CodeCharge StudioAssuming that you have acquired a web service, the next step is to create content that you'd like other people to see. The Internet is best suited for serving documents written in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). HTML is a very simple language that uses tags to specify the content of a page rendered in a browser (e.g., font size and color, the position and size of images, and other elements on the page). The basic structure of HTML documents consists of the tags and format.
<html>
<head> <title>This is the document's title.</title> </head> <body> This is the document's body </body> </html>
You can copy and paste the above text into notepad, save the file as test.html, and open it in your browser. You should then see the message This is the document's body.
Instead of manually writing HTML, you can use any of the available HTML editors, such as Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe GoLive, and Macromedia DreamWeaver to visually design the page then generate the HTML. Each of these editors can easily be integrated into CodeCharge Studio for a familiar web development experience.
Dynamic HTML (DHTML) is a script-based program executed by the Web browser. Such programs can be written in a client-side scripting language such as JavaScript or VBScript. For example, the server can include VBScript or JavaScript code within the HTML, which can be loaded and executed by the browser to perform various tasks without contacting the server until a later stage. Note however, that browsers don't have direct access to the database and cannot read or update the data without sending a request to the server. Thus, DHTML cannot be used by itself to create database-enabled Web applications, but it can be used to offload from the server certain tasks that can be performed by the client. For example, the validation of form field values can be performed entirely on the client side. One negative aspect of using DHTML is the lack of standards among various browser types. Some Web browsers may not be able to process specific DHTML pages, or may display them differently.