build web interface without a web server

[boat73]

Hello wise ones, I am hoping that someone can give me a push the right direction. I am hoping to create a web client web interface to run on windowz 2000 and above. In a nutshell I want a user to be able to access http:://localhost:<port> and be able to navigate a perl program. I have been looking a little at http::deamon but figured I would ask if anyone had any other suggestions or if I am barking up the wrong tree. I would be truly grateful if someone had a sample that maybe just did a "hello". As always thanks for any help.

[bgreenlee]

Have a look at POE. They have a sample web server.

[boat73]

POE looks like it will work fine, thanks.

[davido]

You could always install apache webserver. It's not that difficult, it's free, there is a Windows version, and it works great.

[wfsp]

I would differ with davido in one respect, I found apache very easy to install!

I'm telling you, these things scare the pants off me (fud big time), so if I can do it anyone can.

Go on, give it a try, close your eyes and think of England!

[borisz]

Your HTTP::Daemon is a good choice for a quick small little webserver. However there are some already working solutions, even for windows. apache_2.0.52-win32 or tinyweb. See: tinyweb features

[bpphillips]

This isn't necessarily what you're looking for but the POD of IO::All (which is one of my personal favorites for quick and dirty IO:: stuff) has a really slick one-line web server which supports rudimentary CGI:

perl -MIO::All -e 'io(":8080")->fork->accept->(sub { $_[0] < io(-x $1 
+? "./$1 |" : $1) if /^GET \/(.*) / })'

(BTW, I take no credit for this... see the explanation here)

[boat73]

Thanks to all. I will eamine all suggestions. I like the perl only stuff.

[Zed_Lopez]

You could try jellybean, which doesn't claim to have been tested on windows, but its sourceforge page says it's OS independent.