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Installing Server-Side Programs
Extending Your Server with Programs
In addition to serving HTML documents, your server can run programs that
interact with clients. These applications that run on the server are called
server-side applications. Client-side applications are downloaded to the client
and run on the client machine.
Your server can run these types of server-side applications:
Local Common Gateway Interface (LCGI) programs
JavaScript applications
Plug-in programs that use the server plug-in APIs, such as the Netscape
Server Plug-In (NSAPI)
This chapter describes how to install Java applets, CGI programs, and
JavaScript applications onto your server. Plug-ins extend or replace your
server's features. For example, you can use plug-ins to provide a different way
to control access or to log in.
For information on writing and installing plug-ins, see the
Kit Web site (http://www.developer.novell.com/ndk/doc.htm).
Additionally, your server can send server-side JavaScript programs to
clients.This chapter deals mainly with the installation and configuration of
server-side programs.
This chapter also describes the steps for specifying a default query handler
CGI program. A query handler processes text sent to it via the ISINDEX tag
in an HTML file.
JavaScript applications and CGI programs have different strengths and uses.
CGI programs can be written in C, PERL, or other programming languages.
All CGI programs have a standard way to pass information between clients
and servers. JavaScript applications are written in JavaScript, an object-based
scripting language that is easier to learn than an object-oriented programming
language and lends itself to rapid application development.
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