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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.
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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.
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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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