Web
   Programming
      Unleashed

Bob Breedlove, et al.

Chapter 1   An Overview of Internet Programming

• A Short History of the Internet
• The TCP/IP Protocol Model
  • The Network Layer
  • The Transport Layer
  • The Application Layer
  • Telnet
  • File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  • Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
  • Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
  • Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
  • Gopher Protocol
  • HyperText Transfer Protocol
  • Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
• LAN Topologies
  • Ethernet LANs
  • Token Ring Topology
  • Repeaters, Bridges, and Routers
• Internetworking-Linking LANs Together
  • Point-to-Point Links
  • SLIP and PPP
  • X.25 Links
  • Frame Relay Links
  • Integrated Digital Service Network (ISDN) Links
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode Links
  • Routing in an Internetwork
• IP Addresses and Domain Names
  • What Is an IP Address?
  • Special IP Addresses
  • Resolving Names to Addresses
• The Client/Server Model
• Sockets and Socket APIs
• Applications, Plug-Ins, and Applets
• Summary

Chapter 2   WWW Design Issues

• You Don't Own the Resources
  • The Internet-More Concept than Reality
  • Router Tables: The Internet "Glue"
  • Domain Name Service: Helping the Humans Understand
  • Client/Server Tools
  • Internet Design Considerations
• You Don't Make the Rules
  • The Resources Can Be Unreliable
  • Transaction Timing Is Unpredictable
• Designing Your Application
  • Design the Complete Application
  • Determine Which Components Will Be Internet-Based
  • Public Interface Components
  • Multiple End-User Platform Requirements
  • Timing Issues
  • Connectionless Protocols: E-Mail
• The Internet Can Be Unreliable and Can Change Without Notice
  • Design an Alternative Delivery Mechanism
  • Detecting and Reporting Failures
  • Dealing with Disasters
• Security
  • Passing Through Multiple Machines
  • Anyone with a Scope
  • E-Mail Example
  • Encryption
  • Secure Web Servers
  • Encrypting Sensitive Information
  • Encrypting or Password-Protecting Documents
  • Unsecure Request, Secure Response
  • Verifying the Correct Client
• International Considerations
  • I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore
  • Non-English Speakers
  • Other Cultures
  • Addresses and Phone Numbers
  • Dates and Number Formatting
  • Time Zones
• Summary

Chapter 3   Security and Encryption

• Security
  • General Internet Security
  • Web Security
  • General Programming Security
  • Java Security
  • JavaScript Security
  • VBScript Security
  • CGI Security
• Firewalls
  • Types of Firewalls
  • Building Your Own Firewall
  • Bastion Hosts
  • Packet Filters
  • Proxy Gateways
• Encryption and Digital Signatures
  • Legal Issues
  • Private Key Encryption
  • Public Key Encryption
  • SSL
  • S-HTTP
  • Shen
  • S/MIME
  • GSS-API
  • SET
• Summary

Chapter 4   Developing Intranet Applications

• The Purpose of Intranet Applications
• You Own the Resources-Or Do You?
• The Growth of Intranets
• Application Scope
• Capacity Planning
• Leveraging Existing Resources
• Security
  • Protecting Confidential Material
  • Security Versus Availability
  • Change Passwords Periodically
• Dealing with Corporate Control Organizations
  • Network Naming and Addressing
  • Router Operations
  • Corporate Standards
  • LAN Groups at the Local Level
• Accessing Mainframe Data
  • Data Mirroring
  • Screen Scraping
• Intranet Style Guide
  • Web Page Organization
  • Navigation
  • Page Organization
  • Page Design
  • Use of Graphics
• Summary

Chapter 5   Java and the Internet

• Java History
• Java's Place in the Object-Oriented Continuum
• Defining Java
  • Java Applet Definition
• The Benefits of Java
  • Java Is Object-Oriented
  • Java Is Multithreaded
  • Java Is Dynamic
  • Java Is Compacted
  • Java Is Marked and Swept
  • Java Is Processor-Independent
  • Java Is Verified
  • Java Is a Multiplatform Environment
• The Negatives of Java
• Summary

Chapter 6   Java Development Environments

• Java Development Environments
• The Java Developer's Kit (JDK)
  • How To Use the Java Developer's Kit
  • The ..\java\bin Directory
  • Java Development Kit Closing Comments
• Symantec Café
  • Installing Symantec Café
  • Café Desktop
  • Symantec Café and the Appletviewer
  • Symantec Café Closing Comments
• The Borland Internet Products
  • Borland Latte
  • Borland C++ 5.0
  • The Borland Internet Products Closing Comments
• The Java Workshop
  • Java Workshop Closing Comments
• Summary

