Web Design
Types of Pages
Typically web pages are classified as:
- Static: pages don’t change content and layout with every request unless a human (web master/programmer) manually updates the page.
- Dynamic: pages adapt their content and/or appearance depending on end-user’s input/interaction or changes in the computing environment (user, time, database modifications, etc.)
Content can be changed on the client side (end-user's computer) by using client-side scripting languages (JavaScript, JScript, Actionscript, etc.) to alter DOM elements (DHTML).
Dynamic content is often compiled on the server utilizing server-side scripting languages (Coldfusion, ASP, JSP, Perl, PHP, Python, etc.).
Both approaches are usually used in complex applications.
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