The talk begins with an overview of the Webware architecture and a description of the different adapters that can be used to get a web server to talk to Webware's application server.

The steps in the request-response path from web server to servlet are described, including servlet instantiation and caching, with attention given to the key Webware classes involved in the transaction.

Several example servlets are presented which demonstrate the use of get/post variables, cookies, session variables, sending HTTP headers and redirects.

Servlets may inherit from other servlets, and each Python Server Page inherits from a servlet class, too. Techniques for using inheritance are described which separate presentation from program logic and improve website consistency while reducing maintenance costs.

The talk next describes how MiddleKit can be used to create a hierarchy of "business" or "domain" objects. These objects can be used and manipulated from within servlets or by stand-alone Python code. The objects may be retrieved and stored by calling methods on the store object or on container objects, which allows a complete object-oriented design (the SQL is abstracted away).

An example is given using XML-RPC servlets to create a web service. Sample code for both server and client are given.

Finally, the talk explains how Webware may be configured to log error messages and/or report them to the developer by mail automatically.

Webware info is available at http://webware.sourceforge.net.