Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing

Web guru Philip Greenspun offers a comprehensive look at Web publishing with techniques and examples gleaned from his experiences in developing over 70 Web services. He has added fresh ideas and insights to this thoroughly revised update of Database-Backed Websites: The Thinking Person's Guide to Web Publishing, including new chapters on electronic commerce and static site development, more material on building systems to foster community and collaboration, and new examples and case studies. All of the examples and source code have been converted to Oracle 8, the latest version of the most widely used relational database system currently available. The content is richly illustrated with four-color photos from Greenspun's personal collection.

• Features:
  
• Discusses Web design philosophy and effective ways to user the Internet
  
• Assists in buy/build decisions by exploring the pros and cons of various scripting languages, servers, and database engines
  
• Provides a solid understanding of relational database management systems and offers advice in their selection
  
• Explains key decisions behind effective e-commerce systems and illustrates these through tow case studies involving MIT Press and Cybercash, respectively
  

Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1.Envisioning a site that won't be featured in suck.com
2.So You Want to Join the World's Grubbiest Club: Internet Entrepreneurs
3.SAP for the Web
4.Static Site Development
5.Strategies and software for building on-line community

(how you run a Q&A forum? Can you get the more experienced participants to co-moderate? Can you deal with flamers' What if you have no money?)

6.Strategies and software for integrating user comments
7.Learn to Program HTML in 21 Minutes
8.Adding Images to your Site
9.Publicizing Your Site
10.So You Want to Run Your Own Server
11.User tracking
12.Sites that are really programs (CGI and API)
13.Sites That are really Databases
14.Choosing a Relational Database
15.Interfacing a Relational Database to the Web
16.eCommerce
17.Tech Example: some simple RDBMS-backed services as a warm-up
18.Tech Example: RemindMe
19.Tech Example: actually making the Q&A forum and comment stuff work
20.What Makes a DB-backed Web Site different from a Data Warehouse? (hint: not much)
21.Research Challenges
22.A Future So Bright You'll Need to Wear Sunglasses
Bibliography
Virtual CD-ROM (source code)