Web servers are great at doing one thing: serving up files. A Web server takes requests from clients, maps that request to a file on the file system, and then sends that file back to the client. If ...

You can upload files to an Apache Web server in two different ways: via a standalone File Transfer Protocol application or a Web-based control panel. Standalone FTP applications act as independent ...

Client and server programs need to be able to establish connections to each other over the network. Client and server applications connect through methods defined by Transmission Control Protocol ...

The Apache Commons HttpClient class allows Java developers to invoke and test their web-based applications without any need for HTML, JavaScript or a web browser. The following class uses the Apache ...

2. Leaving Tracing Enabled in Web-Based Applications. The trace feature of ASP.NET is one of the most useful tools that you can use to ensure application security by debugging and profiling your ...

Rich Internet applications (RIA) are Web-based applications that have some characteristics of graphical desktop applications. Built with powerful development tools, RIAs can run faster and be more ...

The Application Cache isn’t like other client-side data storage APIs listed here, but it’s worth mentioning, as it’s an important component in enabling offline client-side Web apps. The ...

Server-side rendering is where your site’s content is rendered on the web server rather than the browser. Read about how the server-side process works, and its advantages and disadvantages.

On the client’s first request for the site, the server delivers the static files (CSS and HTML) to the client’s browser. The client browser will download the HTML content first, followed by ...