Posted by Horst Tellioğlu on 12/19/05 14:42

Susan Baker wrote:

> These are the functional requirements of the backend:
>
> 1). Handle request to logon from the frontend (requires backend to
> authorize/verify user credentials)
> 2). Retrieve clientdata from backend database, encrypt this data and
> return to front end (client)
> 3). Implement chatroom and forum server services for use by the frontend
> (client)
> 4). Handle database requests (mostly running stored procedures) and
> return results to the frontend (client).

What protocol is used for the fontend/backend communication? SOAP?

> This is what I need to do, and any help, pointers or book suggestions
> will be very useful.

Some books I found helpful are

"Better, Faster, Lighter Java" by Bruce Tate, ISBN: 0596006764
"Beyond Java" by Bruce Tate, ISBN: 0596100949
"Upgrading to PHP5" by Adam Trachtenberg, ISBN 0596006365
"PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice" by Matt Zandstra, ISBN: 1590593804
"Advanced PHP Programming" by George Schlossnagle, ISBN: B0009EK8A4

I am not sure if this is anywhere near what you are looking for ;)

I really like Java for my bigger projects with Hibernate as ORM-tool. I am
also very satisfied with PHP5. The only thing I really miss with PHP5 is a
good debugger which slows down development considerably.

> As an aside, I'm also considering moving from PostgreSQL to MySQL - but
> Stored Procedures, Triggers and Views are only available in MySQL v 5.*.
> How widespread is MySQL v 5.X implementations by ISPs is it really
> production ready yet?

Soory but I have no idea. The only thing I can say is that I used MySQL
versions 3.x and 4.x for years without any problem :)


Regards,
Horst

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