| <section id="introduction"> |
| <title>Introduction to Apache Rivet</title> |
| <para> |
| Apache Rivet is a system for creating dynamic web content via a |
| programming language integrated with Apache Web Server. It is |
| designed to be fast, powerful and extensible, consume few system |
| resources, be easy to learn, and to provide the user with a |
| platform that can also be used for other programming tasks |
| outside the web (GUI's, system administration tasks, text |
| processing, database manipulation, XML, and so on). In order to |
| meet these goals, we have chosen the Tcl programming language to |
| combine with the Apache Web Server. |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| In this manual, we aim to help get you started, and then |
| writing productive code as quickly as possible, as well as |
| giving you ideas on how to best take advantage of Rivet's |
| architecture to create different styles of web site. |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| This documentation is focused on the current version of Rivet, but |
| still a work in progress, and, like everything |
| else about Apache Rivet, it is Free Software. If you see |
| something that needs improving, and have ideas or suggestions, |
| don't hesitate to let us know. If you want to contribute |
| directly, better yet! |
| </para> |
| |
| <simplesect> |
| <title>Introduction</title> |
| <para> |
| Rivet 3.0 ships with a major rewriting of mod_rivet, the Apache HTTP |
| Websever module at the core of Rivet. With this version of the module |
| we attained full support of different MPM (Multiprocessing Modules) for |
| the Apache framework, whereas previous version of mod_rivet only supported |
| the prefork MPM. |
| </para> |
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