Review Topics for the Midterm

Class Page Links

• All the ones that have been marked like this.

UNIX

• Commands to start, stop and restart the Apache server.
  • httpd -d directory_for_server_root
  • kill -TERM process_id_of_server
  • kill -HUP process_id_of_server

Apache

• Apache Configuration Files
  • httpd.conf
    • Listen
    • ServerName
    • ServerRoot
    • ServerAdmin
    • MinSpareServers
    • MaxSpareServers
    • StartServers
    • JkMount
  • srm.conf
    • DirectoryIndex
    • ErrorDocument
    • DocumentRoot
• Connecting to Tomcat

Tomcat

• Web Application Structure
• Using the Tomcat manager
• Tomcat Configuration File
  • web.xml
    • XML statements for setting the default index page
    • XML statmenets for setting error pages
• Connecting Apache to Tomcat

HTML

• DOCTYPE and meta (know what they areand why they are needed)
• Standard codes for a web page: HTML, HEAD, BODY, TITLE
• Layout: BR, P, HR
• Anchors: A (HREF)
• Relative and Absolute references
• HTML forms
  • text boxes
  • hidden fields
  • submit buttons

Online Book

• Chapter 1
  • Browser-Server Communication
    1. HTTP
    2. Request Format
    3. Response Format
    4. Content Type
  • Markup Language
    1. Hypertext Markup Language
    2. Basic Tags for a Web Page
       1. Standard Tags
       2. Page Structure
       3. Word Wrap
       4. Try it: Standard HTML Page
    3. What is the HT in HTML?
       1. Anchor Tag
       2. Absolute and Relative References
  • HTML Forms
    1. Form Tags
    2. Representing Data
    3. Transmitting Data Over The Web
       1. Try it: Simple Form
    4. Processing Form Data
       1. Web Application
       2. JSP
       3. Try it: First JSP
    5. Initializing Form Elements
       1. Try it: Initialized Form
       2. Try it: Badly Initialized Form
• Chapter 2
  • Sending Data to Another Form
    1. Action Attribute
       1. Try it: Simple Edit JSP
       2. Relative and Absolute References
    2. Hidden Field Technique
       1. First Attempt
       2. Hidden Fields
       3. Try it: Two Pages
    3. Sending Data to Either of Two Pages
       1. Adding Another Form
  • The Truth About JSPs
    1. Servlet for a JSP
    2. Handling a JSP
       1. JSP Request Process
       2. Servlet Engine for a JSP