Many novice website developers think about the existence of applications, using which you can quickly and easily create an Internet resource. It should be noted that such programs exist, and the development of site building as a field of activity has led to the fact that a lot of them have been released. The arsenal of any web developer has a wide range of software tools to facilitate its work. Among them are the html graphical editor, the html visual editor, the html text editor (many are dispensed with with the usual notepad) and many other applications. In the event that the future site should be dynamic, the developer’s arsenal includes, among other things, a local server, as well as a system that allows you to manage databases (DBMS).
Why so many software tools? Can't you use a single html visual editor ?
First, it is worth noting that all websites are inherently a set of html pages containing various information - text and graphic. In this option, we can observe a regular static web resource.
To create such a site, you need only two programs - one for creating a design layout for the website, and the second for implementing this layout in the form of html code. To create your own layout of web design, any graphic editor is suitable - it can be the simplest Paint or advanced Adobe Photoshop. For writing code, or as professionals call it, html-layout, any text editor, even the most ordinary one, is suitable. The main point here is to save the created file to the .html standard. The html visual editor can greatly facilitate the creation of a site . A special html visual editor allows the site creator to instantly see what the future site will look like as a result of its work. As a popular and convenient tool that allows you to see the site even before its creation, you can bring the html visual editor Adobe Dreamweaver.
This way static websites are created. The only disappointing point in this case is the fact that any changes will require editing the html-code of the pages. Of course, this is not very convenient, especially when the site does not contain 5-10 pages, but let's say a few hundred. With this scenario, you need to create a dynamic site - the contents of such a resource can be changed without editing the program codes.
What is needed to create a dynamic site? Firstly, all dynamic sites are based on one of the CMS - content management system. In addition to the CMS itself, when creating a dynamic site, you will need a server. In the event that the site is not immediately hosted, a local server is required. To date, there are many options for the local server , and they are distributed both on a paid and on a free basis. The most common is the local Apache server. The third important component on the basis of which dynamic sites function is the DBMS. One of the successful examples of this component is MySQL. Configuring the joint work of CMS, local server and DBMS is a rather difficult task, so you can use ready-made assemblies that carry all the necessary settings.
After all the components are installed and configured, the website creator - the admin panel - will become available to the site creator. Using the visual tools of the panel, a site is created and modified.
At first glance, it might seem that creating a site using specialized programs is not such a difficult task, but in fact it is not. In addition, you should not forget that no application can replace an experienced website developer, and is not able to come up with a unique design or interesting content!