Technology - Web Development 8 - Server Programming

Synopsis

We discuss the major languages and architectures for programming within web servers, including database-driven websites. These languages and architectures include: SHTML Server Side Includes (SSI), JavaBeans, Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Enterprise JavaBeans, cgi-bin, daemons, PHP, Perl, Python, LAMP, Apache, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Server languages and frameworks
  • 2.1 SHTML - Server Side Includes (SSI)
  • 2.2 JavaBeans
  • 2.3 Java servlets and server pages
  • 2.4 Java Platform - Enterprise Edition
    • 2.4.1 Enterprise JavaBeans
    • 2.4.2 Complexity and improvements
  • 2.5 CGI-BIN
  • 2.6 C, C++ and deamons
    • 2.6.1 Daemon reduces CPU load
    • 2.6.2 Improved security
  • 2.7 Perl
  • 2.8 PHP
  • 2.9 Python
    • 2.9.1 Duck typing
    • 2.9.2 List processing
  • 2.10 Apache
  • 2.11 Database Management Systems
    • 2.11.1 Backups and replication
    • 2.11.2 Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability
    • 2.11.3 Multiple simultaneous accesses
  • 2.12 LAMP - databases and PHP
    • 2.12.1 osCommerce
  • 2.13 MySQL and PostgreSQL
• 3. Related reports