Web Server Programming


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When the web transitioned from a publishing to an interactive e-commerce medium, standardised web-browsers entered widespread use and developers were able to rely on a relatively stable client component. Since then, server-side developments have blossomed and resulted in considerable ease of programming, efficiency and increasing sophistication of the server-side environment.Focusing on various technologies that support the server-side processing of data from web-based forms, principally CGI style programs, scripting and Java solutions, this is a book tailored to the technical and computational components of running a commercial and successful website. To benefit most from this approach, you will have a working knowledge of HTML, some programming experience in Java or C++, and limited experience with databases. Its concentration on server-side to the exclusion of web-page design and client-side concerns will be welcomed by practitioners and students who want hands-on and in-depth guidance on:
* Setting up and running an Apache server
* Use of Perl for web CGI programming and support administrative tasks
* PHP Scripting - ideal for prototyping small web services
* Servlet technologies
* JSP - separating the issues of business programming and presentation
* XML - a few of its applications
* Advanced services with EJBs
* NET's new world order - a better model for client/server interaction
The unified presentation allows for evaluation and comparison and cuts down on tedious duplication of content. Use it as a map to navigate the strengths and niches of each of the tools to help judge which best suits your environment and requirements. Realistic examples help to ground this broad coverage of server technologies and will prove invaluable for web masters, systems administrators and students looking for careers requiring web programming skills. Please visit booksite: www.uow.edu.au/~nabg/WebServer
Web Server Programming Review
This is a good book. It might have gotten a four except it lacked seemed to spread itself a bit thin and is now (Feb 2011) pretty dated e.g. numbers for growth and usage of PHP refer to 2001 - 2002, no PHP5 covered, major developments in Java missing, Python might be more relevant than Perl now etc. Having said that the book does give a nice introduction to the basics of the web including the origins of various technolgies such as CGI, PHP and Perl and goes into a good level of detail on Apache. In that sense this book veers more towards the academic end of the spectrum than the learn programming in 7 days cookbook format. It is well-written, the author really knows what he is talking about and I enjoyed reading it. I would recommend if you can pick it up cheap.Pluses of this book
+ Clear, well written
+ Nice histories of the technologies
+ Explains technologies and languages relative to each other
+ Covers a lot of material e.g. Java, PHP, Perl, Apache, Databases, XML
+ Rigorous
Minuses of this book
- Dated
- Might have been better with more depth and less breath e.g. Java OR PHP/Perl but not both.
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