Changing times

Over time, we have had different technologies that come and go. Some technologies actually mature or morph into a new form. It seems that the newer technology assimilates concepts and standards from the former into a newer and more functional solution. Here are some technologies that have been available over the years.

HTML-based websites

These websites were present at the beginning of the Web. There were two dominant features that were added to the Web during this time—page layouts and links. With the layout, we were able to organize page content so that the users had headers and side bars. Finally, we had links that helped us jump dynamically from one location to another, just by clicking on a linked item.

Server-side languages

The next integration was done by server-side languages. ColdFusion, Perl, and PHP were among the ones that provided some more power in these areas. The pages included sections that were dynamically written to HTML after the page was requested by the end...