Tutorials for Web Developers - Computers and Internet

Unix

Introduction to UNIX for Web Developers
Selena Sol

This is a free three part course designed by Selena Sol, suitable for webmasters and web developers with little or no UNIX experience.

Basics

Introduces the basic concepts of operating systems.

Essential Commands

A look at the UNIX file system and the most essential commands.

Advanced Tools

This final part walks through some advanced UNIX tools.

Web Applications

Introduction to the Web Application Development Environment (Tools)
Selena Sol

Part 1

In this tutorial, Selena Sol steps back from the realm of specific technologies and focuses on a general survey of web application development tools.

Part 2

In this 2nd part of the Intro to Web Application Develpoment Environment Series, Selena Sol takes a more in depth look at the GUI Layer with particular focus on the browser itself as well as HTML forms which serve as the base for most web applications.

Part 3

In part three of Intro to Web Application Development Environment, Sol completes the survey of GUI Layer technologies covering Plug-ins, client side java, client side scripting, and the DOM and dHTML.

Part 4

After the user has submitted whatever information they need to submit into whatever GUI you have designed, it is time to get that information from the web browser to the web server. This is where "transmission" takes place; find out how the web really works!

Part 5

In Part 5 of the "Web Application Transmission, or How the Web Works" Selena continues his look at the Communication Layer covering such topics as the parts of an HTTP transaction, encryption, and secured transmissions.

Part 6

Introduction to Server-Side Processing: In the previous sections of this tutorial, you saw how user requests are gathered by the GUI Layer and how they are sent across the wire to a web server by the Communication and GUI Layers. So now what happens?

In this section of the tutorial, we will investigate the resources of the MiddleWare Layer.

Part 7

ASP, COM & Server-side Java: Alternatives to SSI-based Technology - Part 7 of our Introduction to the Web Application Development Environment (Tools) series covers such topics as the power of ASP, the COM architecture and Server-side Java.

Part 8

Introduction to Data - Part 8 of our Introduction to the Web Application Development Environment (Tools) series takes a look at the web technologies that define, describe, or standardize the basic characteristics of the data.

Part 9

Introduction to Data - Part 9 of our Introduction to the Web Application Development Environment (Tools) series continues our look at the web technologies that define, describe, or standardize the basic characteristics of the data.

Other

P3P - Platform for Privacy Preferences
Andrew Starling

P3P is a system for making Web site privacy policies machine-readable. It's been around for a while now and is a W3C recommendation, yet still isn't very popular. One reason is that it's technically quite complicated, requiring an XML file and additions to HTTP cookie headers. Here's a quick introduction.

Making Your Pages Easy for Search Engines to Index
Andrew Starling

Achieving high rankings for Web sites on search engines has become a black art. But there is an alternative approach. How about creating pages that present search engine spiders with the information they want? Manipulating meta tags and image Alt descriptions can saddle you with a ranking penalty. It's the text near the top of the page that you need to spend your time on.

Finding the Web Hosting Co. That's Right for You
Lee Creek

Whether you're a small business or a large corporation, if you're going to have a Web site, you'll have to have a Web host. Lee Creek offers sage advice on how to find the host that's right for you.

Internet and Copyright Law
Lee Creek

The need for copyright protection has long been apparent. As the Internet has became more prevalent, the need for copyright protection there has also become a necessity. This article covers the basics of copyright law and the Internet.

Internet Security and Privacy
Lee Underwood

The security of a Web site can be its salvation or its downfall. Keep your site safe by keeping up with the latest known bugs, and install the fixes as soon as they become available.

The (Domain) Name Game
Lee Creek

Domain names are more important than many people realize. The investment of time, a reasonable amount of money, and a great amount of thought can provide a company with excellent branding and a leg up on the competition.

Caching Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters
Mark Nottingham

Web caches are becoming more common throughout the Internet; they can make your Web site perform better, but they can also cause problems with sites that don't prepare for them. This tutorial helps you understand them, and make your site more cache-friendly.

Database Normalization
Ian Gilfillan

By now some of you are familiar with the basics of using databases in your cgi scripts. Many of your databases will be small, with one or two tables. But as you become braver, tackling bigger projects, you may start finding that the design of your tables is proving problematic. The SQL you write starts to become unwieldy, and data anomalies start to creep in. It is time to learn about database normalization, or the optimization of tables.

Domain Names
Quadzilla Archive

So you want your very own www.you.com or www.yourcompany.com domain name eh? How about you@yourcompany.com or sales@yourcompany.com as an E-Mail address?

Positioning
Quadzilla Archive

You can have the greatest site on the Net, complete with the greatest design, online ordering, company information, links to your services, not to mention the time and money you've put into it. ...Yeah? So what? If nobody can find you, think of all that you've wasted. It's like having a business and not being listed in the phone book.