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CGI
CGI
(Common Gateway Interface) is the most typical
form of code-based interactivity on web
sites today and can incorporate many different
programming languages such as Perl, C++,
Visual Basic, and AppleScript. Perl (Practical
Extraction and Report Language) was written
by Larry Wall as a UNIX text processor and
has been adopted as the premier scripting
language for the web to date.
PHP
PHP
(Hypertext Preprocessor, formerly Personal
Home Page) is cool because the HTML-embedded
code runs on the server (similar to SSI),
so a browser can't see it. PHP is fast,
free, and in use all over the world. Writing
a database-enabled web site is incredibly
simple using this methodology.
Javascript
Javascript
has rapidly become the most notable and
easily adapted browser-base scripting language
in recent years. Javascript was invented
by Netscape as a means to add interactivity
and flavor to web sites. The scripts can
be embedded within the HTML or be called
from the server.
Java
Java
was developed by Sun Microsystems as a simple
cross-platform programming language, and
has only been in use on the internet since
1996! When compiled, an "applet"
runs like an executable program on the server
side, activating a series of editable parameters
on the browser side.
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