You want to build a website or web app. So, what are the best web programming languages available, and why are they the best? It's a weighty question, and I'd like to emphasize -- strongly and upfront ...

As a well rounded programmer (experience with C, C++, Java, C#, and a few others) I've always been inclined toward non-web programming, but I've decided to focus on web design/coding to get myself ...

I use vb-script. I know... everyone hates it.<P>With the pending release of the .NET servers, and needing to learn XML, and still working with basically ASP2.0 features for the most part, I figure now ...

The era of scripting languages is opening up programming to the masses and extending the Web as an application platform. Even the traditional Java and Microsoft languages have had to make room for ...

It is a very frequently asked question and one that tends to rapidly digress into a platform war over the merits of Linux or Windows. This type of argument may actually reflect how difficult it is to ...

When I began to write server-side web applications, there were two mainstream choices: if you wanted the program to execute quickly, you chose C, and if you wanted to write the program quickly, you ...

PHP, the venerable server-side scripting language, is famous for its use in Web development. First released in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf, it has been leveraged by the likes of WordPress and Facebook and ...

Nearly every software developer, architect and development manager is facing, yet again, the service-driven revolution in software. The service-oriented, component architectures are evolving to ...

Web publishing -- the development and maintenance of websites -- has become a key issue for any business that wants to remain competitive. Developing a Web page involves designing and implementing the ...