Client Side Coding
Ajax Asynchronous JavaScript provides new methods of using JavaScript, and other languages to improve the user experience.
Flash Adobe Flash Player is an ubiquitous browser plugin ready for RIAs. Flex 2 is also deployed to the Flash Player (version 9+).
JavaScript Formally called ECMAScript, JavaScript is a ubiquitous client side platform for creating and delivering rich Web applications that can also run across a wide variety of devices.
Microsoft Silverlight Microsoft's browser plugin that enables animation, vector graphics and high-definition video playback, programmed using XAML and .NET programming languages.
HTML5 and CSS3 Latest HTML proposed standard combined with the latest proposed standard for CSS natively supports much of the client-side functionality provided by other frameworks such as Flash and Silverlight
Server Side Coding
ASP (Microsoft proprietary)
CSP, Server-Side ANSI C
ColdFusion (Adobe proprietary, formerly Macromedia, formerly Allaire
CGI and/or Perl (open source)
Groovy (programming language) Grails (framework)
Java, e.g. Java EE or WebObjects
Lotus Domino
PHP (open source)
Python, e.g. Django (web framework) (open source)
Ruby, e.g. Ruby on Rails (open source)
Smalltalk e.g. Seaside, AIDA/Web
SSJS Server-Side JavaScript, e.g. Aptana Jaxer, Mozilla Rhino
Websphere (IBM proprietary)
.NET (Microsoft proprietary)
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