Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1st edition May 8, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0130327158
ISBN-13: 978-0130327154
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Book Info
A handbook for using Mac OS X Web Server, covering every issue from Web server setup through database integration. Also features coverage of e-mail, XML, e-commerce, managing servers and sites, implementing Web security, delivering live and streaming media, and custom interactivity with Perl, PHP, and other scripting languages. Softcover.
Back Cover Copy
- Host robust, high-performance Web sites with Mac OS X!
- From the basics to scripting, Web applications, e-commerce, and beyond!
- Expert deployment, security, and administration techniques
- Mac-based e-mail, database services, streaming media, forums, chat, and more
- Covers Apache, iTools, WebSTAR, and other leading Mac OS X Web servers
Deliver powerhouse Web sites and Internet services with Mac OS X!
Mac OS X combines Mac simplicity with rock-solid UNIX foundationsmaking it an outstanding platform for hosting high-traffic Web sites, delivering volumes of e-mail, and providing virtually any Internet service.Hart, MacCentral Online's long-time Web server columnist, covers everything from basic Web server setup through database integration, XHTML, and XMLeven e-commerce. You'll discover today's best Mac OS X-based solutions and techniques for: - Providing e-mail, FTP, search, and mailing list services
- Deploying community forums, chat, Web cams, and other popular site features
- Providing custom interactivity with Perl, PHP, and other scripting languages
- Implementing effective Web security
- Delivering live and streaming media
- Managing your server and your site
- Establishing an e-commerce storefront, and much more
When it comes to serving up Web and Internet services, why hassle with other operating systems? Mac OS X can do it alland with the Mac OS X Web Server Handbook, so can you!
Customer Reviews & Comments
There's nothing in this book that's either complete or concrete. For example, the Apache web server comes standard with X, but this book spends only 6 pages with it; 2 of those pages explain how to use the GUI to turn the web server on or off. (The book is called "Web Server Handbook", right?) When you're talking Unix and mail servers, the first thing that comes to mind is the freeware Sendmail program, which is available for OS X. Oops, "Sendmail" isn't even in the index of this book. On the other hand, the book does devote 12 pages to "Choosing a Browser". 12 pages about choosing a web browser? This isn't something I couldn't figure out for myself? So, what fills the rest of the pages? Glossy catalog style descriptions of Real Player and Quick Time, iTools and Communigate Pro. With less information than you can get from their respective web pages. There's a quick (surprisingly short) overview of network security. A nice introductory writeup of what TCP/IP is all about. You'll find a few reasonable snippet code examples. There's a good but overly brief introduction to databases. And there's some lightweight filler material about XML, XHTML, HTML, PHP, Java, and other buzzwords. If you're new to all of this, this book jumps over too many topics to make it worth bothering with. If you're experienced, this book doesn't really cover anything you don't already know.
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