According to the programmers' guide provided with EAS (5.x), a Web
application is a unit of deployment for interrelated Web content, JavaServer
Pages (JSPs), and Java servlets. Generally, a Web application developer under
EAS must create JSP files and/or Java servlets. Sometimes, however, it would
be better to use some other techniques to save development time. It is
possible that there is already a similar open source Web page, or there might
be a demand to run a complete Web application not written in Java/JSP code
under EAS.
The majority of these open source pages/applications are made of CGI scripts.
CGI is not an abbreviation of another programming language; it is a standard
interface between Web server software and other "programs" running on the
same machine. The communication is mutual, the output of the "program" is
pure HTML code, and the Web server direc... (more)