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Internet Application Development and Architectures

Internet Application Development and Architectures covers the fast-moving Internet technologies dominating the industry today. The seminar focuses on indoctrinating the attendee into the power of the Internet, or Web, from both an architecture and application development perspective. The program initially reviews the foundation of the Internet and explores just how the web works. Internet, Intranet and Extranets are explored. The evolution of the web is explored starting with the static web and advancing through today’s intergalactic web using distributed middleware such as CORBA and DCOM. Internet security and web server technologies are reviewed. Security is described along with its many variants such Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Lastly, these components are woven together to describe the role of e-commerce in the business environment and its potentials.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Internet Application Development and Architectures is designed for a broad audience which includes application developers, systems programmers, operations support, I/S management, and end users.

PREREQUISITES

There are no prerequisites for this seminar.

SEMINAR LENGTH

2 days

SEMINAR OUTLINE

1. Defining the Internet and the Web

A. What is the Internet?
B. Client/Server and the Internet
C. The difference between Internets and Intranets
D. Expanding the business through Extranets
E. The interconnectivity issues in the Internet
F. TCP/IP, the language of the internet
G. How are my Internet requests really processed?
H. Connecting to the Internet
I. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
J. Internet domains and Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

2. The building blocks for the Web

A. Evolution of the Web
B. Content is king: perspectives reviewed
C. Web technology framework:
D. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
E. HTML foundations and standards
F. Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)
G. HTML Tag Review
H: Building and managing Web pages
I. The role of the browser
J. The round trip: from browser to web server and back
K. Popular HTML Development Tools: A Review

3. The Dynamic Web: Beginnings

A. The Static Web: HTML
B. Common Gateway Interface (CGI): the beginning of the Dynamic Web
C. The Role of CGI and its primary uses
D. CGI enablers: PERL and C
E. Simple interactions using HTML forms
F. CGI dilemmas: what it can and can’t do
G. Simple interactions using HTML forms
H. The round trip: from browser to web server and back

4. The Dynamic Web: Enablers

A. The Dynamic Web: Beyond CGI-Stage 1
B. JavaScript: Defined and Uses
C. JScript: Defined and Uses
D. VBScript: Defined and Uses
E. Stage 1: Benefits and Drawbacks
F. The Dynamic Web: Beyond CGI-Stage 2
G. Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
H. Java and Java Applets
I. Stage 2: Benefits and Drawbacks
J. Popular Dynamic Web Development Tools: A Review

5. Web Component Technologies

A. Component Building Enablers: COM and ActiveX
B. ActiveX: COM on the Internet
C. Active Documents
D. JavaBeans
E. Intergalactic Web: DCOM vs CORBA
F. DCOM Defined and Reviewed
G. CORBA Defined and Reviewed
H. Extensible Markup Language (XML)

6. Web and the Server

A. Web Server dynamics
B. Web Servers: Netscape and Microsoft
C. DHTML Scriptlets
D. The Java Dilemma: Client vs. Server
E. Active Server Pages (ASP)
F. Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
G. Microsoft’s Transaction Server (MTS)

7. Web Security

A. The security issues in the Internet today: A Review
B. Proxy Servers: The Surrogate Babysitter
C. Firewalls: Role and Function
D. Encryption: Role and Function
E. Code Signing: Certificates
F. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)


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