This chapter describes VisualAge Smalltalk's capabilities on OS/390 with regards to the World Wide Web. We will cover the highlights and basic steps for running a VisualAge Smalltalk web application on an OS/390 system, including setting up your web server, configuring the web server interface, and packaging your VisualAge Smalltalk application to run on OS/390.
Using VisualAge Smalltalk and Web Connection, an application running on OS/390 can provide a rich graphical user interface to a thin client with a web browser. This means that there is no client part of the application to manage. An application of this type can be managed entirely on the OS/390 server.
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