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18 – Web applications:Server-side code (ASP)
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Session Aims & Objectives• Aims
– To introduce the fundamental ideas involved in server-side code
• Objectives,by end of this week’s sessions, you should be able to:
– create an asp web-page, including:• HTML, and• server-side VB
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Example: Logon (analysis)SPECIFICATION
• User Requirements – protection from fraud and invasion of privacy
• Software Requirements– Functional:
– logon page, user must type name and password–following pages can only be accessed after
successful logon– Non-functional
should be very difficult to hack
hotmail, Amazon, University portal, utility bills (gas, electricity, phone, internet), Travel (flights, ferry, car rental)
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Example: Logon (design)• Restrict access to
home page
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Example: Logon (code v1)• Using Client-side VB Script
<html> <head><title></title></head> <body> Please logon:<br /> <input id="txtUserName" type="text" /><br /> <input id="txtPassWord" type="text" /><br /> <input id="btnLogon" type="submit" value="Logon" /> <p id="msg"></p> </body></html>
<script language="vbscript"> Sub btnLogon_OnClick() Dim un Dim pw un = txtUserName.value pw = txtPassWord.value If un = "mark" And pw = "soft131" Then window.navigate "home.htm" Else msg.innerText = "Login details incorrect." End If End Sub</script>
Logon.htm
<html> <head><title>My Home page</title></head> <body> <p> Welcome to my home page.<br /> <img src="YouAreHere.jpg" /> </p> </body></html>
Home.htm
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Example: Login (Problem)• View Source – shows client-side script:
Reveals bothusername & password
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networkconnection
Web Hardware and Software
ClientServer
BrowserApplication(MS Explorer,FireFox, Opera)
Web-serverApplication
(MS IIS,Apache)
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BrowserApplication
(MS Explorer, Firefox)
Request-Response Cycle
Web-serverApplication
(MS IIS, Apache)
Logon.htm
Request
<html> <head><title></title></head> <body> Please logon:<br /> <input id="txtUserName" type="text" /><br /> <input id="txtPassWord" type="text" /><br /> <input id="btnLogon" type="submit" value="Logon" /> <p id="msg"></p> </body></html>
<script language="vbscript"> Sub btnLogon_OnClick() Dim un Dim pw un = txtUserName.value pw = txtPassWord.value If un = "mark" And pw = "soft131" Then window.navigate "home.htm" Else msg.innerText = "Login details incorrect." End If End Sub</script>
Response
Client-side code:Code sent to ClientInterpreted by browser
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Server-side Script (what)
• ASP – active server pages– code not sent to client
• code secure (can't be viewed by client)
– executed on server• takes time – request-response cycle• requires server software (e.g. IIS)
• ASP pages will NOT work by double clicking on file
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Example: Date• ASP code:
– .aspx (not .htm)– VB (not vbscript)
– variables have type
– Now is current date and time (on server)
– runat="server" gives server code access to object
<script language="VB" runat="server"> Sub Page_Load() Dim s As String s = "The date today is " s = s & Format(Now, "ddd d MMM yyyy") parD.InnerText = s s = "The time now is " s = s & Format(Now, "HH:mm") parT.InnerText = s End Sub</script>
<html> <head><title>Today's Date</title></head> <body> <p id="parD" runat="server"></p> <p id="parT" runat="server"></p> </body></html>
Date.aspx
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Request-Response CycleBrowser
Application(MS Explorer, Firefox)
Web-serverApplication
(MS IIS, Apache)
date.aspx
Request
<html> <head><title>Today's Date</title></head> <body> <p id="parD">The date today is Mon 9 Feb 2009</p> <p id="parT">The time now is 00:57</p> </body></html>
