2007-05-29 08:45:24 · 2 answers · asked by Dirk N 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
"Web 2.0" is a bit of a buzzword - it means different things to different people. For many people it's all to do with user-generated content - in which case the programming language doesn't matter, it's all to do with allowing people to upload and share their own content. Of course you will need a dynamic site which means some sort of server-side language such as PHP, Python or ASP.Net, and a database.
The other side of Web 2.0 is the whizzy interactive effects that you see on sites like this one. These are all done using a technology called AJAX - another buzzword - and this means Javascript and XML. Javascript is what runs on the user's browser, and it uses XML to communicate with the server to get updates without refreshing the entire page. The best way to use AJAX is via an existing framework, such as the Yahoo UI - http://developer.yahoo.com/yui - where most of the work is already done for you.
2007-05-29 21:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Web 2.0 is defined by AJAX. That means javascript is the language you need.
2007-05-29 08:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by Robb in Highlands 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