Web Development – an essential to every Business

Creating an online presence has become one of the best options for

business expansion. For an individual, too, a website placed on the

world-wide-web (www) enhances communication and network

interaction.

Website Development is the creation of a website for the internet

(world-wide web- www) or intranet (private network). It includes

web design, web content development, client liaison, client-side/

server side scripting, web server, network security configuration

and e-commerce development. A large organization may require a

large number of web developers but a small one can perform

website development with a webmaster, graphic designer and

information systems technician.

Database driven websites are the most common type of dynamic

web pages as opposed to static web pages that obtain information

from a programmed database and updates the web pages

continually. Database driven websites are like online banking sites

where we can check bank balances that are updated automatically

through an inbuilt program. The old static manual system that

would require a herculean effort from a thousand employees has

been consigned to the past.

(CMS) in Drupal, Joomla and WordPress or Content Management

System is a software library of web-based programs uploaded to

the server to provide word-processor like abilities to the website. If

CMS was a kitchen with many dishes, Drupal, Joomla and

WordPress are CMS packages or electrical appliances that help in

meal preparation.

Drupal is an open source CMS platform powering millions of

websites and applications. From Blogs to enterprise applications or

The Economist and The White House use Drupal.

Joomla is another open source CMS platform that provides the

tools to build standard sites, directories, intranets, social networks

and shopping charts. MTV and Citibank are a couple of Joomla

users.

WordPress is also an open source CMS blogging tool based on PHP

and MySQL. It is the most popular and has a web template system

using a template processor. Android and Blackberry use

WordPress.

PHP, Ruby on Rails are frameworks on which PHP and Ruby

languages are scripted by web developers. While PHP Framework

has speed, stability, is easy-to-use and is quite extensive Ruby on

Rails lets us write beautiful code by favoring convention over

configuration and supports most common open source databases.

Internet Portal connects us to a global system of interconnected

computer networks. A computer that connects to the internet can

access information from a vast number of servers and computers.

Web users send and receive information using a web browser;

other software for interaction includes electronic mail, online chat,

file transfer and file sharing.

Interactive Platforms have now been provided with software for

iPad, Smartphone, Tablet PC, Android Tablet and other web-

enabled devices.

Blogs are discussion sites on the world-wide web with entries

appearing in reverse chronological order to display latest entries

first. While many blogs are commentaries on a particular subject,

others function as online diaries while yet others function as online

advertisements for companies or individuals.

Forums are online discussion sites where people can hold

conversations in the form of posted messages. Depending on the

access level of a user a posted message needs approval from a

moderator before it is displayed. Users can be anonymous or have

to register with the Forum.  On most forums users do not have to

log in to read existing messages.

Wiki is a website which allows its users to add, modify or delete its

content via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a

rich text editor. Wiki provides Knowledge management and note

taking.

Networking Sites focus on building relationships through a network

where people share interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life

connections. Interaction over net through email and instant

messaging are enabled through networking sites. Family, friends,

classmates, school or college mates combine in Facebook, Twitter

and Google adding a new dimension to an otherwise drab routine.

All said and done website development has shrunk the world. A

person or company’s worth or inherent abilities can now be

declared public for the world to know and appreciate. Online

presence is just a matter of choice- TO BE OR NOT TO BE.

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