The internet hype is over. These days the web is a common way to order products, do banking and read the latest news. More and more users expect to find the information they need on the internet. Providers also see the advantages. Central application control with a globally accessible user interface creates new and unexpected opportunities.

Development of good internet applications is not a simple thing. Fortunately, there are a lot of resources. This conference will provide an overview of the available languages, the tools that can be used to make applications work and the supporting middleware. From commercial systems that provide a complete solution to handy scripts that make daily maintenance a lot easier.

The program committee is looking for presentations about positive and negative experiences with web applications, especially in a Unix environment. What are the problems that were encountered? What are the solutions?

Presentations and tutorials are being solicited in areas including, but not limited to:

(script) languages used on web sites: Python, PHP, Perl, etc.
what is the best language for a certain application?
use of databases
client side solutions, such as Java and Javascript
http servers and extensions: Apache, Zend, IIS, etc.
interfacing between a web server and applications
tools for the development of web applications: ColdFusion, Dreamweaver, etc.
experience from the field
security: ssl, certificates, cookies, etc.
development of standards, such as XML and SOAP
how about .NET?

The conference consists of presentations and a limited number of tutorials. In a presentation the author presents his subject in about 40 minutes to the general audience. In a tutorial of up to three hours the use of a tool or language is explained for a selected audience.

We invite everybody with an interesting tutorial or presentation to submit an abstract before February 28, 2003. The abstracts will be judged by the program committee. Abstracts can only be submitted through the web:

The selected speakers have to submit a paper before April 15, 2003 for publication in the conference proceedings. These papers will also be available on the NLUUG website after the conference.

The main conference language is Dutch, tutorials and papers in English are also welcome.

Last modified: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 21:09:27 +0200