There are so many interesting mechanisms behind a dynamic web page. I am talking about a web page view that varies according to user preferences or environment constraints. I mean a site that is just interactive. One that can accept an input and respond to the request with the appropriate feedback. Are you getting the picture?
Let's take a little excursion to the back stage.
1. An Authoring Language.
First, there is always a Markup Language. The most commonly known is HTML, with its latest version, HTML 5. This is usually used to display unstructured web content, while XML is preferred for the display of structured text and data.
2. The Scripting.
Second, a standard software that provides a set of instructions to perform a particular task - a scripting language, is always embedded. These include: JavaScript, which was originally developed by Netscape, but is now widely used in web development, and is supported by all browsers; VB Script; Perl; etc
We also have Active Server Pages (ASPs), which is often related to database query and retrieval; .NET, which uses a different programming model if offer improvements in performance, scalability, reliability and security; and, Common Gateway Interfaces (CGI), which provides extensions to the web server allowing server-side scripts to be run which process information submitted through web-based forms.
3. Programming Languages.
Third, programming languages are not left behind. Java and its rival Microsoft Active X, are used to permit complex and graphical customer applications to be written and then accessed from a web browser.
These languages bring about a range of competing methods which can be used to enable users to interact with a website, e.g. by selecting menu options and entering data.
4. Micro-media.
Plug-ins from Micro-media such as Flash and Shock-wave are widely used these days. Have you ever tried to load a web page just for your browser to prompt you: "Plug-ins missing", and giving you a button option labeled: "click to install"?
The possibilities here are... wow! The plug-ins allow you to add new and powerful abilities to your web page and to dazzle your visitors with multimedia sounds, graphics, animation, etc.
These are just but to mention a few. Besides, I have been very brief not to post a whole novel and lose my intended focus. Right now, Microsoft might have just released the latest version of .NET, Active X...
Let me help you out. I'm providing you with a search box below at the footer. Why don't you just type in a query like: "Micro-media", and see wonders?
Let's take a little excursion to the back stage.
1. An Authoring Language.
First, there is always a Markup Language. The most commonly known is HTML, with its latest version, HTML 5. This is usually used to display unstructured web content, while XML is preferred for the display of structured text and data.
2. The Scripting.
Second, a standard software that provides a set of instructions to perform a particular task - a scripting language, is always embedded. These include: JavaScript, which was originally developed by Netscape, but is now widely used in web development, and is supported by all browsers; VB Script; Perl; etc
We also have Active Server Pages (ASPs), which is often related to database query and retrieval; .NET, which uses a different programming model if offer improvements in performance, scalability, reliability and security; and, Common Gateway Interfaces (CGI), which provides extensions to the web server allowing server-side scripts to be run which process information submitted through web-based forms.
3. Programming Languages.
Third, programming languages are not left behind. Java and its rival Microsoft Active X, are used to permit complex and graphical customer applications to be written and then accessed from a web browser.
These languages bring about a range of competing methods which can be used to enable users to interact with a website, e.g. by selecting menu options and entering data.
4. Micro-media.
Plug-ins from Micro-media such as Flash and Shock-wave are widely used these days. Have you ever tried to load a web page just for your browser to prompt you: "Plug-ins missing", and giving you a button option labeled: "click to install"?
The possibilities here are... wow! The plug-ins allow you to add new and powerful abilities to your web page and to dazzle your visitors with multimedia sounds, graphics, animation, etc.
These are just but to mention a few. Besides, I have been very brief not to post a whole novel and lose my intended focus. Right now, Microsoft might have just released the latest version of .NET, Active X...
Let me help you out. I'm providing you with a search box below at the footer. Why don't you just type in a query like: "Micro-media", and see wonders?
"When I took office, only high Physicists had ever heard of what is now called the World Wide Web... Now even my cat has its own page."
Bill Clinton, 1996.
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