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AOLserver and Tcl Crash Course

2007-06-12T15:02:55Z

Sgoguen: /* Draft Outline */

== Draft Outline ==

* ADP Pages
** Hello <Yourname> - Simple page, user submits form, displays name
*** DOSSY: Create this example with very simple Tcl.
** Tcl Basics
*** Explain Minimalist Syntax
**** Commands, Subcommands (Evaluated and Non-Evaluated)
**** Working with variables set, expr
*** Control Structures
**** if, while, etc.
**** procedures
** Fetching GET and POST
** Including / Referring to other pages
** Controlling Output
** Databases
*** Defining the connection from as a pool in the config.tcl
*** Selecting from the pool
*** Executing Queries, Retrieving Values

== Questions ==
* Where does ADP excel?
* What practices should PHP, ASP, JSP developers stop doing?
* How can one use Tcl to write very concise and readable code?
* How does one efficiently separate pages into MVC components if the wanted?

AOLserver and Tcl Crash Course

2007-06-11T20:17:39Z

Sgoguen:

== Draft Outline ==

* ADP Pages
** Hello World
** Tcl Basics
*** Minimalist Syntax
*** Commands, Subcommands (Evaluated and Non-Evaluated)
*** Variables, Arrays
*** Control Structures
** Fetching GET and POST
** Including / Referring to other pages
** Controlling Output
** Talking to MySQL

== Questions ==
* Where does ADP excel?
* What practices should PHP, ASP, JSP developers stop doing?
* How can one use Tcl to write very concise and readable code?
* How does one efficiently separate pages into MVC components if the wanted?

AOLserver Developer's Guide

2007-06-11T20:09:57Z

Sgoguen:

''(Lets not split these into seperate pages until there's enough content.)''
* [[AOLserver and Tcl Crash Course]] - A Programmer's Introduction (Outline)
* '''AOLserver Internals''' -- a guide to common [[data structures]], a description of the lifetimes of a [[thread]], an [[interpreter]], a [[request]], and a [[connection]]. Discussions of memory allocation. The [[Private C API]].
* '''AOLserver and Tcl''' -- Expanded conversation about integration of AOLserver and [[Tcl]]. Issues of multi-threaded Tcl; the Tcl Library; the lifecycle of a Tcl Interp including initialization, synchronization with other threads, interthread communication, and Tcl Interp cleanup and teardown. The [[Tcl API]].
* '''AOLserver and other [[languages]]''' -- a discussion of how AOLserver integrates with [[PHP]], [[Python]], [[Java]], etc. and how these language implementations differ from AOLserver Tcl's implementation

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* '''AOLserver Configuration''' -- a walk-through of the basic steps to properly configure AOLserver, from database pools to virtual hosting.

Here's a starter for [[Virtual Hosting]] in AOLserver 3.x and 4.x.

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* '''AOLserver in a multi-server environment''' -- so you've outgrown one server, a discussion of AOLserver in a multi-server environment, including load balancing, clustering, session management, logging, and database replication
* '''AOLserver Development''' -- AOLserver Best Practices, including application development, emacs hacks, use of the control port, to
* '''AOLserver Troubleshooting''' -- An enumeration of known problems and suggested fixes. A discussion of narrowing down the problem, use of debuggers and other tools (commercial as well as free). Memory, how to measure and analyze memory usage.

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* '''AOLserver Performance Tuning''' -- A discussion of measuring, profiling, and tuning AOLserver and your application

This might be a little old by now, but it's still an excellent read: [[AOLserver Tuning, Troubleshooting and Scaling]] by [[Kriston J. Rehberg]].

See also: [[nstelemtry]].

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* '''Graphing / Charting with AOLserver''' -- Options and examples of integrating various graphing packages with AOLserver.

Options:
* [[nschartdir]], using [http://www.crystalballinc.com/vlad/software ChartDirector]
* [[nsgdchart]], using [http://www.crystalballinc.com/vlad/software GD Charts]
* [http://develop.sussdorff-roy.com:8011/tgdcharts tgdcharts]
* [http://www.infosoftglobal.com/ FusionCharts]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/plplot PlPlot]
* [http://www.gnuplot.info/ GNUPlot]
* [http://rubick.com:8002/openacs/graphing Competitive analysis of graphing solutions on Aolserver/OpenACS]

AOLserver Developer's Guide

2007-06-11T20:09:39Z

Sgoguen:

''(Lets not split these into seperate pages until there's enough content.)''
* [[AOLServer and Tcl Crash Course]] - A Programmer's Introduction (Outline)
* '''AOLserver Internals''' -- a guide to common [[data structures]], a description of the lifetimes of a [[thread]], an [[interpreter]], a [[request]], and a [[connection]]. Discussions of memory allocation. The [[Private C API]].
* '''AOLserver and Tcl''' -- Expanded conversation about integration of AOLserver and [[Tcl]]. Issues of multi-threaded Tcl; the Tcl Library; the lifecycle of a Tcl Interp including initialization, synchronization with other threads, interthread communication, and Tcl Interp cleanup and teardown. The [[Tcl API]].
* '''AOLserver and other [[languages]]''' -- a discussion of how AOLserver integrates with [[PHP]], [[Python]], [[Java]], etc. and how these language implementations differ from AOLserver Tcl's implementation

----
* '''AOLserver Configuration''' -- a walk-through of the basic steps to properly configure AOLserver, from database pools to virtual hosting.

