WebDAV: Next-Generation Collaborative Web Authoring [Paperback]

Lisa Dusseault (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130652083 | ISBN-13: 978-0130652089 | Publication Date: November 6, 2003 | Edition: 1

WebDAV: Next-Generation Collaborative Web Authoring is the complete guide to Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), the IETF standard for Web authoring and wide area collaboration. Experienced implementer Lisa Dusseault covers WebDAV from bits on the wire up to custom application implementation, demonstrating with extensive examples and traces from real clients and servers. Coverage includes: practical rules for building WebDAV document management systems; step-by-step, Internet Explorer compatible sample applications; and the latest WebDAV tools. For application designers, software engineers, and information managers.

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Praise for WebDAV: Next-Generation Web Authoring:

"WebDAV combines the ease of use of a file system with the global reach of the Web-and this is the book that will tell you how to use it."
—Clay Shirky, Internet technology consultant

"Lisa Dusseault has unparalleled WebDAV expertise and deep protocol implementation experience. This book is a critical resource for those seeking to understand and leverage WebDAV's potential, providing the most in-depth coverage of WebDAV available anywhere."
—Jim Whitehead, co-designer of WebDAV

"WebDAV extends the underlying communication framework of the Web, HTTP, to support the essential components of sharing. With an organized, clear style, this book explains not only what WebDAV is and how it works, but also its role in a wide variety of Internet applications. A tour de force."
—Larry Masinter, chair, HTTP Working Group, and principal scientist, Adobe Systems

"Until now, anyone who wanted to understand WebDAV had to wade through dozens of Web pages, several complicated standards, and messages from many mailing lists. This book gathers all the relevant information into one complete and easy-to-read reference."
—Greg Stein, author of mod_dav, Apache Foundation chairman

The definitive guide to WebDAV authoring, management, and publishing.

Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) is the IETF standard protocol for Web site authoring and wide area collaboration. WebDAV's document sharing and management services make it the ideal platform for Internet file and data management applications. This comprehensive book covers the WebDAV protocol from the bits on the wire all the way to custom application design and implementation.

Experienced WebDAV implementer Lisa Dusseault not only provides a complete description of WebDAV but also illustrates that behavior with numerous examples and protocol traces from real clients and servers. The author covers each protocol feature, first explaining how it works and then illustrating its use in a live implementation. In each case, the author describes not only how the protocol was supposed to work, but how it actually does, with attention to the steps required to make a working implementation.

This book delivers crucial details needed by application designers, software engineers, and information managers:

• Complete coverage of the protocol and popular implementations
• Practical design rules for quickly designing and deploying any WebDAV-based application
• Real-world application case studies, including online calendaring and photo albums
• Two chapters on building custom WebDAV applications, including ready-to-run examples compatible with Internet Explorer®
• Coverage of the new Versioning and Access Control standards

About the Author

LISA DUSSEAULT is co-chair of the WebDAV working group and a major contributor to the WebDAV standard. She is Director of Server Development at Xythos Software, Inc., where she is responsible for development of Xythos's WebDAV server.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (November 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130652083
• ISBN-13: 978-0130652089
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,155,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very complete for both the novice and the web expert., November 18, 2003

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Doug Royer (Idaho Falls, ID United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WebDAV: Next-Generation Collaborative Web Authoring (Paperback)

This book is both a great review of the HTTP protocol and takes you from tutorial into the details of WebDAV. I had to write a WebDAV client and server application and this book make the work much easier.

It is obvious that the author has had experience with real applications and customer needs.

5.0 out of 5 stars The only book for WebDAV, December 8, 2010

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This review is from: WebDAV: Next-Generation Collaborative Web Authoring (Paperback)

In developing a WebDAV / CalDAV / GroupDAV server one discovers how thin the documentation for these protocols [outside of the often not very helpful RFCs] is. This book is the solution to that problem. If you work with WebDAV as a developer - buy this book, now. Only drawback is that it could do with a refresh to include more recent clients like Windows 7.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and clear, October 24, 2005

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Robin B (Tokyo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WebDAV: Next-Generation Collaborative Web Authoring (Paperback)

This book serves as both an excellent introduction to Webdav to get you up the learning curve AND a reference volume to dip into when needed. Great for any programmers needing to get a Webdav 'something' done.

Also, a pleasant surprise to find the index is actually useful.