Chapter 7   Introduction to Java

• Classes, Methods, Inheritance, and Method Overriding-The Discussion
  • Classes
  • Methods
  • Inheritance
  • Method Overriding
• Classes, Methods, Inheritance, and Method Overriding-The Workshop
• Method Overloading-The Discussion
• Method Overloading-The Workshop
• Interfaces-The Discussion
• Interfaces-The Workshop
• Introduction to Java Structure
• Primitive Data Types
  • Booleans-The Discussion
  • Booleans-The Workshop
  • Integer Types
  • Character Literal
  • Float and Double
• Casting
  • Casting Between Objects
• Operators
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Assignment Operators
  • Comparison, Logical, Incremental, and Decremental Operators
  • Bitwise Operators
  • Ternary Operator
  • Operator Precedence
• Control Flow
  • The if Conditional
  • The while Loops
  • The for Loop
  • The switch Conditional
  • Scope
• Arrays-The Discussion
• Arrays-The Workshop
• Summary

Chapter 8   Java Programming

• Java Applets
  • Java Applet Example
  • HTML Tags for Java Applets
• appletviewer
• Applets (java.applet.Applet)
  • The Applet Life Cycle Discussion
  • The Applet Life Cycle Workshop
  • The Logo Version 1.0
  • Fonts, FontMetrics, and Colors
• Animation
  • Animation in the PC Industry
  • Animation Workshop
  • A Summary of anilogo
  • Optimizing Animation
• UI and Java
  • Command Buttons
  • Check Boxes
  • Choice
  • Labels
  • Lists
  • Scrollbars
  • Text Fields
  • Text Areas
  • Putting Components in Containers
• The UI and Java Workshop, Win Version 1.0
  • Frames
  • Frames Workshop
• Summary

Chapter 9   Visual J++: Tools for the Internet and the Desktop

• Introduction To Visual J++
  • Java + COM = First Class Citizen
• Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) and ActiveX
  • The Birth of ActiveX: An Overview of COM and OLE
  • OLE 1.0
  • OLE 2.0
  • ActiveX: Activating the Internet
• Comparing Java and COM
  • Java and COM: Some Differences
  • Java and COM: Surprising Similarities
• Advantages and Disadvantages: A Close Look at Java and ActiveX
• Summary

Chapter 10   Extending Java Using ActiveX

• The ActiveX Advantages
  • High Performance
  • Persistence
  • Huge Existing Code Base
  • Language Independence
  • Distributed
• The Flip Side: ActiveX's Disadvantages
  • Platform-Dependent
  • Security Model
  • Network Performance
  • Browser-Dependent
• What Does This Mean for the Web Developer?
  • ActiveX and the Intranet
  • ActiveX and the Internet
• Combining Java and COM Using Visual J++
• Summary

Chapter 11   Perl and the Internet

• What Is CGI and What Can It Do?
  • Terminology
• What Are the Benefits of Using CGI?
• What Are the Negatives of Using CGI?
• The Protocols
  • Environment Variables
  • Getting Information from the Server
  • Getting Form Data
  • Returning Information to the Client

Chapter 12   CGI and the Internet

• Pseudo Code
• The CGI Program
  • Initialization
  • Determining the Request Method
  • Sending the Form
  • Receiving Information from the User
  • System Processing
  • Sending a Reply to the User
• Summary

Chapter 13   Using CGI in Internet Applications

• What Is Perl?
• What Are the Benefits of Using Perl?
  • Cost and Licensing
  • Availability
  • Interpreted Language
  • Language Capabilities
  • Use C Libraries
  • Specialized Extensions to Perl
  • Socket Capability
  • Perl Is Relatively Easy to Learn
  • Perl Has Built-In Debugging Facilities
  • Perl Help Is Readily Available
  • Perl Examples Are Readily Available
• What Are the Negatives of Using Perl?
  • Interpreted Language
  • GNU CopyLeft License Agreement
• What Can Perl Do?
  • CGI Scripts
  • Mail Processing
  • Automating Web Site Maintenance
  • Automating File Retrieval
• Is Perl for You?

