[Tutor] [Fwd: Web programming catagory]

[ken rhodes]

ken rhodes wrote:

>     In reply to Deirdre;
>
>     Maybe my problem is I took my programming in 1984 though 1989.  From 1989
> till 1991 I programed in several languages including CLIPPER where I was
> basically implementing Object oriented code to program rental and scheduling
> systems.  I quit programing in 1991 until 1998 when I started back with HTML
> and March I started learning Perl, now I am Learning Python.
>
>     My problem is security. I have about three projects I am working on.
>     1) HTML get mail and send mail, because out clients are asking for it.
>         My current versions are at: HTTP://e-mails.WEBSIDE.Ca
>             (Using <input type = hidden name = "PassWord" value =
> $input{"Password"}> is just to much of a security risk. and keeping the
> password in your programs memory is impossible under all the CGI information I
> have read. )
>
>     2)My BBS program which I am waiting for my system administrator to get our
> Postgrsql machine up and running. HTTP;// bbs.webside.ca
>
>     3) My Community Events schedualing system.
>         Under this I need the database also, but I will have to have security
> for each new group who will enter there own information about there building.
>
> Thank you;
> Ken
>
> Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
>
> > Ken, thanks for forwarding your post to the list. :) Now that I'm at work
> > and next to my Programming Python book I can see what pages you're talking
> > about.
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, ken rhodes wrote:
> >
> > >     I have been writing CGI's in Perl, but I am finding programming on
> > > the back end very difficult, and I wanted to program at the front end,
> > > through the Java Applet. (Java does not have the database functions I
> > > would like to use)
> >
> > Recognize that this would make your pages unavailable to a lot of people
> > who, like myself, either use web browsers without Java or with Java
> > disabled. I have also not seen that screen readers are able to deal with
> > Java applets correctly, so you'd likely be shutting off blind users as
> > well.
> >
> > CGIs, though you may not prefer them, give you the widest audience.
> >
> > > I have the book Programming Python on page 719, 720 there is a question
> > > program which is suppose to place a Button with a question on it in the
> > > browser.
> >
> > ...only in Grail, which is an unmaintained web browser written in Python.
> >
> > > When I run the program out of Xterm it compiles and then puts a bunch of
> > > commands on the screen with a message that it cannot connect to display.
> >
> > Yes, it requires that an X server be running.
> >
> > >     I have a copy of the program on my server at
> > > HTTP://Python.websice.ca/question.py and the webpage which calls it is
> > > HTTP://Python.webside.ca The webpage comes up but there is no sign of it
> > > running the applet.
> >
> > I think what you need is another solution to your problem as I don't think
> > this is the solution you intended.
> >
> > Which brings us to the real question: what problem were you trying to
> > solve ultimately? What did you want to happen when the user clicked the
> > button?
> >
> > --
> > _Deirdre   *   http://www.linuxcabal.net   *   http://www.deirdre.net
> > "Mars has been a tough target" -- Peter G. Neumann, Risks Digest Moderator
> > "That's because the Martians keep shooting things down." -- Harlan Rosenthal
> > <Harlan.Rosenthal@Dialogic.com>, retorting in Risks Digest 20.60