Web Programming and Internet Technologies: An E-Commerce Approach

CHAPTER 1

Setting the Scene

CHAPTER CONTENTS

1.1   Overview and Objectives

1.2   What Is the Internet?

1.3   What Is the World Wide Web (WWW)?

1.4   What Is Meant by a Client-Server Architecture?

1.5   How Do Web Browsers and Web Servers Fit the Client-Server Model?

1.6   How Do Web Browsers and Web Servers Communicate?

1.7   A Real-World E-Commerce Website

1.8   What Are the Technologies We Will Discuss?

1.9   Summary

1.10 Quick Questions to Test Your Basic Knowledge

1.11 Short Exercises to Improve Your Basic Understanding

1.12 Exercises on the Parallel Project

1.13 What Else You May Want or Need to Know

1.14 References

1.1 Overview and Objectives

While the Internet has been around for more than four decades, its usage has exploded since ...