Re: Is AWS a web server?

["Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>]

On 07/31/2015 01:04 PM, EGarrulo wrote:
> This may seem a dumb question, but the documentation of AWS states that "AWS
> is not a Web Server like IIS or Apache, it is a component to embedded HTTP
> protocol in an application."  On the other hand, the Gem #29 says that
> "Common usages [for AWS] are: - To develop a full Web application."  Hence,
> can you employ AWS to develop a Web application that faces the Internet, or
> not?  Any direct experiences and/or recommendations?  Thank you.

AWS is a framework that is used to develop applications that can be interacted
with over the internet. One such application is, of course, a web server.

I worked on a good-sized, soft-real-time, distributed system that was accessed
over the internet using AWS. It required  a fair amount of JS; the error rate in
the JS was significantly higher than the Ada. Both AWS and Annex E imposed
architectural constraints on the system. Today Gnoga would probably be a better
choice; it would eliminate the JS.

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Jeff Carter
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