•  Preface
  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Organization
  •  Using ABL documentation
    • References to ABL compiler and run-time features
    • References to ABL data types
  • Typographical conventions
  • Example procedures
  •  OpenEdge messages
    • Obtaining more information about OpenEdge messages
•  Introducing WebSpeed
  •  WebSpeed architecture
    •  WebSpeed components
      • WebSpeed Workshop
      • WebSpeed Transaction Server
      • WebSpeed Messenger
      • NameServer
      • Language support
  •  WebSpeed request round-trip
    • Before the first request
    • Web request round-trip
  • Web programming and WebSpeed
  •  WebSpeed and the OpenEdge platform
    • OpenEdge Reference Architecture
    • WebSpeed and the OpenEdge Reference Architecture
•  Configuring WebSpeed
  • WebSpeed configuration overview
  •  Configuring your Web server
    • Specifying the location of static files
    • Configuring virtual directories for the IIS Web server
    • Configuring virtual directories for the Apache Web server
    • Testing the Web server
    • Supported Web servers
    • Supported Web browsers and preference settings
  •  WebSpeed administration
    • AdminService
    •  ubroker.properties file
      • Editing the ubroker.properties file
    •  Unified Broker framework
      • WebSpeed command-line utilities
    •  NameServer
      • Understanding the NameServer's load balancing option
      • Percentage weight factors
      • Arbitrary weight factors
      • Fail-over weight factor
      • "No NameServer" configurations
  •  Setting up the WebSpeed environment
    • Creating a working application directory
    •  Moving application files to appropriate directories
      • Web objects and procedures
      • HTML and other static files
      • Java class files
      • JavaScript files
      • tagmap.dat
      • Offset files
    • Compiling Web objects
    •  Setting environment variables
      • PROPATH and other standard OpenEdge environment variables
      • Working directory settings
      • Configuring WebSpeed and NameServer log files
  • Maintaining the WebSpeed Transaction Server and NameServer log files
  •  Configuring a WebSpeed Transaction Server
    •  Managing the WebSpeed Transaction Server
      • Dynamically starting additional agents
      • Trimming running agents
      • Stopping the WebSpeed broker
      • Accessing help on WTBMAN
  •  Configuring a WebSpeed Messenger
    • Configuring a Messenger-only installation
    •  Installing the Messenger executable
      • Compatibility with the Web server type and operating system
    •  Editing the Netscape Web server configuration file
      • Applying the configuration changes
      • Restarting the Netscape Web server
    • Where to place the Messenger executable file
    • Managing the WebSpeed Messenger
•  Tools and ABL Support
  •  AppBuilder
    • Visual and nonvisual objects
    • WebSpeed wizards
    • Templates
    • Code Section Editor
    •  Starting the AppBuilder
      • Connecting to a database server
      • Specifying a default browser
      • Specifying a WebSpeed broker
      • Setting the remote/local development mode
    • AppBuilder documentation
  • Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge
  • WebSpeed Error Customization Utility
  •  WebTools
    • Running WebTools
  •  Language support
    •  SpeedScript and CGI wrappers
      • Similarities between the ABL and SpeedScript
      • Differences between the ABL and SpeedScript
      • SpeedScript versus JavaScript
      • Additional SpeedScript components
    • WebSpeed global variables
    • WebSpeed preprocessors
    • WebSpeed API
    • XML
    • JSON
    • WebSpeed source files
•  Running and Deploying WebSpeed Applications
  •  Distributed WebSpeed environments
    •  Single-machine configuration
      • Setting up a single-machine configuration
      • Startup sequence
    •  Development network with a central WebSpeed machine
      • Setting up a central development machine configuration
      • Beyond the basic installation
      • Startup sequence
    •  Development network with a dedicated Web server
      • Setting up a development network with a dedicated Web server configuration
      • Beyond the basic installation
      • Startup sequence
    •  Multiple LAN development environment
      • Setting up a multiple LAN configuration
      • Beyond the basic installation
      • Startup sequence
    •  Deployment configuration with a dedicated Web server
      • Setting up a deployment network with a dedicated Web server
      • Beyond the basic installation
      • Startup sequence
    •  Development and deployment shared configuration
      • Setting up a development and deployment shared configuration
      • Beyond the basic installation
      • Development startup sequence
      • Deployment startup sequence
  •  WebSpeed security
    • Making your application secure
    • Securing your network traffic
    •  Securing your Web server
      • Hiding your Web server type and version
      • Changing your script directory names
      • Hiding the CGIIP executable name from the end user
      • Microsoft IIS
      • UNIX
      • Minimizing access to the WebSpeed Messenger Administration tool
    • Securing your WebSpeed server machine
    •  Securing your WebSpeed application
      • Using DBAUTHKEY to lock your r-code to the database
      • Use the agent's production setting
      • Modifying web-disp.p
      • Minimize the PROPATH
      • Parameter passing
    • Firewalls
  •  Firewall configuration and debugging
    • Firewall configuration
    •  Debugging firewall configurations
      • Web server access
      • WebSpeed Messenger
      • NameServer Access
      • Accessing the WebSpeed broker
      • Accessing the WebSpeed agent
    • General notes on debugging
  •  Optimizing WebSpeed performance
    • How requests affect performance
    • Browser (HTTP) response times
    • HTTP/S performance
    • Using different Messengers
    • Multiple Web servers
    • Domain Name System
    • Multi-homed servers (multiple IP address servers)
  •  Running sample applications
    • Overview of sample applications
    • Running the SportsPro Sales Advisor
    • Configuring a WebSpeed broker to connect to a database
•  WebSpeed Configuration and Management Utilities
  • Utility command syntax
  • WSCONFIG utility
  • WTBMAN utility