x10Hosting Member
Hi Members
I'm fairly new to programming and was wondering why other programming languages are used to design web pages? I thought all I needed to learn was HTML.
I'm also currently learning C# programming language. However I am not using it for web pages. I only use HTML for web page design.
Thank you.
x10 Sophmore
You use HTML to write the basic structure of the website, you use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to style elements so it looks better and to arrange HTML elements for an aesthetically pleasing design, and you use JavaScript to bring it to life (interactivity). You use PHP/ASP to make it dynamic with a connection to the database and easier to maintain. Really the only languages you NEED to know are (x)HTML CSS and PHP/ASP for a modern, decent website, but it's nice to have an extensive collection.
Last edited by as4s1n; 04-25-2010 at 04:33 AM.
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x10Hosting Member
Hi as4s1n
Thanks for the response. Very good explanation. I now understand. Thank you.
x10 Spammer
HTML isn't a programming language, it defines the structure of a document. Programs are ordered instructions to be executed; they describe how to compute something.
Last edited by misson; 04-25-2010 at 01:05 AM.
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x10Hosting Member
Yeah exactly what these guys said above, another way of thinking of the relationship between HTML and the other web languages is this:
HTML will happily format a page that you create / design.
'Server side' languages like PHP and ASP will do all of the fancy stuff you see on these forums like 'Log ins' and 'Post submissions'
Hope this helps
j
x10 Elder
If you say "programming language", I think of languages like C++, C, Java, etc. Their (primary) purpose isn't to be used in websites. They're used to create stand-alone applications that run outside of a browser, like Photoshop or OpenOffice.
Real programmers don't document their code - if it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
x10Hosting Member
Well said everyone. I sure have a better understanding now. Thanks.
x10 Spammer
Except that I've seen CGI apps written in C++ and C, and, until Flash came along, Java applets were once fairly common embedded in webpages. Perl, Ruby and C# are quite often used for both. JS, PHP and even RTML are very much programming languages. Granted, there is a difference in common usage. Another big difference is that C++, C and Java are typically compiled, while languages used in web development are typically interpreted.Originally Posted by marshian
But do not speak to me of any VB, for they are abominations.
Last edited by misson; 04-25-2010 at 04:31 PM.
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C[++] is compiled into machine code, while Java is compiled into bytecode, which is then interpreted.
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