Website development

There are a huge number of open source website development and management tools out there. Most are aimed at the Linux market, but there are some for proprietary operating systems as well. The software varies from simple page layout editors, through content management systems to complete enterprise wide development environments.

This chapter describes the most important packages:

• Website design and content management
• E-commerce packages
• Development frameworks

By using a combination of the software tools described in these sections, it will be possible for you to implement the most complex website and internet applications using only open source. There is also a section on the open source Flash tools that are available.