Technologies: dynamic v static sites revisited

• Databases:
  • Software: MySQL, SQL, Oracle, etc
  • Web (dynamic sites) technologies: ASP, JSP, CF, PHP, ... application servers or middleware - also languages used to create dynamic web content
• Languages:
  • HTML (4.01), XHTML, XML
  • Programming Languages: Java, C++, etc
  • Scripting Languages: Javascript, VBScript, Perl
  • Middleware Languages: ASP, CF, PHP, etc (see Databases)
• Multi-Media:
  • Acrobat
  • Audio: MP3, AAC, RA
  • Flash, Real, Quicktime, WMA/WMP ... proprietary formats/plugins ... streaming v progressive download - examples:
    • DoYouStream (winMediaPlayer)
  • Images: PNG, GIF, JPEG
• Net Ethic/Development Culture: Open Source Software, GNU license, CopyLeft ... see Slashdot, MacSlash
• Protocols (def): HTTP, TCP/IP, SMTP, FTP, WAP (not "standards" (def) per se)
• Tools
  • How we find sites: WhoIs or WhoIs ... Domain Name System, IP Address and Understanding IP Addresses
  • What we broadcast to the world: Environmental Variables
• Web Servers: Apache, MSIIS
  Netcraft's Web Server Survey
  What Server is That Site Running?: UW Main Site, UW COM site, Most Requested Sites
• Examples:
  • CSS Zen Garden (CSS, separate design from content)
  • IE Required (web standards)
  • XML file - iTunes Example versus CD Catalog, catalog formatted with CSS ... CD Tutorial .. why important?