Some information on HTTP, HTML, and CGI scripts:

• HTTP specification and a short overview.
• HTML specification and a tutorial.
• A general introduction to HTML interfaces.
• A number of tutorials on CGI programming.
• A library for CGI development in C++: GNU Cgicc.
• A library for using HTML templates in C/C++: ClearSilver.

Some information on using Java servlets:

• A basic servlets tutorial (from Sun Microsystems).
• The servlets tutorial in the Java's J2EE Tutorial tutorial (also from Sun Microsystems).
• A useful template library for Java, FreeMarker (copyright holder: Visigoth Software Society).

Relational Database Systems:

• The MySQL database management system, developed by MySQL AB, now owned by Sun Microsystems (and soon to be owned by Oracle), is available free for non-commercial use. The reference manual for our MySQL version is available here.
• Access to relational database systems from Java is enabled by the JDBC interface from Sun Microsystems. A quick JDBC tutorial is available, as well.
• Documentation concerning the MySQL C API library use is provided at the MySQL web site.