Here's a starter for [[Virtual Hosting]] in AOLserver 3.x and 4.x.

----
* '''AOLserver in a multi-server environment''' -- so you've outgrown one server, a discussion of AOLserver in a multi-server environment, including load balancing, clustering, session management, logging, and database replication
* '''AOLserver Development''' -- AOLserver Best Practices, including application development, emacs hacks, use of the control port, to
* '''AOLserver Troubleshooting''' -- An enumeration of known problems and suggested fixes. A discussion of narrowing down the problem, use of debuggers and other tools (commercial as well as free). Memory, how to measure and analyze memory usage.

----
* '''AOLserver Performance Tuning''' -- A discussion of measuring, profiling, and tuning AOLserver and your application

This might be a little old by now, but it's still an excellent read: [[AOLserver Tuning, Troubleshooting and Scaling]] by [[Kriston J. Rehberg]].

See also: [[nstelemtry]].

----
* '''Graphing / Charting with AOLserver''' -- Options and examples of integrating various graphing packages with AOLserver.

Options:
* [[nschartdir]], using [http://www.crystalballinc.com/vlad/software ChartDirector]
* [[nsgdchart]], using [http://www.crystalballinc.com/vlad/software GD Charts]
* [http://develop.sussdorff-roy.com:8011/tgdcharts tgdcharts]
* [http://www.infosoftglobal.com/ FusionCharts]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/plplot PlPlot]
* [http://www.gnuplot.info/ GNUPlot]
* [http://rubick.com:8002/openacs/graphing Competitive analysis of graphing solutions on Aolserver/OpenACS]

AOLserver Developer's Guide

2007-06-11T20:08:44Z

Sgoguen:

''(Lets not split these into seperate pages until there's enough content.)''
* '''AOLserver Internals''' -- a guide to common [[data structures]], a description of the lifetimes of a [[thread]], an [[interpreter]], a [[request]], and a [[connection]]. Discussions of memory allocation. The [[Private C API]].
* '''AOLserver and Tcl''' -- Expanded conversation about integration of AOLserver and [[Tcl]]. Issues of multi-threaded Tcl; the Tcl Library; the lifecycle of a Tcl Interp including initialization, synchronization with other threads, interthread communication, and Tcl Interp cleanup and teardown. The [[Tcl API]].
* '''AOLserver and other [[languages]]''' -- a discussion of how AOLserver integrates with [[PHP]], [[Python]], [[Java]], etc. and how these language implementations differ from AOLserver Tcl's implementation

----
* '''AOLserver Configuration''' -- a walk-through of the basic steps to properly configure AOLserver, from database pools to virtual hosting.

Here's a starter for [[Virtual Hosting]] in AOLserver 3.x and 4.x.

----
* '''AOLserver in a multi-server environment''' -- so you've outgrown one server, a discussion of AOLserver in a multi-server environment, including load balancing, clustering, session management, logging, and database replication
* '''AOLserver Development''' -- AOLserver Best Practices, including application development, emacs hacks, use of the control port, to
* '''AOLserver Troubleshooting''' -- An enumeration of known problems and suggested fixes. A discussion of narrowing down the problem, use of debuggers and other tools (commercial as well as free). Memory, how to measure and analyze memory usage.

----
* '''AOLserver Performance Tuning''' -- A discussion of measuring, profiling, and tuning AOLserver and your application

This might be a little old by now, but it's still an excellent read: [[AOLserver Tuning, Troubleshooting and Scaling]] by [[Kriston J. Rehberg]].

See also: [[nstelemtry]].

----
* '''Graphing / Charting with AOLserver''' -- Options and examples of integrating various graphing packages with AOLserver.

Options:
* [[nschartdir]], using [http://www.crystalballinc.com/vlad/software ChartDirector]
* [[nsgdchart]], using [http://www.crystalballinc.com/vlad/software GD Charts]
* [http://develop.sussdorff-roy.com:8011/tgdcharts tgdcharts]
* [http://www.infosoftglobal.com/ FusionCharts]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/plplot PlPlot]
* [http://www.gnuplot.info/ GNUPlot]
* [http://rubick.com:8002/openacs/graphing Competitive analysis of graphing solutions on Aolserver/OpenACS]

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* [AOLServer and Tcl Crash Course] - A Programmer's Introduction