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Web technology has become the foundation for all sorts of critical networked applications and far-reaching methods of data exchange, and beneath it all is a fundamental protocol: HyperText Transfer Protocol, or HTTP. HTTP: The Definitive Guide documents everything that technical people need for using HTTP efficiently-including the "black arts" and "tricks of the trade"-and does so in a clear and readable... (more)

HTTP Developer's Handbook

by Chris Shiflett

HTTP is the protocol that powers the Web. As Web applications become more sophisticated, and as emerging technologies continue to rely heavily on HTTP, understanding this protocol is becoming more and more essential for professional Web developers. By learning HTTP protocol, Web developers gain a deeper understanding of the Web's architecture and can create even better Web applications that are more reliable,... (more)

Perl & LWP

by Sean M. Burke

With the LWP (Library for WWW in Perl) suite of modules, your programs can download and extract information from the Web. Written by a contributor to LWP, and with a foreword by one of LWP's creators, Perl & LWP is the authoritative guide to using this powerful and popular toolkit.You'll learn how to navigate the Web with LWP, fetching web pages, submitting forms, managing cookies, and accessing... (more)

Practical mod_perl

by Stas Bekman, Eric Cholet

mod_perl embeds the popular programming language Perl in the Apache web server, giving rise to a fast and powerful web programming environment. Practical mod_perl is the definitive book on how to use, optimize, and troubleshoot mod_perl. New mod_perl users will learn how to quickly and easily get mod_perl compiled and installed. But the primary purpose of this book is to show you how to take full advantage... (more)

RESTful Web Services

by Sam Ruby, Leonard Richardson

"Every developer working with the Web needs to read this book." -- David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Rails framework "RESTful Web Services finally provides a practical roadmap for constructing services that embrace the Web, instead of trying to route around it." -- Adam Trachtenberg, PHP author and EBay Web Services Evangelist You've built web sites that can be used by humans. But can you also build web... (more)

Web Proxy Servers (Web Infrastructure Series)

Web Proxy Servers (Web Infrastructure Series)

by Ari Luotonen

A proxy is a specialized Web server which operates on or behind a firewall, which makes more efficient use of network bandwidth and offers improved network security. This is the first book on proxy server technology (from setup to tuning tricks) written by one of the developers of the technology.

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HTTP: The Definitive Guide

by David Gourley