Publisher's Synopsis
Open Source Linux ® Web Programming This complete toolbox of techniques shows you how to harness the open–source power of Linux and create world–class Internet applications. Offering a step–by–step approach to building an e–commerce site, a human resources site, bringing corporate data online, and more, expert Web developers Christopher Jones and Drew Batchelor explain the complexities of 3–tier Web applications, distributed architecture, and object–oriented programming and demonstrate how to use open source tools such as Perl, XML, and Java to build scalability, flexibility, and performance into your internet site. Working Solutions for Programming Challenges
- Get an introduction to the complex Web architecture used in distributed systems
- Configure the Apache Web server for CGI use
- Master Perl CGI libraries and modules and their cross–platform capabilities
- Separate HTML display content from CGI application logic
- Optimize the functionality of your Web applications with XML
- Modularize a Web site for hands–off administration by linking Perl components
- Expand your application by using Java Applets as a client–side resource
- Create an XML chat server for real–time collaboration
- Analyze the deployment of a Linux application including load–balancing hardware and scalability concerns
- XML Application Server
- Microstar Ælfred Parser
- Kaffe Open Source Java Virtual Machine
- PostgreSQL 6.5
- And all sample code
