Web Programming and Internet Technologies: An E-Commerce Approach, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER ONE: Setting the Scene

CHAPTER CONTENTS

Overview and Objectives

• 1.1 What Is the Internet?

• 1.2 What Is the World Wide Web?

• 1.3 What Is Meant by a Client-Server Architecture?

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

• 1.5 How Do Web Browsers and Web Servers Communicate?

• 1.6 A Real-World E-Commerce Website

• 1.7 The Technologies We Will Discuss

• 1.8 Some Alternative Technologies and Additional Tools

Summary

Quick Questions to Test Your Basic Knowledge

Short Exercises to Improve Your Basic Understanding

Exercises on the Parallel Project

What Else You May Want or Need to Know

References

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Overview and Objectives

While the Internet has been around for more than ...