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Pat Barron (time permitting):
 
Pat Barron (time permitting):
  
* Yes, you really can write a (minimal) web server in shell scripts...  One of the core philosophies of Unix-like systems involves building small tools that do simple jobs, do them well, and hooking them together in new and interesting ways to do more complex tasks.  I'll talk a little about my experience in building a "toy" web server out of shell scripts and the basic tools provided with most Linux systems, and demo the system in action.  It's not pretty, it's most decidedly not fast - but it can serve up simple static text and HTML content, maybe images (if I get time to add that in), can run simple CGI-like scripts, and set and retrieve cookies.  If I'm feeling really adventurous, I may have HTTP Basic and/or Digest authentication, handling of Markdown content, and ETags, implemented before the meeting....
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* Yes, you really can write a (minimal) web server in shell scripts...  One of the core philosophies of Unix-like systems involves building small tools that do simple jobs, do them well, and hooking them together in new and interesting ways to do more complex tasks.  I'll talk a little about my experience in building a "toy" web server out of shell scripts and the basic tools provided with most Linux systems, and demo the system in action.  It's not pretty, it's most decidedly not fast - but it can serve up simple static text and HTML content, maybe images (if I get time to add that in), can run simple CGI-like scripts, and set and retrieve cookies.  If I'm feeling really adventurous, I may have HTTP Basic and/or Digest authentication, and ETags, implemented before the meeting....
  
 
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