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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Typographic and Other Conventions

1 Setting the Scene

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?

1.5.1 Web Protocols and Layered Communication Architectures

1.5.2 Web Addresses and Address Resolution via DNS

1.5.3 URLs, URNs, and URIs

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 ...