ABSTRACT

This chapter provides a fundamental understanding of Linux, HyperText Markup Language (HTML), PHP, and JavaScript. It includes code, which has changed little over the years and still works even with new distributions of Linux, PHP, JavaScript, and Oracle. This book offers programming fundamentals presented in a clear, concise, and practical manner. Web programming is only possible with an appropriate information technology (IT) platform. An IT platform can take many forms, but must include an operating system (OS), programming, or scripting, language, web browser, web server, and database management system (DBMS). The platform used by the author includes Linux as the OS, PHP as the scripting language, a web browser, and Oracle as the DBMS. The chapter explains and illustrates with examples how an end user works with Linux to display content on the Internet. It then introduces the HTML used in the book.