The success of the web depends not only on the creation of stimulating and valuable information, but also on the speed, efficiency and convenient delivery of this information to the Web consumer. This authoritative presentation of web server technology takes you beyond the basics to provide the underlying principles and technical details of how WWW servers really work. It explains current technology and suggests enhanced and expanded methods for disseminating information via the Web. Features: Covers measurement of WWW component performance--the networks, server hardware, and operating systems--and suggests alternative Web server software designs for improving performance. Explains the costs and benefits of mirroring and caching Web documents. Surveys the web's current search tools and uses the library system as a model layout to illustrate indexing, searching, and retrieval techniques. Assesses web security hazards and presents mechanisms for combating these vulnerabilities, including an in-depth discussion of firewalls. Analyzes the risks and explains the technologies used in a variety of services available for making monetary transactions online.

This book presents computational biology methods by focusing on their applications, including primary sequence analysis, protein structure elucidation, transcriptomics and proteomics data analysis, and exploration of protein interaction networks.

Sun Web Server: The Essential Guide William Nelson • Arvind Srinivasan • Murthy Chintalapati (CVR) Foreword by Scott G. McNealy The authoritative, comprehensive guide to Sun Web Server 7.0 Sun Web Server is the secure web serving platform of choice for large-scale enterprises in industries from finance and telecommunications to travel and government. Now there’s a complete, detailed guide to the latest Sun Web Server 7.0 release. Drawing on unsurpassed experience both training and supporting Sun’s enterprise customers, this book’s authors cover everything that developers, administrators, and architects need to know to implement and support Sun Web Server 7.0 within a single node or across an entire server farm. Server administrators will find task-focused coverage and hands-on examples for installation, configuration, cluster management, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Developers and architects will gain powerful insights into Sun Web Server’s internals and learn how to extend its built-in functionality. Enterprise deployment specialists will find indispensable information on sizing and tuning, plus reference configurations to deploy advanced Web 2.0–style dynamic web sites. Whatever your role, this book will help you hit the ground running and get superior results for years to come. Coverage includes • Taking advantage of Sun Web Server 7.0’s powerful new features • Walking through initial installations and upgrades • Customizing Sun Web Server’s HTTP request processing to your specific requirements • Building dynamic content with scripting languages and server-side Java-based extensions • Creating secure dynamic Web 2.0 sites with your dynamic content and database technologies of choice • Monitoring server instances in live production environments and optimizing performance • Resolving server errors and other anomalies in Web Server runtime behavior • Using actual server configuration files from Sun’s own large-scale technology deployments • Using the detailed reference information on Sun Web Server’s main server configuration file About the Web Site This book’s companion web site, www.sunwebserver.com, contains FAQs, errata, answers to self-paced exercises, and links to download locations and product forums.

The key issues and technologies necessary to manage a Web server are addressed in this book, with consideration given to a climate where media, connectivity, and security play an increasingly critical role.

As a Java programmer, how can you tackle the disruptive client-server approach to web development? With this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn how today’s client-side technologies and web APIs work with various Java tools. Author Casimir Saternos provides the big picture of client-server development, and then takes you through many practical client-server architectures. You’ll work with hands-on projects in several chapters to get a feel for the topics discussed. User habits, technologies, and development methods have drastically altered web app design in recent years. But the Web itself hasn’t changed. This book shows you how to build apps that conform to the web’s underlying architecture. Learn the advantages of using separate client and server tiers, including code organization and speedy prototyping Explore the major tools, frameworks, and starter projects used in JavaScript development Dive into web API design and REST style of software architecture Understand Java’s alternatives to traditional packaging methods and application server deployment Build projects with lightweight servers, using jQuery with Jython, and Sinatra with Angular Create client-server web apps with traditional Java web application servers and libraries

Application servers are the present and future of Web-based enterprise. As the software link between browsers and other client applications and companies' internal databases and legacy systems, they enable a wide range of complex online interactions-by dynamically generating catalogs, accepting and processing orders, updating customer or employee data, and retrieving and presenting other requested information. Application Servers: Powering the Web-Based Enterprise gives technical and managerial IT professionals a comprehensive view of this increasingly critical technology, all from a vendor-neutral perspective. Inside, readers learn successful strategies for building large-scale Web applications that take full advantage of their application server's diverse capabilities. This book is an essential resource for all businesses investing in the Web as a medium for interactions with employees, vendors, customers, or partners. Key Features * Provides the only book-length, vendor-neutral coverage of this rapidly expanding area of technological and business development * Offers an in-depth look at the advantages and challenges application servers pose for large enterprises * Organized in four sections covering all aspects of putting an application server to work: design, development, production, and maintenance * Serves as the companion book to Database-Driven Web Sites, the author's innovative look at tools and techniques for building dynamic, data-intensive Web enterprises