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eg-259:lecture14

Basic Web Server Operation

Contact Hour 19: To be discussed on Tuesday 12th March 2013.

Lecturer: Dr Chris P. Jobling.

Contents of this Lecture

An introduction to server-side programming with a description of the operation of a basic webserver

  • The roles of a web server and web client
  • Modern Web Servers
  • The Apache Web Server
  • Revision of the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
  • Web server operation
  • Mapping resources to files

The Presentation

What's Next?

Interactive Services

  • The need to serve more than static pages
  • Dynamic content
  • CGI Operation
  • More on the HTTP request
  • CGI Technologies

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