Response
<script language="VB" runat="server"> Sub Page_Load() Dim s As String s = "The date today is " s = s & Format(Now, "ddd d MMM yyyy") parD.InnerText = s s = "The time now is " s = s & Format(Now, "HH:mm") parT.InnerText = s End Sub</script>
<html> <head><title>Today's Date</title></head> <body> <p id="parD" runat="server"></p> <p id="parT" runat="server"></p> </body></html>
Server-side code: run on server(never sent to Client)
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View Source• Code executed at server
– code is never sent to client
• View, Source – does not show code:
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Data Types• Variant – all types of data
– slow, memory hungry
• Boolean – true or false (on/off, yes/no)
• Integer – whole numbers (-32768 to 32768)
• Long – whole numbers (large)
• Single – decimal numbers
• Double – decimal numbers (more precise)
• String – text
• Object – object instances
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Data Type Selection• Number of e.g. 4 Integer/Long
Rooms
• Height e.g. 1.87m Single/Double
• Surname e.g. Smith String
• Car Reg e.g. XY55 ABC String
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Using data types• Variable declaration
Dim x As Long
• Parameters Sub Thing(boo As String, y As Long)
• Functions Function IsTall() As Boolean
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Question: Data types• Declare a variable to store:
– an animal's weight in kg (e.g. 34.6)
– whether a person has a driving licence or not
– the title of a book
– a phone number (e.g. 01752 586225)
Dim weight As Double
Dim licence As Boolean
Dim title As String
Dim phone As String
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Example: AddNum (client-side)<html> <head><title></title></head> <body> <input id="txtN1" type="text" /><br /> <input id="txtN2" type="text" /><br /> <input id="btnAdd" type="submit" value="Add" /> <p id="parRes"></p> </body></html>
<script language="vbscript"> Sub btnAdd_onClick() Dim N1 Dim N2 N1 = txtN1.Value N2 = txtN2.Value parRes.InnerText = N1 + CDbl(N2) End Sub</script>
AddNum.htm
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Example: AddNum (server-side)
• input tags inside form
• submit button:refreshes page (sending data to server)
• onserverclick event
<script language="VB" runat="server"> Sub btnAdd_Click(s As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim N1 As Double Dim N2 As Double N1 = txtN1.Value N2 = txtN2.Value parRes.InnerText = N1 + N2 End Sub</script>
<html> <head><title></title></head> <body> <form runat="server"> <input id="txtN1" type="text" runat="server" /><br /> <input id="txtN2" type="text" runat="server" /><br /> <input id="btnAdd" type="submit" value="Add" runat="server" onserverclick="btnAdd_Click" /> <p id="parRes" runat="server"></p> </form> </body></html>
AddNum.aspx
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<script language="VB" runat="server"> Sub btnAdd_Click(s As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim N1 As Double Dim N2 As Double N1 = txtN1.Value N2 = txtN2.Value parRes.InnerText = N1 + N2 End Sub</script>
<html> <head><title></title></head> <body> <form runat="server"> <input id="txtN1" type="text" runat="server" /><br /> <input id="txtN2" type="text" runat="server" /><br /> <input id="btnAdd" type="submit" value="Add" runat="server" onserverclick="btnAdd_Click" /> <p id="parRes" runat="server"></p> </form> </body></html>
AddNum.aspx<html> <head><title></title></head> <body> <input id="txtN1" type="text" /><br /> <input id="txtN2" type="text" /><br /> <input id="btnAdd" type="submit" value="Add" /> <p id="parRes"></p> </body></html>
<script language="vbscript"> Sub btnAdd_onClick() Dim N1 Dim N2 N1 = txtN1.Value N2 = txtN2.Value parRes.InnerText = N1 + CDbl(N2) End Sub</script>
AddNum.htm
Client-side vs. Server-side Code
Both use VB Script language (i.e. Sub, If, Dim, For, etc.)
