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2005-04-25 paulb file changeset files shortlog [project @ 2005-04-25 22:04:02 by paulb] Changed the labels in the components table. Improved the design considerations document. Added an integration document. Added a note about templating systems in the responses document.
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<h1>Anatomy
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of a WebStack
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Application</h1>
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<p>The simplest way to think of a
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Web application is as just some code which
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sits on a server and is sent messages - specifically HTTP requests - to
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which it must respond by writing out messages to send back -
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specifically HTTP responses. When using WebStack, we think of the
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situation in terms of&nbsp;the following components:</p>
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<table
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      <td width="40%"></td>
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      <th style="text-align: center;">What
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it does</th>
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      <th style="text-align: center;">How much work</th>
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      <th style="text-align: center;">Where
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to look</th>
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      <th
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      </th>
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      <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="explanation">This
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defines what the user sees. </span></td>
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      <td align="center" valign="undefined">Most new code will be
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written in the application.</td>
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      <td align="center" valign="undefined">Applications are
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described in <a href="resources.html">"Applications and Resources"</a>.</td>
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      <th
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 style="border-width: 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(102, 203, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-top-style: solid;">Adapter
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      </th>
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      <td style="text-align: center;"><span class="explanation">This
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"glues" the application to the environment.</span></td>
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      <td align="center" valign="undefined">Mostly copying an existing
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adapter or writing a short module.</td>
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      <td align="center" valign="undefined">Adapters are explained in <a
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 href="deploying.html">"Deploying a WebStack Application"</a>. </td>
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      <th
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environment </th>
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      <td align="center" valign="undefined"><span class="explanation">This
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is where the application runs.</span></td>
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      <td align="center" valign="undefined">Some configuration needed,
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if any at all.</td>
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      <td align="center" valign="undefined">Server environments are
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covered
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in&nbsp;<a href="deploying.html">"Deploying a WebStack Application"</a>.
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