The Internet has been phenomenal in its growth and even more so with the move towards cloud computing. Internet websites that are static in content are basic way of presenting information. Most interesting is the growth today of dynamic web pages which are data driven. Web content and design are separated for faster page loads and easier site maintenance.

Creating dynamic internet web pages are now basic skill requirement for aspiring web developers. Dynamic web pages require two basic things – a scripting language and a database. The scripting language would be instrumental in entry, retrieval, and presentation of content while the database would be for storage of data.

PHP and MySQL are popular names when developing dynamic web pages. Both are open source based software that doesn’t require expensive license fee to use. Any web designer or web developer would be able to use it freely.

Web development in the local system environment could be easily set. Linux Apache MySQL PHP (LAMP) and Windows Apache MySQL PHP (WAMP) pre-packaged components of PHP and MySQL are both available in Linux and Windows systems, respectively. Installing one of these packages on your own desktop computer or laptop computer could get you started programming dynamic websites.

After website development, web pages could be easily deployed and hosted on the Internet. There are a plenty of web hosting choice available that supports PHP and MySQL. Almost all web hosting service providers that I have used have both PHP and MySQL support except for those that are free hosting service.

I recommend using the Free PHP scripting language software coupled with Free MySQL Database in creating dynamic web pages.