Web Applicationse-Files Web-Based Client ApplicationBackground
e-Files is an online file sharing program that allows its customers to show files
among groups of people and make then accessible from any where in the world with an
Internet connection. Using a simple interface users can upload and download any type of
file from any computer with a web browser. Along with file sharing capabilities the
system also has a built in email program for checking and sending email.
Objectives
This challenging project touched on many of our technical skills. The software needed
to safely verify the identity of a user logging in. It needed to store files in a secure
way, but also allow easy access to them through any standard web-browser.
Solution
We decided the easiest way to create a powerful web application would be to use Perl,
a serverside scripting language. We created a system that would download files from
the local machine for backups as well as allow downloads for retrieval.
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