Many aspiring webmasters get a bit confused when the question of their website software development comes to picture.
What technology to use to make my site fast, reliable and cost effective?
The main technologies available today are:
Programming point of view:
1. Microsoft ASP, ASP.Net.
2. Open Source PHP and MY SQL.
3. Sun JSP.
4. Macromedia Cold Fusion.
Database point of view:
1. Microsoft MS access & MS SQL Server 200x / Lite
2. My SQL
3. Oracle.
4. Post Gre.
There are many more tools from a number of other vendors that are used for website / web application development like editors, graphic tools, mapping tools, SEO tools, testing tools etc.
Each one of the above tools has the utility, ease and importance of its own. Broadly speaking, the following are some general opinion about these products.
Microsoft ASP and ASP.Net are very good language tools for web application development and come with good support.
Open Source PHP is a powerful web application development language tool in its latest version 5. It is famous for its cost effective implementation.
SUN JSP (Java Server Pages) is considered secured technology and mostly implemented for intranet, banking and merchant sites.
Macromedia Cold Fusion boasts powerful tools and utilities to create business WebPages. Though really powerful, still has less penetration on the Internet. Reason could be less available programmers.
SQL Server 200x / Lite is a spectacular back end tool for development of medium to large scale database application.
MySQL 4.1x version provides a challenging way to create databases and it is free.
Oracle or Post Gre should be the ideal choice while going for a large-scale database oriented web application development.
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