PHP

PHP or HyperText Preprocessor is an open-source, server-side scripting language. The developers can use PHP language to write dynamically generated web pages. Most of the syntax of PHP is taken from C, JAVA and Perl combined with some of its own unique features. Apart from making web pages PHP is also used to connect to database, to retrieve, add or update content etc. PHP is widely used by developers all over the world because it offers flexibility and stability it in creating websites. PHP helps reduce time in creating large websites, customized user experience as per the data gathered by during their visit to the websites, you can create shopping cart for e-commerce websites, etc. PHP also allows you create hundreds of online tools.

MySQL

MySQL is one of the most popular open-source relational database management system based on SQL or Structured Query Language. MySQL is used for various functions like adding, removing, and modifying information in the database. It runs on various platforms like linux, Unix and Windows etc. Different commands like ADD, DROP, INSERT, and UPDATE can be used with MySQL. This database management system is commonly found on web server and is of immense use in data warehousing, e-commerce, web databases, logging and distributed applications. MySQL can also be used in third-party software applications. Some of the world’s biggest corporate giants like Cisco, Google, Lufthansa and Suzuki use MySQL to power their database.

Microsoft .NET

The Microsft.NET framework also known as dot NET is part of Windows and offers a controlled environment for developing and running various applications. This framework runs in your Windows operating system and provides tools and libraries to create robust Windows software applications of higher quality and security. It is important to install .NET in your PC running on windows operating system if you want to run .NET applications. There are four components of .NET they are Common Language Specification (CLS), Framework Class Library (FCL), Common Language Runtime (CLR), and .NET tools. Each of these components is assigned for specific task.

Java

Java is a high-level object-oriented programming language mostly used in consumer electronics and communication equipments. It was developed by James Goslings of Sun Microsystems now a part of Oracle Corporation, along with his team members Patrick Naughton and Mike Sheridan. Java language is very versatile and is predominantly used on World Wide Web. Java applications are called as applets. Java is influenced by C, C++, Smalltalk with some advance feature borrowed from other languages. The application build on Java platform can run different operating system like Linux, Unix Windows, Macintosh Solaris, and HP-UX etc. Today it is believed that Java has touched every aspect of consumer electronics including 850 million personal computers worldwide, and more than billions of devices worldwide, including mobile and TV devices.

Joomla

Joomla is an open source content management system that helps you build robust dynamic websites and other powerful online applications. Joomla is written in PHP, driven by a backend MySQL database. It uses objected-oriented programming techniques and software design pattern. The ease-of-use and extensibility have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. With Joomla CMS you can add content that can be anything from simple text, photos, music, video, to documents. Even if a person is not tech savvy he can still manage Joomal CMS as this open source CMS is highly user-friendly. Worldwide people use Joomla CMS to power their websites and take their business to next level.

Drupal

Drupal is an open source content management system than can be used by anyone including, start-ups, small and medium business, developers to build dynamic websites and feature rich applications to power your websites. Some of the types of websites include blogs, corporate websites, portals, forum, e-commerce and many more. Drupal is written in PHP language and it comes with Web-based installer and adds-on modules. With Drupal one can do many things like content management, team authoring, newsletters, podcasts, image galleries file uploads and downloads and more. The original Drupal was written by Dries Buytaert and it is available for all under a General Public License (GPL).

Wordpress

WordPress is a free open source Content Management System that can be used to create and manage websites or blogs in a user-friendly way. It involves customizing the theme and the Administration Panels through the use of WordPress Plugins. You can also manage your content including video, text, blog, podcasts, and polls with robust user management that Wordpress provides. The site Statistics and Monitoring plugins keeps a check on users comments and discussion forums, their likes and dislikes etc. There are variety of features you can add to your website to enhance interactivity and functions. With readymade Plugins WordPress CMS can handle and organize external and internal links.

Virtuemart

VirtueMart is a highly versatile tool for businesses having e-commerce websites. It is an Open Source E-Commerce solution for Joomal Content Management system. Virtue mart is written in PHP and can be used in MySQL environments. If you are an online retailer with unlimited number of products and categories then virtuemart can easily accommodate it. If you are selling books, musics, videos in downloadable format then virtue mart supports such features, it also offers a catalog mode where you can disable the shopping cart feature. If you have small to medium size web traffic then integrating virtuemart in your Joomla CMS is a perfect thing to do. Since virtuemart is open source solution it can be used by anyone under General Public License.

