The web server software we will be using is Apache running in a unix environment.
Apache is by far the most popular web server in use.
There is an interesting story associated with its name.
It was originally a program to which several fixes were applied, called patches.
Thus it was known as a patchy web server. The name stuck and it is now called Apache.
Originally available for unix platforms it is now available for Windows.
Most popular linux distribution come with apache
Regarded as a stable product, it is also free !
Apache has the ability to allow programs to be executed on the server side.
One of the tools we will use to build such server side programs is the scripting language Perl.
We will also be investigating PHP and using it and perl to interface with mySqL databases.