Welcome back to part three of our series, Tools of the Trade. Whether you’ve had a web page for years or are just now considering hanging your online shingle, the tools of the trade — and their acronyms — can be confusing. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP and MySQL are some of the technologies we use every day to build successful websites for our clients. Last time, we talked about how JavaScript and AJAX allow for interactivity on otherwise static web pages. Today, we’ll learn what PHP and MySQL have to offer.
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