Macromedia® DreamWeaver® MX Unleashed By Matthew Pizzi, Zak Ruvalcaba
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Chapter 16. Introduction to Web Applications
Understanding what a Web application is, and how different it is from a static Web site, is only the first step. Making decisions about middleware and databases all comes down to one thing: what tools are easily available?
If your company has Oracle installed and there are plenty of JSP developers available to build and support your Web application, then that's likely the way you'll go. However, if you are running a small company and cost is an issue, PHP/MySQL (or some other open-source combination) might be more prudent.
Chapter 17, will take the concepts that I've covered here and get down to the nitty-gritty of setting up a Web server and database, and preparing for database connectivity.