Technology has made many changes in our lives. One of the biggest may be the impact the Internet has had. Many people are using it for more than a simple communications tool. Instead, they are turning to the Internet to develop business, educate people and more. Web designs rely on a variety of tools to allow developers to create sites that are effective, attractive and easy to maintain. For the developer, that often means learning a large number of programming languages. For the purposes of website design, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Perl and PHP are all popular choices.
HTML itself can be loosely considered much like a word document. When a user writes a paragraph of text and saves it, the word processor (like Microsoft Word) saves not only the words, but information such as what font type and size was used. HTML does the same for websites, providing a clear schematic of words, formatting types and links to be recreated on the website. HTML together with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) work to develop the text and data of a website.
Unfortunately, a website that only relies on these two tools would not be very effective. For this reason, tools like Perl, JavaScript and PHP have been developed. This software allows for more advanced web design, allowing programmers or developers to integrate forms, forums, and other tools that make a website more effective and interesting to look at.
These programming languages often share many common features, commands and rules, allowing those with an understanding of one language to easily switch to another. One of the most popular is PHP. Developers gravitate to this language because of its open source nature and compatibility with multiple operating systems.
The Internet is more than a communications tool; programming languages and software like PHP make designing effective and functioning websites far easier than ever before.