Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days, Second Edition

A Web-Based To Do List (todolist.pl)

Our second—and final—example, is a simple To Do list application that runs on the Web called todolist.pl. You can add, delete, and change list items, sort by date, priority, or descriptions, and mark items as done. Figure 21.3 shows an example of the To Do list at work:

Figure 21.1. To Do List Web application.

The To Do list application consists of a large table containing the To Do items. Each item has a check box indicating whether it is done or not, a priority, a due date, and a description. All the data in this table is editable through form elements; the changes are applied when the user chooses the Update ...