Web technologies short list

The next pages give a short list of the existing technologies for developping and deploying web sites.

These are of course not exhaustive and are subject to rapid changes. This summary should nevertheless give the reader a general overview of the technological panorama.

These technologies can be classified in two groups :

1. server-side technologies
   • Several programming languages & tools available
2. client-side technologies
   • Script based dynamic HTML generation

   • limited possibilities

     safe for the user

     compatible with different platforms types when in non-proprietary Java

   • Integration of executable objects in the HTML page

   • unlimited possibilities

     safety and compatibility depending on the used type of tool