- HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)
- HTML is a markup language used in the main structure of a web page. It is the scaffolding, bones or foundation of a webpage.
<html> <body> Hello World! </body> </html>
- Browser
- A browser is a program that displays web pages. Examples are Internet Explorer, FireFox, Opera, Safari etc.
- CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
- CSS is a collection of styles that define how to display HTML elements. The code below would render the HTML above in the font Arial, color blue at 1 em size.
body{ font-family: Arial; color: blue; font-size:1em; } - JavaScript (ECMAScript)
- JavaScipt is a scripting language invented by Brendan Eich at Netscape and is developed and maintained by the ECMA organization. JavaScript is used in creating pop-out menus, drop-downs and many other effects on webpages. JavaScript is a browser side language meaning it is executed through the browser not the server like PHP.
<html> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> document.write("Hello World!"); </script> </body> </html> - PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor)
- PHP is a server side scripting language. Unlike JavaScript all scripts for PHP are run on the server. PHP can be used in combination with SQL to create some amazing websites.
<html> <body> <?php echo "Hello World"; ?> </body> </html>
- SQL (Structured Query Language)
- SQL is a language for accessing databases. Combined with PHP you can create, access and display results from a database on a webpage.
- CMS (content Management System)
- A CMS is a web based application, usually written in PHP, for creating and updating web content. Examples of a CMS are Joomla, Mambo, WordPress etc. This site is run on WordPress. Shopping Carts are a form of CMS specifically used for e-commerce.
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