Many kinds of software enable you to communicate with other people over the Internet. You’ve seen a few already (for example, the Usenet groups in Chapter 23 and the chat server in Chapter 24). In this chapter, you will implement another such system: a web-based discussion forum. While the functionality is a far cry from complex social media platforms, it does implement the basics needed for comment systems, for example.
What’s the Problem?
In this project, you create a simple system for posting and responding to messages via the Web. This has utility in itself, as a discussion ...
