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August 27, 2001
Article #4534
Volume 42, Issue 4
Section: Developer

 


 

Dot-Com Builder How-Tos
Information on Web Building Endeavors

Sun tapped the experts for their knowledge and methodology on various web building endeavors to bring you the "how-to" information you need to get your work done.

  • Developing Polls and Surveys: This is a checklist of considerations when developing a poll for your company's web site, along with some code snippets.

  • Developing a Voice User Interface (VUI) System: Find out what skills you'll need to start developing for VUI now.

  • Securing the Wireless Internet Using "Kilobyte" SSL: KSSL, a new implementation of the widely used SSL security standard, allows end-to-end secure transactions between wireless devices and secure web servers for the first time. Find out how to use this new technology.

  • Migrating a Web Site: If your company is expanding or moving to trim costs, then you need to know the keys to migrating a web site from one physical location to another.

  • Deploying a Web Site: From Development to Staging to Production: Before you undertake web site deployment, get familiar with the essentials--deployment principles, server suggestions, and outsourcing considerations.

  • Deploying Forums on Your Site Using Jive: Want to build a community, not just a web site? Learn how to implement Jive, the open-source forum software written in the JavaTM technology programming language, to allow users to interact with each other on your site.

  • Optimizing Your Web Server: Do you have a lot of users who need to access your pages quickly? Then you need to find out about generic optimizations.

  • Considering Personalization for Your Site: Perhaps you are thinking about offering personalization to your site users. If you are, you'll want to get to know the benefits and drawbacks of current technologies.

  • Debugging Server-side Software: Find out what tips to follow so you can reduce time spent on debugging.

  • A Nine-Step Process for Deriving Infrastructure Architecture from a JavaTM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EETM) Technology Application Architecture: This article provides a methodology for building an infrastructure that supports a J2EE application.

  • Choosing a Load-Balancing Solution: Find out what to look for when selecting a load-balancing solution to improve your site's performance and reliability.

  • Internationalizing a Web Site, Parts 1 and 2: A series that identifies questions to ask and issues to consider before internationalizing your site.

  • Building a Secure Site: If you're taking an ad-hoc approach to protecting your computer data, think again. Find out what it takes to prevent data loss and system downtime.

  • Finding a Network File-Caching Solution: As your enterprise grows, improving network performance while keeping costs down becomes critical. Learn how to find a network file-caching solution that works for you.

  • Enabling Wireless Access to Dynamic Web Content: Find out how to enable your HTML web content for PDA and WAP devices with this framework-independent coding approach.

  • Successful Deployment of an Intrusion Detection System: When deployed properly, an intrusion detection system (IDS) provides comprehensive network security. Learn what types of systems are available and how to select and deploy an effective IDS.

  • Selecting Software for Hosting a Local Intranet Community: If you are thinking about establishing an intranet community, find out what questions to ask before purchasing software.

  • How to Build a Data Warehouse: Implementing a data warehouse is a costly and complicated undertaking. Get the details about components, planning, and implementation.

  • Tips for Choosing a Web Server: Are you in the market for a Web server? Find out what questions and criteria to consider before you make your selection.

  • Document Tagging for Better Searches: How can you get your audience to find your web site and the information on it? Learn what document tagging techniques to use to get good coverage in search engines and directories.

  • Things to Consider When Selecting a Web Traffic Analysis Tool: How can you track real visitors to your web site and get truly useful statistics? Our Audience Analyst offers advice on choosing and using traffic analysis packages.

  • SunTM XSLT Compiler Speeds Up Transformation of XML Files: The XSLT Compiler allows faster XML data processing using JavaTM technology and improves performance for Internet access devices, even PalmPilots and PDAs.

  • What to Look for When Deploying a Virtual Private Network (VPN): Are you looking for a cost-effective way to build communication among employees or among employees and customers? Find out what you need to know when selecting a virtual private network (VPN).

  • Creating an Effective Disaster Recovery Plan: If a disaster strikes, do you have a plan in place to safeguard all your important information? Get the details on what you need to do to protect your Internet operations during an unexpected event.

  • Considerations for Building a Transparent Firewall Complex: You need to protect your business from hackers, denial-of-service attacks, and thefts of proprietary information. Find out what factors to consider when selecting an effective firewall complex.

  • Selecting a Co-Location Facility: Ten Things to Consider when buying server racks. Make sure you ask the right questions up front to ensure you meet your requirements.

  • Selecting a Content Management System: Ten Things to Consider to make sure you have the right content management system in place.

In addition, there is a series on scaling J2EE technology applications based on application infrastructure techniques:

  • Part 1: Introduction, Directory Server, Proxy Server
  • Part 2: Mail Server, Web Server, Application Server
  • Part 3: Database Server, Messaging Server, Transaction Server
  • Part 4: Certificate Server, CORBA Server

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