Chapter 14   The Perl Language

• About the Perl Chapters
• Writing Perl Scripts
  • Executing Perl Scripts
  • Perl Style
• Perl Data Types
• Perl Variable Naming Conventions
• Scalar Values
• Predefined Variables
• Perl Syntax
  • Comments-Documenting the Script
• Declarations
  • Simple Statements
  • Compound Statements
  • Loop Control
  • For Loops
  • Foreach Loops
  • Blocks
  • Goto
• Perl Operators
  • Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
  • The Arrow Operator
  • Autoincrement and Autodecrement
  • Exponentiation
  • Symbolic Unary Operators
  • Binding Operators
• Perl Built-In Functions
  • Perl Functions By Category
  • Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
• Perl Regular Expressions
  • Regular Expressions
• Perl Subroutines
  • Private Variables via my()
  • Temporary Values via local()
  • Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
  • Pass By Reference
  • Prototypes
  • Overriding Built-In Functions
• What's Next?
• Summary

Chapter 15   Perl in Internet Applications

• A CGI Shell
  • "Hello World" Interactive
• Programming the GO Application
  • The GO Application
  • go.cgi: The Heart of the GO Application
  • GET Method
  • Printing Categories
  • Printing URLs
  • Handling Forms
  • Finalization Section
• postlink.pl: The Index Posting Program
  • Implementing PostLink
  • Initialization
  • Main Processing
  • The From: Line
  • Process the Message
  • Writing the Index Files
  • Security: Checking the From: Line
  • Finalization Section
• Utility Programs
  • SetIndex: Creating Link Files
  • SortIndex: Sorting the Index Files
• Summary

Chapter 16   Microsoft Implementation Approach

• Communications Technology Background
  • Networks
  • Client/Server Systems
  • Modems
• Overview of Windows Communications
  • Tools of the Trade
  • Windows Sockets (WinSock)
  • The Win32 Internet (WinInet) API
  • Microsoft's Internet Client/Server Architecture
  • The Internet Server API (ISAPI)
  • ActiveX Controls
  • The Messaging API (MAPI)
• Internet Security Through Code Signing
  • Addressing Security Issues
  • Signing Your Code
  • Considering the Cash Factor
• Summary

Chapter 17   Using the Win32 Internet (WinInet) API

• Overview
• Introducing the WinInet API
  • Advantages of Using the WinInet API
• Handles and Functions
  • General-Purpose Internet Functions
  • What Is File Transfer Protocol (FTP)?
  • WinInet FTP Functions
  • The Gopher
  • WinInet Gopher Functions
  • HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
  • WinInet HTTP Functions
• Sample Program: RAWHTML.EXE
  • The CRawHtmlApp Class
  • The CRawHtmlDlg Dialog Class Header (HTMLDLG.H)
  • The CRawHtmlDlg Dialog Class Implementation (HTMLDLG.CPP)
  • Initializing a WinInet Session
  • Getting a Protocol Handle
  • Opening the Desired File
  • Querying for Information
  • Reading the File Data
• Summary

Chapter 18   JavaScript and the Internet

• What Is JavaScript?
  • The Client-Side Features of JavaScript
  • Java Versus JavaScript
  • New Features of JavaScript in Netscape Navigator 3.0
  • The Server Side of JavaScript
• When To Use JavaScript
• The Limitations of JavaScript
• Summary

Chapter 19   The JavaScript Language

• Embedding JavaScript in HTML
  • Using the <SCRIPT> Tag
  • Handling Events
• Variables and Literals
  • Defining Variables
  • Scope of Variables
  • Literally Literals
• Expressions and Operators
  • Assignment Operators
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Bitwise Operators
  • Logical Operators
  • Comparison Operators
  • String Operators
  • Order of Precedence
• Control Statements and Functions
  • Conditional Statements
  • Loop Statements
  • Comments
• Fundamentals of Objects
  • Objects and Their Properties
  • Defining Methods
  • Working with Objects
  • Creating New Objects
  • Defining Arrays
• Built-In Objects and Functions
  • The String Object
  • The Math Object
  • The Date Object
  • Built-In Functions
• Netscape Objects
  • The Navigator Object Hierarchy
  • The Importance of HTML Layout
  • The Window Object
  • The location Object
  • The History Object
  • The document Object
• The Form Object
  • Event Handlers
  • The forms Array
  • Form Object Methods
  • The element Objects
  • The element Methods
• Windows and Frames
  • The Window Object Properties
  • The Window Object Methods
  • Dividing the Window into Frames
• Summary

Chapter 20   JavaScript in Internet Applications

• A Forms Example
• A Windows Example
  • A Frames Example
• Reading the Cookie File
• Resources on the Web
• Summary

Chapter 21   VBScript and the Internet

• What Is VBScript?
• What Can VBScript Do?
• Learning VBScript
• Security and VBScript
• VBScript Versus Visual Basic and Visual Basic for Applications
• How VBScript Enhances Browsers and HTML
• Host Environments
  • Web Browsers
  • Other Internet Tools
• Placing VBScript Code Within an HTML Document
• Summary

