Chapter B. Coding the Interface

To make Codin’ for the Web usable for as many people as possible, Ithe examples in the book and at its companion Web site use open source software products. Open source software is generally developed collaboratively by loose affiliations of programmers and is distributed for free. I will discuss creating a Web site using open source technologies collectively known as LAMP:

• Linux system software

• Apache Web Server

• mySQL database

• PHP middleware

Image If you are working in the world of Microsoft Windows, note that .ASP and .NET, the two most widely used Windows-based middleware products, and SQL Server, the Microsoft ...

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