Cold Fusion

Our favorite development tool is Cold Fusion. At the heart of every ColdFusion application is ColdFusion Server, a powerful Web application server. Adopted by hundreds of thousands of Web developers, ColdFusion Server combines an open, extensible architecture that integrates easily with existing systems as well as built-in application and infrastructure services that help you present information elegantly and achieve the highest level of performance and reliability.

PHP

PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language. PHP is a tool that lets you create dynamic web pages. PHP-enabled web pages are treated just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you normally create regular HTML pages.

ASP

MicrosoftŽ Active Server Pages (ASP) is a server-side scripting environment that you can use to create interactive Web pages and build powerful Web applications. When the server receives a request for an ASP file, it processes server-side scripts contained in the file to build the Web page that is sent to the browser. In addition to server-side scripts, ASP files can contain HTML (including related client-side scripts) as well as calls to COM components that perform a variety of tasks, such as connecting to a database or processing business logic.

Microsoft SQL Server

Business today demands a different kind of database solution. Performance, scalability, and reliability are essential, and time to market is critical. Beyond these core enterprise qualities, SQL Server 2000 provides agility to your data management and analysis, allowing your organization to adapt quickly and gracefully to derive competitive advantage in a fast-changing environment. From a data management and analysis perspective, it is critical to turn raw data into business intelligence and take full advantage of the opportunities presented by the Web. A complete database and data analysis package, SQL Server 2000 opens the door to the rapid development of a new generation of enterprise-class business applications that can give your company a critical competitive advantage. The record-holder of important benchmark awards for scalability and speed, SQL Server 2000 is a fully Web-enabled database product, providing core support for Extensible Markup Language (XML) and the ability to query across the Internet and beyond the firewall.

mySQL

The MySQL database server is the world's most widely used open source database. Its ingenious software architecture makes it extremely fast and easy to customize. Extensive reuse of code within the software and a minimalistic approach to produce functionally rich features have resulted in a database management system unmatched in speed, compactness, stability and ease of deployment. The unique separation of the core server from the table handler makes it possible to run MySQL under strict transaction control or with ultrafast transactionless disk access, whichever is most appropriate for the situation.

Microsoft Access

For experienced database programmers and first-time database users alike, Microsoft Access version 2002 delivers powerful tools for managing and analyzing data. With XML support, developers can create sophisticated enterprise-wide database solutions that integrate easily with the Web. New users will find comprehensive tools that make building databases more intuitive. New features like Microsoft PivotTableŽ and Microsoft PivotChartŽ greatly improve data analysis capabilities. Like the rest of Office XP, Access 2002 helps you work smarter.