2. Tools for Web Application Development

Web content/pages

• HTML & XHTML Editors
• Multimedia: audio, video, graphics, etc
• XML document/data objects

Client-side programming tools

• Java Script
• Perl
• Python
• PHP
• Applet
• ActiveX

Server-side CGI programming tools

• Perl
• Python
• PHP
• C/C++
• Visual Basic and Active Server Page (ASP)
• ASPX
• Java Servlets and Java Server Page (JSP)

Other Integrated Web Development Tools

• MS FrontPage
• .NET (VB and C#)
• Macromedia
• IBM WebSphere
• BEA
• WebLogic

Multi-Tier Web Applications and Development Tools

• Database connectivity (ODBC, JDBC, etc)
• Web services (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, XML-RPC)
• Application servers

Web Site Reference

• World Wide Web Consortium www.w3c.org
• WWW and HTML Tools http://www.w3.org/Tools/
• Web Development Resource http://cc.uoregon.edu/webdev.html
• Web Tools and Resources http://www.csuchico.edu/computing/webtools.html
• Web Development Tools Down Load (Web Dev Tools, Message board, discussion group, chat room) http://visibility.tv/tips/development_tools.html
• JavaScript
• JavaScript Guide http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/handbook/javascript/
• JavaScript Resource http://javascript.com/
• Web Reference http://www.webreference.com/js/
• Java Script Planet (examples) http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7116/
• Java City (tutorial, FAQs, examples) http://www.javascriptcity.com/
• Active State (Perl) http://www.activestate.com/
• PHP.NET http://www.php.net/
• The Virtual Library of Web Development http://wdvl.internet.com/Vlib/
• New Architect Magazine (old name Web Techniques) http://www.webtechniques.com/
• New and Cool Web Tools http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/software/webtools.html
• Web Developers Journal http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/
• Web Review http://www.webreview.com/
• WebMonkey – Web Developer’s Resource http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
• The Open Source Web Development Site http://www.devshed.com/
• The Web Tool Review http://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/
• Web Developer Channel http://www.internet.com/sections/webdev.html
• Microsoft MSDN Home http://msdn.microsoft.com/
• Visual Studio.NET Home Page http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/
• Borland Developer Network (Java, C++) http://bdn.borland.com/
• Sun Java Developer http://www.sun.com/developers/
• IBM Software (VisualAge, WebSphere) http://www-3.ibm.com/software/
• Web Tools http://www.sgi.com/fun/freeware/web.html
• http://www.intranetjournal.com/tools/webdev/
• Builder.COM http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/0-7650.html
• Apache (HTTP Server, PHP, TCL, Perl, Jajata, XML) http://www.apache.org/
• RedHat www.redhat.com
• Macromedia http://www.macromedia.com/
• http://builder.com.com/