Webdesigna - Web,Database and e-commerce solutions

To provide our customers with the best possible solutions we are constantly appraising new technologies as they appear. There are, however, certain technologies and development languages that are used widely and a brief description of these is given below. This is far from a complete list but we hope it acts as a useful guide.

JavaScript
This scripting language is widely used to allow users to interact with web pages and provides visual effects such as "roll over buttons". There are very few sites that do not utilise this technology although compatability between different browsers and operating systems can cause problems.

Java and Java Applets
Java is used to create programs that run inside a "virtual machine". These programs can run on most platforms and because of this Java is widely used to create internet and intranet applications. Java Applets are small versions of these programs that can run within your browser window. They are commonly used for animation but, more usefully, allow data and information to be displayed in a more versatile environment than normal web formatting allows.

Perl
Perl is a scripting language that allows developers to build small applications and utilities that run on your web server. The primary use for Perl in the web environment is to provide data to web pages and process data supplied by the end user.

PHP
PHP is a scripting language that is embedded into your web pages and can provide dynamic content and decision making as the page is delivered to the user. This is widely used on our database sites where it is used to access, update and display information from the database.

PostgreSQL & mySQL
PostgreSQL is an open source SQL database engine that can be deployed on your internet web server. This powerful database can be used to store and retrieve millions of records and is widely used by our customers for implementing catalog information, directory listings, e-commerce etc... both on the internet and for intranet use too. mySQL is a similar product and has the advantage of being slightly faster but with fewer facilities and for that reason tends to be used for less complex solutions.

Apache
This is our, and according to recent surveys, the rest of the internets preferred web server. It provides good expandability with speed and is an open source solution. For internal use it can also be used as a "proxy server" allowing all or some of your employees to access the internet through a single connection.