CS305: Web Development

3.2: Web Servers

• 3.2.1: Web Servers History

  • Mitch Betts' "The Story So Far"

    Read this article.
    

  • HowStuffWorks: "Web Server Quiz"

    Complete this review.

• 3.2.2: Static vs. Dynamic Content

  • Carnegie Mellon University: Guy E. Blelloch and Todd C. Mowry's "Internet Services II" URL

    Review this presentation.
    

• 3.2.3: Path Translation

  • Carnegie Mellon University: Don Towsley's "Application Layer" URL

    Review the presentation, focusing on slides 13-20, which illustrate the request of a webpage (per URL entry) and the path translation process as a connection is established.
    

• 3.2.4: Web Server Load Limits

  • University of Rochester: Kai Shen's "Scalable Internet Servers and Load Balancing" URL

    Review this presentation.