Electronic Commerce
Initial Handout

Contents

• HTML and HTTPD; browser variations and identification
• CGI scripts; C, Java, shell, Server-side includes
• Perl; CGI module
• Session management; URL rewriting, cookies, hidden fields
• Accessibility issues
• Server setup and configuration; Apache, modules
• Modules and server pages; Java servlets, Jave Server Pages
• Database connectivity; JDBC, Perl DBI, PHP
• Client-side scripting; JavaScript, Document Object Model, DHTML
• Security; HTTP authentication, SSL, PKI
• Billing systems; credit card identification
• XML and XSL
• Site maps
• Logs; server logs, cookie logs, referral logs, analysis
• Search engines
• WML and WAP