explains how to install Perl, and get started using HTML::Template in your own applications.