Magento

For any e-commerce business owner Magento offers full flexibility and control over the look, content, and functionality of their online store. Magento is rich in feature offer open source download for community edition. Magento’s intuitive administration interface contains powerful marketing, merchandising and content management tools to give merchants the flexibility to create sites that is tailored to their unique business needs. The Magento comes with features like Analytics and Reporting, Search Engine Optimization, Catalog Browsing and Management, Customer account, payment, Order management etc. It helps increased growth, ROI and control over the website. Some of the world known brands like Vizio,TOMS, uses magento for their online stores.

AJAX

AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, it is a combination of existing technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XSLT etc. AJAX helps to integrate data, content, and design to seamlessly develop web application that are quick to load and offer greater user-experience. Traditionally the interaction between customer and the server is synchronous but with AJAX the data transfer is not dependent on the action of the customer and hence display of the pages are quick and spontaneous. The Google map is a well-known application that uses AJAX, which helps to reload and refresh pages convenient and time saving. One of the striking features of AJAX is that it does not require plug-in to function but work directly with the web browser.

XML

Extensible Markup Language or commonly known as XML is a set of rules or protocols developed by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to store and transport data. It can be also said as encoding of documents in machine-readable format. This format can then be shared anywhere over internet, intranet, etc. XML can be used by individual or companies who want to share information over the internet. One of the earlier adoptions of XML includes Microsoft's Channel Definition Format or CDF. Other application is ChartWare was one of the earlier applications based on XML, which described medical charts, which can be shared by doctors. There are many applications for e-commerce, , purchase orders, personal profiles, litigation documents that can be made using XML.

XHTML

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) describes XHTML as Extensible Hypertext Markup Language as reformulation of HTML 4.0 as an application of the Extensible Markup Language (XML). XHTML offers lot more flexibility one can add new tags or attributes to defined or express new possibilities. Some of the upcoming extensions for XHTML will support mathematical expressions, vector graphics, and multimedia applications. XHTML follows strict coding rules and requires both closing as well as opening tags. XHTML helps in displaying content in a more structured way and when combined with CSS it enhances the creativity of the web pages. It will greatly help mobiles and household devices to launch websites and nicely go through the pages without compromising on quality and content.

Photoshop

Photoshop is image editing software developed by Adobe System Inc. Photoshop is mostly used by desktop publishers and professional photographers that allow them to manipulate, crop, resize, and correct color on digital photos. Photoshop is considered as one of the most used image editing software worldwide. It offers greater flexibilty and tons of features that makes it favorite with users. There are 12 versions of Adobe photoshop the latest version being CS5. Photoshop supports various formats like .Jpg, .png, .gif, .eps etc and PSD or .PSB is the extension for photoshop files. Photoshop has several plugins to add to its functionality and it supports 27 languages across different region.

Corel Draw

Corel Draw is a vector based graphic editor software from Corel Corporation that enables users to create professional illustrations for newsletters, brochures, logos and web graphics. The first version of Corel Draw was released in 1989, since then there has steady improvement in the latest editions the current edition of CorelDraw X5 was released in 2010. The CorelDraw is predominantly for Windows platform however, earlier it was available for Mac machines. It comes with full functions editing tools that help you adjust contrast, color balance and change the format from RGB to CMYK etc. The format for CorelDraw files is .cdr and it also includes photo editing tools. This software is famous with designing and advertisement studios.

Flash

Flash is vector based animation software, which is use to create small animation video, presentations and moving interactive WebPages. One can display flash animation on their websites using Adobe flash player. Many web rich applications can be built by adobe flash which can be integrated in the websites to offer rich user experience. Flash video which requires Adobe flash player is compatible with many operating systems like Mindows, Mac, Linux, Solaris etc. Flash contains ActionScript an object-oriented language and supports automation via the JavaScript Flash language. Flash support SWF format i.e ShockWave Flash and the flash videos or flash applications have .swf as extension.