Chapter 22   The VBScript Language

• All About Variables
  • Creating Variables
  • The Contents of Variables
  • How Variables Are Stored
  • Constants
  • The Scope and Lifetime of a Variable
  • Arrays
• Using Operators
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Comparison Operators
  • Logical Operators
  • String Concatenation
  • Operator Precedence
• Intrinsic Functions
  • Dates and Times
  • Advanced Math
• The MsgBox Function
• Input Boxes
• Controlling the Flow of Code
  • Using Control Structures To Make Decisions
  • The Select Case Structure
  • Using Control Structures To Make Code Repeat
• Building a Home for Your Code
  • Subroutines
  • Functions
• Passing Arguments into Procedures
  • Event Procedures
  • Method Procedures
• Where To Put Procedures
• Intrinsic HTML Form Controls
  • An Introduction To HTML Forms
• The Button Control
  • The Text Control
  • Using Objects and ActiveX Controls
  • ActiveX Controls
• Summary

Chapter 23   VBScript Application Pages

• Metric Conversion Application
• Interactive Tutorial Application
• Pace-Pal Application
• Information Submittal Application
  • The Advantage of Validating Server-Bound Data
• Browser Objects
• Summary

Chapter 24   CGI Scripting with the UNIX Shell

• How CGI Scripts Work, a Redux
• Local Time and Who's Logged In
• The Environment Wrapped Up in the CGI Transmission
• Pages Based on Browser Software
• Checking the Host Domain
• How Fast Is Your Connection?
• Remote ping
• A Form Front End
• Another Example: finger
• Another Script Trick: Redirection
• Summary

Chapter 25   HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

• Body and Text Commands
  • The Basics: What Every HTML Document Needs
• Basic Paragraph Text Tags
• Text Styles
• Color Values
• Hyperlinks
• Images
• HTML Interactions and Enhancements
  • Forms
• Tables
• Multimedia: Audio, Video, Applications
• Frames
• Summary

Chapter 26   SGML

• The Problem
• The Solution
• Standards
• Portability
• Form and Structure
• Authoring Systems
• Instance Components
  • Elements
  • Minimization
  • Attributes
• Advantages of Structured Markup
• Document Type Declaration
• Coming Together-The SGML Authoring System
• The Future of SGML

Chapter 27   Netscape Extensions

• Trouble in Paradise
• Structuring Netscape HTML
• The <HEAD> Element
• The <BODY> Element
• Formatting, Paragraphing, and Other Wonders
• Text Gone Haywire
• You've Been Enlisted
• Rulers of the Web
• Images and Imagination
• Image Sizing
• Border Patrol and Lebensraum
• Image Mapping Made Easy
• Tables and Their Possibilities
• You've Been Framed
• Aiming for a Window
• JavaScript and Java
• Miscellaneous
• Summary

Chapter 28   Microsoft Internet Explorer-Only HTML Tags

• The <BODY> of the Page
  • <BODY BACKGROUND= BGPROPERTIES=>
  • <BODY BGSOUND SRC=>
• Paragraph and Text Style Tags
  • <STYLE> : </STYLE>
  • Using <STYLE> Attributes for an Entire Document
  • Using an External <STYLE> Sheet
• Color Values
• Tables
  • <TABLE>
  • <TD>
• Multimedia: Audio, Video, Applications
  • <BGSOUND>
  • <MARQUEE> : </MARQUEE>
• Frames and Floating Frames
  • <FRAMESET>
  • Floating Frames
• Summary

Chapter 29   Shockwave and Lingo

• What Is Shockwave?
• System Requirements
  • Shockwave
  • Shockwave for Director (4.0x and 5)
  • Afterburner
• Adding a Shocked Movie to an HTML Document
• Broken Icons
  • JavaScript
• Multiple Movies
  • Multiple Movies Utilizing Sound
• Looping
• Asynchronous Operations
  • Functions
  • Other Lingo Extensions
• Director Commands Disabled for Shockwave
  • XObjects, XCMDs, XFCNs
  • Disabled Director 5 Commands
  • Work Arounds for Other Director-Disabled Features
• Director Bandwidth Issues
• Shockwave for Authorware
  • Afterburner
  • Using Afterburner for Authorware
• Editing Map Files
  • The Elements of a Map File
  • Editing Map Files in Windows
  • Editing a Map File on a Mac
  • Allowing Windows and Macs to Share External Files
• Speeding Up Mac and Cross-Platform Files
  • Using Transition Xtras
  • Combining Windows and Mac Map Files
  • Referencing Files in Multiple Locations
• Authorware Bandwidth Issues
• New Shockwave-Specific Functions and Variables
  • Existing Authorware Functions
• System Security
  • Invoking Security
  • The Security Dialog Box
• Integrating Authorware into Browsers
• Displaying an Alternate Image on Noncompatible Browsers
• Shockwave for Freehand
  • Obtaining Shockwave and URL Managers
  • Embedding a Freehand Graphic on an HTML Page
  • The EMBED Tag
  • TOOLBAR
• Activating a Link in Netscape
• The URL Xtra
  • Adding a URL
  • Attaching the URL to an Object
  • Editing, Copying, and Deleting URLs
  • Finding URL Associations
• Afterburner for Freehand
  • Opening Compressed Graphics in Freehand
  • Using Fonts
  • Features Disabled for Shockwave for Freehand
• Configuring Servers
  • UNIX
  • Mac
  • Webstar
• Summary

