Welcome to the 4D Web Developer's Corner. This area contains links to all of the 4D web-serving informational resources you can find on the 4D web site. You'll find examples, helpful technotes, tips and other valuable information.
4D Web 2.0 Pack brings live Internet data and rich Internet application development to the 4D world. 4D Web 2.0 Pack includes an integrated Ajax framework and new browser support that opens 4D applications to live internet data. Read more.
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Getting Started
This topic contains information that will make it easy for you to get started
using 4D for your web projects. It should answer fundamental questions you
have before and just after you start developing web applications with 4D.
Tutorials
Note: These tutorials are for 4D 2003 - new tutorials will be available in the near future.
The 4D Web Tutorials are designed for people who have no experience whatsoever
with 4th Dimension. It is hoped that you have some familiarity internet
standards such as HTML and HTTP, but a high level of expertise with these
is not required. After completing the tutorials in this series, you should
be familiar with the basics of building dynamic web sites with 4th Dimension.
4D's Built-In Web Server
This topic contains information pertaining to the operation of 4D's Built-In
Web Server. You can learn how to configure, manage, and tune the web server.
4D
as a Web Application Platform
Find out why 4D is a strong, and extremely flexible and scalable Web application
platform.
4D, HTML and JavaScript
This topic will help you understand how 4D interfaces with HTML and JavaScript.
4D and Internet Standards/Protocols
This topic discusses how to work with Internet Standards and Protocols (such
as TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, etc.) You will find information on how to do
things like build e-mail clients, transfer files in 4D via FTP, etc.
4D Internet Programming
This topic discusses complicated Internet tasks that can be solved using
the 4D Language. The documents and examples provided under this topic are
more involved than the other topics and are targeted towards intermediate
and advanced developers.