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Example: Apples
<script runat="server" language="VB"> Sub btnGo_Click(s As Object, e As EventArgs) parRes.InnerHtml = parRes.InnerHtml & "<img src='Apple.gif' />" End Sub</script>
<html> <head><title>Apples</title></head> <body> <form runat="server"> <input id="btnGo" type="submit" value="Go" runat="server" onserverclick="btnGo_Click" /> <p id="parRes" runat="server"></p> </form> </body></html>
Apples.aspx
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Errors<script language="vbscript" runat="server"> Sub Page_Load() Dim s As String s = "The date today is " s = s & Format(Now, "ddd d MMM yyyy") parD.InnerText = s s = "The time now is " s = s & Format(Now, "HH:mm") parT.InnerText = s End Sub
parD.innerText = ""</script>
<html> <head><title>Today's Date</title></head> <body> <p id="parD" runat="server"></p> <p id="parT"></p> </body></html>
vbscript cannot run at server (should be VB)
parT is undefined(should have runat="server")
Declaration expected(assignment must be in sub)
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Running your ASP pages• within Visual Studio
– Run (play) button (F5)– only available to you on development PC
• using Internet Information Services (IIS)– makes PC a server– page available to all computers on internet
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IIS - Installing• IIS / personal web server on Windows CD
Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs
Add/RemoveWindows
Components
IIS
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IIS: Enabling/Disabling• Start, Settings, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, Internet Services Manager StopStart
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IIS: Exposing pages• Put ASP pages in:
– C:\INetPub\wwwRoot(this part of hard disk exposed to outside world)
• Execute pages by putting:– localhost
(in web browser, e.g. IE, means local machine)
• ASP pages don't work by double-clicking
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IIS – Date.asp
localhost/test/date.aspx
C:\INetPub\wwwRoot\Date.aspx
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Tutorial Demo: First.htm• Create a new text file in web server's root folder:
– Open Windows Explorer (My Computer)– Ensure folders are displayed– Navigate to: C:\INetPub\wwwRoot– Right click on the background– Click New– Click Text Document
• Rename file– Right click– Click Rename– Type file name (First.htm)– Click Yes (when asked to confirm change of extension)
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Tutorial Demo: First.htm• Put some code in the file:
– Right Click on the file– Click Open with Notepad– Type the following code:<html> <head><title></title></head> <body> Hello world! </body></html>
• View the file– Open Internet Explorer– Navigate to: http://localhost/First.htm
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Tutorial Demo: First.htm• View each others' pages
– In your browser, type: http://SMB109xx/First.htmwhere xx is the machine number of someone else's computeryou should see their page
• See changes take effect:– One person change their page (colour, etc.)– Other person refresh browser
you should see changes
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Tutorial Demo: Date.aspx• Create a web-site page (same as before):
– Open Visual Studio 2005– Click the File menu– Click the New Web Site… item– Click the Browse button– Select an existing folder to put your work in– Type the name of a subfolder– Click Yes to create the subfolder– Click Empty Web Site– Click OK
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Tutorial Demo: Date.aspx• Create a new aspx page:
– Click Add New Item icon on tool bar– Double Click html page icon– Right click file– Click Rename item– Change name (date.aspx)– Click Yes to confirm extension change– Paste the code in from the lecture slides– Click the Run button
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Tutorial Exercise: Login (client-side)• LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
see how vulnerable client-side code is
• Task 1: Get the Login (v1) example from the lecture working.
• Task 2: Use view source – you should be able to see the code.
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Tutorial Exercise: Date• LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
create an ASP page, including HTML and server-side VB Script
• Task 1: Get the Date example from the lecture working.
• Task 2: Add code that displays good morning/afternoon/evening/night, depending on the time of day.
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Tutorial Exercise: Student Loan• LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
create an ASP page, including HTML and server-side VB Script from scratch to solve a problem
• Task 1: Create a web page that allows the user to enter their salary and the computer calculates the annual and monthly payments for their student loan. Hint: Use your client-side code (from term 1), and the AddNum example from the lecture.
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Tutorial Exercise: Login (client-side)• LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
create an ASP page, including HTML and server-side VB Script from scratch to solve a problem
• Task 1: Create a login page that uses server-side code to check the username and password entered by the user. Hint: Use the AddNum example as inspiration. Hint2: Use the following code to send the user to the homepage: Response.Redirect("Home.htm")
• Task 2: Use view source – you should NOT be able to see the code.
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Tutorial Exercise: Apples• LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
use variables with specific data types in ASP code
• Task 1: Get the apples example (from the lecture) working.
• Task 2: Modify your program so that the user enters a number, and the code adds that number of apple images.
• Task 3: Modify your program so that the user enters another number, and the code adds a new line tag for that number of apples. Hint: Within the loop divide the number of apples by the second number, if the result is a whole number add a new line tag.
