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Website Development: How Websites Work
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Database management servers (DBMS's) house databases which programmers use to create web content management systems. Some examples of database management servers include:
Database Software

  • Microsoft™ SQL Server
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL
  • DB2
  • FileMaker
  • etc.
Content Management Systems allow employees to develop websites with large stores of content without requiring a web programmer to create a new page for each content item, lowering your on-going maintenance costs.

Scripting languages allow programmers to create dynamic websites from the data housed in a database-driven content management system.

Scripting Languages

  • ASP
  • ASP.NET
  • CGI
  • JSP
  • ColdFusion
  • PHP
  • etc.
Different web hosts offer different web server technologies, supporting any of a variety of scripting languages. The following are some examples of web servers offered by most web hosting companies.
Web Server Software

  • Microsoft™ Internet Information Server
  • Apache
  • Sun Java System Web Server
  • IBM Lotus Domino
  • MacHTTP
  • etc.

There are many Web Browsing applications available for every operating system. Whether you're running some flavor of Windows, Mac OS, or Unix/Linux - all operating systems have choices for web browsers, and most have evolved to support basic HTML standards.

That said, a good web developer knows that not all browsers are created equal and accounts for the variations in each browser's support for the most current web development standards. Here's a short list of some of the most popular web browsers out there:
Web Browser Software

  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Safari
  • Opera
  • Netscape
  • etc.
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