Web and internet technology

This note covers the following topics: Apache and LAMP, dynamic web pages, HTTP: GET and POST methods, FORM to accept user data, server-side scripting, Interactive Web Pages, accepting user input, greatest common divisor on the web, Python Scripts in Browsers.

The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a simple interface for running external programs, software or gateways under an information server in a platform-independent manner. Currently, the supported information servers are HTTP servers. This PDF covers the following topics related to The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1 : Introduction, Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar, Invoking the Script, The CGI Request, NPH Scripts, CGI Response, System Specifications, Implementation, Security Considerations.

This note explains the following topics: Richness, Ajax Patterns, Ajax Model, Other Remote Scripting Techniques, DNA of an Ajax Pattern, Principles for Ajax Design, Cross borders reluctantly and show transitions.

This pdf covers these topics: Introducing Ajax, JavaScript, Ajax Using HTML and JavaScript, XML, XMLHttpRequest, Ajax Using XML and XMLHttpRequest , XPath, XSLT, Ajax Using XSLT, Better Living Through Code Reuse, Traveling with Ruby on Rails and Traveling Further with Ruby