January 1997
Developing for Web Servers
A CORBA Based Web Server
By Jaimin Mehta
Distributed objects offer the promise of better security, fault tolerance, configuration management, and code reuse. Jaimin shows how to incorporate your existing information services into a Web server based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture.
Comparing Web Servers for Windows NT
By Tim Parker
As more NT-based Web servers hit the market, choices are becoming more difficult. Tim looks at the criteria for choosing a server and puts three popular server products to the test.
Load Testing Intranet Applications
By Jeff Straathof
Load-testing techniques simulate real-world workloads on Web applications and analyze the results. Using the methods Jeff presents, you'll be able to identify bottlenecks before your system goes into production.
Automating Web-Site Maintainance Part 3
By Paul Helinski
Paul wraps up his discussion of Web-site automation tools with WebPost, a server-based CGI system that automates the insertion of HTML pages.
C O L U M N S :
Webmaster's Domain
In response to the Communications Decency Amendment, the World Wide Web Consortium has proposed PICS, a Web-page rating system. Lincoln D. Stein describes PICS and shows you how to add ratings to your site.
Doing Justice to the Web
Older, "analog" content is moving to the Web, but many pre-Web licensing agreements do not contain specifics for online use. Catherine Sansum Kirkman looks at how the courts interpret these agreements in the digital age.
HTML Coding
Style sheets are a W3C standard that allow you to include presentation and layout information for an HTML document. Laura Lemay describes the three types of styles and shows how you can put them to work.
Virtual Worlds
This month, Andrea L. Ames describes how to port VRML 1.0 objects to your 2.0 world, how to give 3D models a facelift, and more.
Programming with Perl
Randal L. Schwartz presents a custom 404 ("Document Not Found") error handler that guesses at the correct URL of a ýmissing document.
Java Alley
This month, Bruce Eckel demystifies threads, showing how to avoid the pitfalls, then takes a look at the latest book from James Gosling.
D E P A R T M E N T S :
Insite
With more than 50 awards to its credit, CyberTown is one of the few sites to merge technology with design while creating a true sense of community. Marshal M. Rosenthal takes a look behind the scenes.
Lab Note
With Purveyor, you can quickly turn your Windows 95 desktop into a live Web server. Peter Varhol discusses why you would want to do this, then shows you how.
Special Report
As Sue Wilcox found at the Earth 2 Avatars conference held this past October, great strides have recently been made in simulating human behavior, culture, and contact within cyberspace.
The Home Page
Editor-in-Chief, Michael Floyd talks about "Codes of Conducts."
News & Notes
Web Tools; Quick Site Development.
The Last Page
Michael Swaine talks about "Walls and Bridges."
