GeoServerisopensource,server-sidesoftwarewritteninJavathatallowsuserstoshareandeditgeospatialdata.Inthisbook,you'llstartbylearninghowtodevelopaspatialanalysisplatformwithwebprocessingservices.Thenyou'llseehowtodevelopanalgorithmbychainingtogethergeospatialanalysisprocesses,whichyoucansharewithanyoneintheworld.Nextyou'lldelveintoaveryimportanttechniquetoimprovethespeedofyourmapapplication—tilecaching.Here,you'llunderstandhowtilecachingworks,howtodevelopaneffectivetilecache-supportedwebservice,andhowtoleveragetilecachinginyourOpenLayerswebapplication.Furtheron,you'llexploreimportanttweakstoproduceaperformantGeoServer-backedwebmappingapplication.Movingon,you'llenableauthenticationonthefrontendandbackendtoprotectsensitivemapdata,anddeliversensitivedatatoyourenduser.Finally,you'llseehowtoputyourwebapplicationintoproductioninasecureanduser-friendlyway.You'llgobeyondtraditionalwebhostingtoexplorethefullrangeofhostingoptionsinthecloud,andmaintainareliableserverinstance.