Federico Sevilla III writes:
> I'm doing some preliminary research/study on AOLserver. I'm interested in
> it versus Apache for a couple of reasons including curiosity, but
> primarily because someone recommended it for situations where SSL will be
> required because like Netscape Enterprise server, SSL is native to it
> versus Apache's requirement of an external module (or something like
> that).
The non-open-source AOLserver 2.3.3 has SSL support, and an SSL module is
included with the distribution. I haven't played around with the
open-source version much aside from compiling and verifying basic
functionality, but AFAIK someone is still working on building in OpenSSL.
> 1. Would anyone have recommended sites/URLs/books for me to learn Tcl (the
> scripting language that AOLserver uses, right?)
Tcl is easy. You can learn it (the entire Tcl core syntax) in a couple of
hours. The AOLserver API you can learn a little at a time, as you need to.
I have some quick-and-dirty sample code on my website, covering what you
will end up using 90% of the time.
If you really feel you must have Your Very Own Tcl Book, have your boss buy
the one by Brent Welch. Then photocopy the first 80 pages for yourself.
> in general and scripting
> for AOLserver in particular? Aside from <http://www.aolserver.com/> of
> course.
The docs on www.aolserver.com are good, but I expect that the docs for
2.3.3 are more complete than 3.0. If you have a lot of questions, you
should ask on the http://community.aolserver.com bulletin boards, or on
Philip Greenspun's photo.net bboards.
> 2. Would anyone know of existing open-source programs for AOLserver, like
> Horde IMP and TWIG for PHP3? I'm looking at web-based IMAP front-ends as
> well as group collaboration solutions (ie: scheduling, web-based group
> messaging) that I can adapt/use and/or learn from. I'm particularly
> interested in learning about session management, accessing IMAP server(s)
> and working with databases.
You want to go to http://photo.net/wtr to learn about database-backed web
sites. Very little of what is there is AOLserver specific. Read Philip and
Alex's Guide to Web Publishing (available online at
http://photo.net/wtr/thebook/ ... I have an autographed dead-trees copy).
It's not available locally, but I saw one last copy of Philip's first book,
Database Backed Websites, at Octagon.
> 3. Any other nice stuff you could recommend for a possible implementation
> of Linux + AOLserver + Oracle/Informix/Whatever-Hoping-You'd-Suggest for
> an e-commercse site?
The Arsdigita Community System is a complete toolkit for developing
community websites. The data model is built for Oracle, and is glued
together with AOLserver's Tcl API. There are a bunch of guys working on a
version using Postgres instead of Oracle. There's a complete list of
modules at http://photo.net/doc/
Brian
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