ABSTRACT

CREATING WEB PAGES requires the use of at least a few of the several technologies available to developers today. Reliable, robust, informative and intuitive web pages displaying utility data can be created using hypertext markup language (HTML) and common gateway interface (CGI). Other technologies enhance the presentation and functionality of the web pages. We discuss these technologies from the viewpoint that a great deal of application development today is undertaken through successive revisions. We present the technology descriptions along with a simple example of each to get a developer started or simply for better understanding. This is not an exhaustive guide to using each of the technologies but rather an “opening the door” approach. We then provide references and links to resources for further study.