If you're providing information processing tools on a web site, there's a bewildering array of options from which to choose. This module describes the overall structure of a web server, then goes on to consider the various ways of adding executable content to that web server. We look at the strengths and weaknesses of the more common approaches to help you decide which is best suited to your particular needs.
This topic is presented on public courses
Technology Background for PHP,
Getting Public Sector Data on Line,
Deploying LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP,
Linux Web Server
Examples from our training material
Background information
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Topics covered in this module
When do I want to use server side technologies?.
Anatomy of a Web Server.
Web Server Security.
Web Server support for page authors.
Server upload technologies.
FTP / Telnet.
Disk Networking system.
Web.
Email.
FrontPage.
Serverside Interface Methods.
The HTTP standard.
Interface methods.
The Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
Server Side Includes.
PHP.
Active Server Pages.
Java Servlets.
Apache Modules.
Your own server.
Other Interfacing methods and a comparison.
Serverside languages.
Perl.
Java.
PHP.
VBScript.
JScript/JavaScript.
C.
C++.
Shell languages.
Others.
Packages.
Programming techniques.
Multiuser.
Cookies, sessions and shopping carts.
Data Filtering.
Scale of use.
Further Serverside examples.
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