3.5 Development Tools
For this research work, hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is chosen as the programming language because of it security, it has easy configuration, it is easy to integrate into exiting HTML codes. PHP is a server side scripting language and it is faster and more efficient for web programming task. It runs nearly on every modern platform. PHP is one of the most popular scripting language use today. It is used for creating dynamic Web Pages that interact without the user offering customizes information. It offers many advantages. It is stable, secured and easy to use.
3.5.1 Front End
The front ends of the system are the web pages created with Html tags and CSS. include dynamic content, HTML (Hypertext markup language), Java script and Adobe CS3 Dreamweaver design platform were used.
3.5.2 Back End
The back end of the system is the database, designed with Oracle Database management system; Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) is a no-frills edition of the proven Oracle Database 10g product. It’s completely free of charge, and may be installed on any size machine, supporting up to 4GB of user data and running on a single processor, using a maximum of 1GB memory. Database administration is done via browser interface and applications can be developed using standard interfaces such as SQL, JDBC, ODP.NET, or using Oracle’s unique Application Express feature.
3.5.3 Wamp Server
Wamp is an Open Source Software Application Server, is an application server that implements the PHP Platform. It is written in Java and as such is cross-platform, usable on any operating system that supports Java.