Q1. Make a list of all programming languages and web development tools used by you in prior experiences...

Challenge Problems:

Q1. Make a list of all programming languages and Web development tools used by you in prior experiences. Describe what you know about Web application frameworks before we begin.

Answer:

From my experiences, I am familiar with the following programming languages...

1. GW-Basic
2. Pascal
3. C/C++
4. SQL
5. Visual C
6. Java
7. PHP
8. JSP
9. Javascript
   

For Web Development Tools, I have learned...

1. JavaBean
2. NetBean
3. Visual Studio
4. JBuilder
5. phpDesigner
6. PDT php development tool

Web Application Framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, web applications and web services. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities used in web development. For example, many frameworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and often promote code resue. (Wikipedia, 2009)

In my opinion, I feel that Web Application Framework is the tool to help developers to generate frequently-used codes especially for database access in web development. After the codes are generated, the developers only need to modify the skeleton, for instance, in ROR environment, Model and Controller are generated to connect database and then the developers focus on how the related web pages are displayed or presented in View.

Reference:

1. Wikipedia (2009). "Web Application Framework". Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, Retrieved Mar-28th-2009 from URL - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application_framework