Chapter 30   Creating an ActiveX Control To Activate a Web Page

• Overview of ActiveX Controls
  • The OLE Controls 96 Specification
• A Sample ActiveX Control: JIGGLER.OCX
  • Creating an OLE Control Skeleton
  • Testing the Skeleton Control
• Adding Functionality to the Skeleton
  • Customizing the Project Resources
  • The Property Page Dialog Resource
  • The CJigglerCtrl Class
  • The CJigglerCtrl Class Interface (JIGGLERC.H)
  • Implementing the CJigglerCtrl Class
  • The CJigglerPropPage Class
• Testing the Control in the OLE Control Test Container
• Using the New Control on a Sample Web Page
  • Creating a Simple HTML Web Page
  • Adding the JIGGLER Control to the Web Page
  • Programming the JIGGLER Control with VBScript
• Summary

Chapter 31   VDOlive Technology

• Finding Out How VDOlive Works
• Installing a VDOlive Player
• Installing a VDOlive Server
• Creating Video Clips
• Linking Video on WWW Pages
• Watching Video Clips Over the Internet
• Resources

Chapter 32   Creating Netscape Navigator Plug-Ins

• Plug-In Design and Architecture
  • How It All Fits Together
  • LiveConnect
  • Runtime Loading
  • Plug-In Instances and Instance Data
  • Windows and Events
  • Seamless Web Page Embedding
  • Data Streams
  • Assisted Installation
  • Netscape's SDK
• Navigator Plug-In Design Considerations
  • Choosing a Development Language
• Navigator Version Compatibility
  • Planning for Bandwidth Limitations
  • Multiplatform Compatibility
  • Expanding To Java with LiveConnect
  • HTML EMBED Tag Attributes
  • Multiple MIME Types
  • MIME Contention
  • File Base Versus Streaming Plug-Ins
  • Streaming to the Navigator
  • Client Server Design
• The Plug-In API
  • Who Is Calling Whom?
  • NP_Shutdown
  • A Quick Look at the Plug-In API Methods
• Summary

Chapter 33   Pulling Web Information

• What Do You Call "It?"
• Evolving Capabilities
• The PointCast Network (PCN)
  • Features and More Features
  • Pros of PCN
  • Cons of PCN
• Freeloader, Inc.
  • The Toolbar
  • Channels and Subscriptions
  • Smarter Screen Saver
  • A Time Saver
  • Content
  • Pros of Freeloader
  • Cons of Freeloader
• Zippo
  • Is Zippo the Same as Excite or PointCast?
  • How To Use Zippo's Direct Read News
  • Pros of Zippo
  • Cons of Zippo
• My Yahoo!
  • The Personals
  • Pros of My Yahoo!
  • Cons of My Yahoo!
• Instant Online News (ION) for 95
• Another Ticker Tape?
• Personal Excite
  • Event Reminders
  • Has More Than One Person Used Your Computer?
  • Pros of Personal Excite
  • Cons of Personal Excite
• Personal NewsPage Direct from Netcom
  • Pros of Netcom's NewsPage Direct
  • Cons of Netcom's NewsPage Direct
• The Rest of Them
• MSNBC Personal News Page
• c|net: The Community Network
• Infoseek Personal
• Intel
• ZD Net Personal View
• Timecast and RealAudio Player Plus
  • Introducing Timecast: The RealAudio Guide
  • RealAudio Plus
• Our Friends from Yesterday-Usenet's Beginnings
• Where Are We Headed Next?

Chapter 34   International Considerations

• Marketing Today
• Marketing Changes
• International Concerns
  • Defining an International Web Site
  • Who's Speaking What?
  • Your Competitive Advantages
  • Multilingual Web Browsers and Other Tools