This is a brief compilation of essential resources for those venturing in the world of WebDAV, DeltaV and Slide.


Apache Slide

Slide is a noteworthy, yet often forgotten, project which provides WebDAV Server and client implementation along with Delta-V support.

For the uninitiated WebDAV allows hierarchical resource access (like your file system) over HTTP protocol. In short it provides you the capability to have windows explorer like functionality (create, rename, delete file/directory etc.) on the resources served by a remote WebDAV enabled server. A good use of WebDAV is for Content Management Systems.

JSR 170 (content repository specification) implementations like Apache JackRabbit can use WebDAV as backend.

Delta-V provides versioning capabilities and configuration management support over WebDAV.

WebDAV getting started documentation is noteworthy.

I also liked the guide for building WebDAV client applications.

If you want to incorporate WebDAV into your CMS or any application then you must take a look at WebDAV Construction Kit.