February 1999
Figuring Out Application Servers
The Application Server Marketplace
By Steve Benfield
A massive change is bringing two sides of the Web--corporate IT types and Web developers--together. Steve Benfield takes us to the vortex: application servers.
Bobo And Principia
By Amos Latteier
An object-based Web application platform would make it easy to develop a dynamic Web interface. Digital Creations couples a lightweight HTTP Object Request Broker (ORB) with a powerful object database in its open-source solution. Amos leas a tour.
C O L U M N S :
Webmaster's Domain
Managing too many Web servers can feel like handling a stampede. This month, Lincoln D. Stein
provides a simple Perl script that lets you ride herd.
Visual Designer
Steve Toub walks you through the basic design principles, and highlights a few additional navigational tools to provide smoother sailing.
Database Developer
Some folks said the Internet would kill SQL, because SQL was unable to scale up to support really large databases or high-volume online transaction processing. Ken North proves them wrong.
Programming with Perl
Using a proxy server keeps the sites you visit from getting identifying information about you. But every URL you fetch causes a process to be forked. Randal Schwartz presents a preforking and compressing proxy to save you time and trouble.
Java@Work
These days lots of developers are moving to Java. Inprise (formerly known as Borland) hopes to win mind-share with a Delphi-like tool called JBuilder. Al Williams shows you the future.
Beyond HTML
Microsoft's DOM defines high-level objects that provide an interface between the developer and the browser's internal objects. Michael Floyd provides details.
D E P A R T M E N T S :
Script Junkie
As a rule, event-base scripts don't mix and match. But Alexander Hildyard presents a single event-handler interface that gives you the precision of targeted scripting along with the flexibility of generalized scripting.
Lab Note
SilverStream offers an application server that supports communication, mail processing, remote objects, user authentication, and Java for the development environment. Mark Pfeifer walks you through the product.
The Home Page
Editor-in-Chief Bob Kaehms talks about what's going on among application servers.
News & Notes
Microstate's Hamilton declares independence. Build a better Java servlet.
The Last Page
Editorial Director Dale Dougherty talks about the ups and downs of Netscape, the Supreme ruler of the Internet empire.
