How do they make those sites?
We've both been keeping ahead of the web's continuing evolution. We employ a toolbox of web technologies that is bursting at the seams. Any new website might use any of the following technologies:
- XHTML
- XHTML is a streamlined version of the markup language that describes web sites. XHTML is simple, clean, and efficient, allowing for fast-loading pages that are easy to maintain and that work over a large set of browsers and operating systems.
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets describe the look and feel of a web site. Using complex CSS techniqes, we are able to make beautiful, functional sites that are still highly maintainable, and can be tweaked without much effort.
- ASP.NET
- Utilizing the full power of ASP.NET, we can quickly create web applications that accept user input, handle large amounts of data from a database or web services, and perform tasks a static web page couldn't.
- PHP
- Like ASP.NET, we can use PHP to turn a web site into a web application, though we prefer to leave PHP for lightweight tasks.
- ColdFusion MX
- ColdFusion is another web application development technology that Greg has been using to handle database interaction tasks.
- JavaScript
- JavaScript can be used to add extra functionality and behavior to a web page, giving users of a web application a more responsive interface, and handling UI tasks that plain XHTML and CSS can't offer.
- Flash
- Like many web developers, we over-used Flash in the late 90s. We're sorry. But it has given us the ability to strategically apply Flash's strengths to projects that need video, live network communication, or animation.